1. Issue Of Who Decides
No one likes war. Let's face it. What reallys sucks is that usually the decision to go to war is made by people who themselves don't. That I have a problem with. Let someone who fought in a war make war decisions. If we want a "War President" then let's really vote for someone who served in a war. Both parites are guilty of going to war based on decisions by leaders who did not serve in war. The Democrats could have taken the better ground though on this issue if Kerry had won--but he didn't.
2. How To Decide War.
I cannot stand elements of both parties on this. Republicans tend to go to war, in some cases, no matter what...They lean to always go to war. Democrats lean against protesting a war most of the time, because they say war is wrong. I say this to both parties: War is ugly, it is wrong--but sometimes it's the last resort (KEY WORD: LAST resort). So all you Democrats out there, understand that protesting unanimously is sometimes not the best choice. All you Republicans out there, don't be so da*ned eager to always go in the first place.
3. Latest WAR Criticisms:
Vietnam: Bad move. God bless the vets, but God Da*n the Democrats and Republicans both for taking us there at the time.
Bosnia: (comment same as Iraq)
Afghanistan: The Taliban and Osama were there, they attacked the United States first... That country and the rest of the world are fortunate we didn't nuke them. This is about the ONLY thing Bush has ever done right in his entire time in office--so I'll give him credit for it. However, depsite the fact Bush takes credit for our millitary power on this, and Republicans BLAST Clinton for "defunding" the millitary--check your facts folks. No matter what side of the aisle you were on, Bush didn't take any approvals or vetos on funding bills until after Oct. 2002. We were already in and almost finished with invading Afghanistan by then...the last funding for concentric warfare (primarily used in Afghanistan) was approved of (funding) by CLINTON. So the Republicans out there need to give Clinton credit where credit IS due as well. I am so tired of Party Politics taking place over ISSUE oriented politics. Dems always say Rep's do all wrong, and the Rep's never find fault on their own side and call Dems "unpatriotic"...The rhetoric is getting boring and not serving us, the American people--so wake up America.
Iraq: If you want to have a dicussion of what countries to stop dictatorships in, have that discussion--don't pick them for false reasons or try to get the American people to buy bulls*t about Weapons being there. There weren't any, nor evidence of them. If they were there, they were removed or sold, etc... We would have lost the case had it gone to court--hence we shouldn't have gone there.
An argument that an evil dictator should be killed is NOT the same argument as "They are an immediate nuclear threat to the United States."
We believed Russia had nuclear weapons...yet we didn't invade them, and they were also declared a threat to the United States... and now communism has collapsed on its own.
The United States would be BEST served to do two things:
1. Find an alternative fuel source to remove OIL from the "middle east debate" all together. I don't personally care if one thinks we are there for oil or not--get it out of the equation and elminate it as a factor, and the issue becomes non-existent.
2. Let the middle east fight themselves, and have the US stay out of it. Stop supporting Israel in the name of Christianity. Stop supporting (or pretend to be at times) Palestine. If the civilians or children of those nations want to emmigrate to the United States, let's focus on a system of getting them here properly and legally--and let the millitary and governments of those nations kill each other as they choose to see fit. I believe in nation building....
...in AMERICA first.
Sincerely,
Mathew
