Nando Aqui
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I have two sons in the military. One is a helicopter pilot, has been in the Middle East for months, and his life has been on the line since before the war started. The other is awaiting to be sent over.
I put the blame for all the casualties of this war, Operation Iraqi Freedom, both military and civilian, squarely on France, Germany, Russia, the war protestors, and the Vatican.
If it wasn’t obvious to anyone before the war started that Saddam Hussein, his sons, and his regime of terror had to be removed, it should be crystal clear now. The atrocities that these people have committed through the years, and what they are now doing to their own people are beyond what anyone, even military planners, could ever have imagined.
Mowing down with machine gun fire and mortars the Iraqi people who want to flee for safety, forcing children to confront the allied invasion, and using tactics of deceit and treachery are but the last few examples that illustrate their brutal, sadistic behavior. The public executions that their Fedayeen militia have been conducting on their own people to prevent them from revolting against Saddam and aiding the allies further shows their disregard for human life.
To then see war protestors with signs insinuating that President Bush, and not Saddam Hussein is the devil and the one that is at fault in this conflict is absolute idiocy. And after Iraq has ignored U.N. resolutions for 12 years, and the ‘last chance’ resolution for over six months, to say that the United States, Britain, and the coalition are the ones who are at breach is pure nonsense.
I can’t think of anything that would have given Saddam Hussein greater reassurance and motivation not to abide by the resolutions, but instead to blatantly defy the U.N. than the millions of people who he watched on television taking his side. Oh, he saw them alright.
I can’t think of why Saddam Hussein would have had even a second doubt that he would likely be left alone to continue building his empire of terror than to see countries such as France, Germany, and Russia take his side. Even if Saddam knew that the reason for these countries to behave as such was for economical advantage and perhaps to hide previous and on-going illegal trade with Iraq, he most surely must have felt rather comfortable with them on his side.
I can’t think of anything that could have given Saddam more assurance of appearing to be righteous, even when he knows that he is anything but that, than to have the Vatican condemn any military action against him and to deem the war as immoral.
I say that if the millions of people claiming to be against war, that if the few countries that claimed to have wanted a diplomatic resolution, plus the Vatican, had instead insisted that Saddam abandon his regime of terror and allow his people to be free and to enjoy the wealth of their country, there might have been a better chance that the war could have been averted.
Even if Saddam had not stepped aside, I say that if France, Germany, and Russia would have united with the rest of the coalition early on, Turkey would have allowed use of their land as had been expected, and the war would have started sooner. Had this happened, Saddam would have not had time to deploy the Fedayeen country-wide (something he is known to have done relatively recently) and the war would have been over much sooner and with fewer casualties.
Yes, it is their fault that we are where we are. I know that Saddam will be removed, liberty brought to the people of Iraq, and a bastion for terrorists will be eradicated. But it could have been less costly if those countries and the protestors had been on the right side. Shame on them!
Alex
I put the blame for all the casualties of this war, Operation Iraqi Freedom, both military and civilian, squarely on France, Germany, Russia, the war protestors, and the Vatican.
If it wasn’t obvious to anyone before the war started that Saddam Hussein, his sons, and his regime of terror had to be removed, it should be crystal clear now. The atrocities that these people have committed through the years, and what they are now doing to their own people are beyond what anyone, even military planners, could ever have imagined.
Mowing down with machine gun fire and mortars the Iraqi people who want to flee for safety, forcing children to confront the allied invasion, and using tactics of deceit and treachery are but the last few examples that illustrate their brutal, sadistic behavior. The public executions that their Fedayeen militia have been conducting on their own people to prevent them from revolting against Saddam and aiding the allies further shows their disregard for human life.
To then see war protestors with signs insinuating that President Bush, and not Saddam Hussein is the devil and the one that is at fault in this conflict is absolute idiocy. And after Iraq has ignored U.N. resolutions for 12 years, and the ‘last chance’ resolution for over six months, to say that the United States, Britain, and the coalition are the ones who are at breach is pure nonsense.
I can’t think of anything that would have given Saddam Hussein greater reassurance and motivation not to abide by the resolutions, but instead to blatantly defy the U.N. than the millions of people who he watched on television taking his side. Oh, he saw them alright.
I can’t think of why Saddam Hussein would have had even a second doubt that he would likely be left alone to continue building his empire of terror than to see countries such as France, Germany, and Russia take his side. Even if Saddam knew that the reason for these countries to behave as such was for economical advantage and perhaps to hide previous and on-going illegal trade with Iraq, he most surely must have felt rather comfortable with them on his side.
I can’t think of anything that could have given Saddam more assurance of appearing to be righteous, even when he knows that he is anything but that, than to have the Vatican condemn any military action against him and to deem the war as immoral.
I say that if the millions of people claiming to be against war, that if the few countries that claimed to have wanted a diplomatic resolution, plus the Vatican, had instead insisted that Saddam abandon his regime of terror and allow his people to be free and to enjoy the wealth of their country, there might have been a better chance that the war could have been averted.
Even if Saddam had not stepped aside, I say that if France, Germany, and Russia would have united with the rest of the coalition early on, Turkey would have allowed use of their land as had been expected, and the war would have started sooner. Had this happened, Saddam would have not had time to deploy the Fedayeen country-wide (something he is known to have done relatively recently) and the war would have been over much sooner and with fewer casualties.
Yes, it is their fault that we are where we are. I know that Saddam will be removed, liberty brought to the people of Iraq, and a bastion for terrorists will be eradicated. But it could have been less costly if those countries and the protestors had been on the right side. Shame on them!
Alex
