War for oil????? If Iraq had pineapples then you’d be saying War for Pineapples???

Question

Am I the only one that remembers 9/11?

Am I the only one that remembers that Bush said we are going over there to weaken terrorism in the Middle East so as to immobilize it where it originates to weaken the chance of them being able to strike the U.S like they did on 9/11?

Am I the only one that realizes that we haven’t been attacked since 9/11?

Am I the only one that sees the terrorists in action every day in Iraq????
Helloooooo!!!!!!! You think that may be why we are there?????????

Am I the only one that sees that terrorism most definantly originates in the Middle East?

Am I the only one that sees that terrorists are all over the Middle East not just Afghanistan???

SO THEN I ASK YOU FINALLY, AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT SEES THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STABILIZING THE MIDDLE EAST SO AS TO NIP IT IN THE BUD BEFORE IT REACHES ALL TIME HIGHS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? THERES THE TRUTH, FOR ALL OF YOU PARANOID, PESSIMISTIC, AND SPECULATIVE DOLTS.

Every time Al-Qaeda claims an attack in Iraq they validate what Bush said "We have to crush the terrorists where they originate, so as to make American citizens safer."

And its not we shouldn’t be messing with them, its they shouldn’t have messed with us!!!!!!!!!!!!
And remember, it’s our soldiers putting they’re lives on the line everyday that you even have the right to ***** and whine about the war. Why don’t you put down your snot laden hankies and grab your nuts, and thank god for another day that this war has brought you a step closer to long term safety and stability. Ensuring that you can go to Starbucks during your brunch everyday and ***** about it for years and years to come without being interrupted by suicide bombers that claim to be peaceful right before they cut your head off and blow your Starbucks coffee table into little smoldering pieces .
My wife was a contractor in Iraq last year. She told me stories that would warm your heart. A woman that cried while thanking our soldiers because her child was finally able to go to school because of them. Why doesn’t the media portray good things so as to balance the bad things that happen as well? I am ashamed of our American media. Don’t pretend things are all rosy but don’t pretend like its 100% **** either. It’s called balance. A balanced media.Thats what I want. A balanced media approach. Not a biased media.

Answer 1

1: There has yet to be any hard evidence that Al Qaeda had an Iraq presence before we removed their government. In fact, Saddam was an enemy of Al Qaeda and would deal with them in his typical brutal fashion. To associate Iraq with 9/11 is foolishness.

2: If Iraq had pineapples and not oil, we wouldn't be there. Saddam would still be in power and we wouldn't even know his name. The US has ignored many atrocities in countries with no economic repurcussions (the Sudan and Rwanda for example).

3: The Middle East is usually pretty stable until we get involved. It gets destabilized by our efforts to put in US friendly governments to protect our flow of oil.

Answer 2

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES THAT THE MIDDLE EAST IS LESS STABLE?

And am I the only one who knows that the reason there is terrorism in Iraq is because we're there?

Did Timothy McVeigh originate in the Middle East? What about the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka who have been using suicide bombing since the 70's (long before it became de rigeur for Middle Eastern terrorists)?

Am I the only one who knows that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11? And the only terrorists to be found in Iraq were stationed in the Kurdish controlled north - where Saddam had no control?

I'm glad for the Iraqi people that Saddam is gone. And I wouldn't be so pissed off at Bush and people like you if the war were handled with clear plans. Instead, it seems as if they're just making it up as they go along - BECAUSE THEY HAD NO PLAN FOR THE INSURGENCY. Power is still not distributed to levels it was pre-war. Oil production is still below pre-war levels. It was supposed to be paid for by Iraqi oil money not US taxpayers ($387 Billion later, where's that oil revenue?). Up to 100,000 innocent people have died (a minimum of 35,000 if you believe the White House - 100,000 by the Red Cross).

I have nothing against the soldiers. I have four friends that have been shipped over there. I have everything against an arrogant administration that keeps saying "stay the course" when that course was broken nearly 3 years ago.

It is NOT going well. Stop pretending it is. FIX THE PROBLEMS - DON'T IGNORE THEM.

Answer 3

If Iraq had pineapples, we wouldn't have invaded.

Come out from under the bed. The terrorist won't chop your head off as soon as you do, honest.

9/11 and terrorism had nothing to do with invading Iraq. We were told (actually lied to) that Saddam presented a grave and urgent threat to the US because he possesed weapons capable of reaching the US and it's allies around the world. The CIA knew this wasn't true, but there was enough eronious data for the administration to cherry pick in order for the administration to make their case before congress. Congress, did their typical "stick our heads in the sand and tell us when it's time to run again" manuver and rubber-stamped anything Chimpy asked for.
The "media" does show the good things that are happening in Iraq. It's just that the bad things happen with more frequency, and at a high cost in human life. How many times can they show the same school being painted?
The only terrorist who are in Iraq now are the ones we let in after having no plans for a post-Saddam Iraq.
We weren't attacked during the Carter administration either. Where's his adulation?

Answer 4

Mr. Isaac, you are peeing out of the can, Don't you know that there were no terrorist in Iraq Hussein was a tyrant, but didn't allow terrorism in Irak, what you can't see is the war that is killing our kids, the ones with no money, and there is no end in sight, Bush invasion broke the delicate balance in the middle east, Iral became the center for terrorism training in the world, I'm sure that those kids that are able to go to school now thanks to the soldiers didn't had that problem before the invasion, I not condonig Hussein but that is not the point.

Answer 5

1. Yes. Do you remember that Bush himself said the Iraq had nothing to do with it?
2. Iraq was one of the only non-sectarian country's in the region, and was an ally in the war against Iran.
3. We are now attacked everyday. Why bother traveling to the U.S. to kill Americans when we serve solders up on a platter in their own backyard.
4. The amount of terrorism in Iraq is increasing everyday, because of our presence. Terrorists now see Iraq as their greatest recruiting tool.
5. The tribal wars have been going on in the Mideast for centuries. Terrorists are any tribe that we don't support.
6. Would the "terrorists" be are enemy's if we did not first "put our noses" into their regional conflicts.
7. Your name calling reflects upon your own intelligence.
The rest of your question is not a question, but an opinion.
Here is mine. If we give up our freedoms and civil rights because of fear, than we are cowards.

Answer 6

I agree with you 100%. Beth if you think that there aren't any terrorists in Iraq. Well you must be living under a rock. The media is biased against it's own country. What a crock of ****. Our guys are over there dieing for the media's right to bash them. I think it's pathetic how they show their gratitude.

Isaac, you are not alone. I know a lot of people that support the troops and the Pres. Sure it's not a perfect world. But it gets better when good people stand up for what's right and educate themselves on what the truth is.

Answer 7

I am neither paranoid nor pessimistic. I am a retired military officer with some small experience in war. One of the truths about the mid-east is that they have been happily killing one another for centuries before our arrival and will pick up happily killing one another after we leave. The invasion of Iraq was a political statement by the US. We are quite capable of monitoring their activities from a distance and conducting surgical strikes where necessary. The fact that we have not been attacked since 9/11 should be attributed to our intelligence personnel. They geared up for a different kind of action after the attack and have done a great job. Our soldiers do a great job of policing Iraq, given all the circumstances they must deal with, but the intell people find out where to send the military for the most effective strikes. I say this not to be negative about our president, but to let you know the water is deeper than you suggest.

Answer 8

why do you not give a crap that we CLEARLY aren't going after those that did 9-11?

read the 9-11 report... if you care half as much as you pretend to... find out that terror has little to do with Iraq... they didn't "mess with us"... and we aren't "messing" with those that did "mess with us"... (with the exception of Afghanistan)

and it doesn't look like we are stabilizing anything... have you looked at what the elected officials of Iraq are saying? doesn't sound like we have a friend... and you can't argue with who the people elected...

overall people don't see what you're saying, because you're ideas are based mostly on propaganda and watching a few minutes of fox news...

WE DIDN'T GO TO CANADA TO FIGHT THE GERMANS... THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IN IRAQ... even though... there were probably a few germans in canada during WWII... but we thought it would be a good idea to attack Germany and Italy and all the actual countries that had major links to the nazis... Iraq's links to terror were some of the least in the middle east

Answer 9

Yeah, cause mideast is really stable. That why those newly elect Iraqi officials are even saying Iraq is on brink of civil war. That is real stable. Now we have palestine and Lebanon kidnapping Isreali soldiers and Isreal responding with force. Iran is saying that if Isreal goes after Syria it will be a "grave mistake". Yes you are right, things are going real well in Middle east right now. Thank you President Bush.

Answer 10

Mmm...pineapples.

You're not the only one. I see the lunacy of people running around demanding that we don't protect ourselves from terrorism.

And don't forget that there is reams of reams of evidence that Saddam was training and financing terrorists, including paying cash bonuses to the families of suicide bombers.

But you can't reason with the anti-war liberals. First of all, they're really anti-Bush. So they're going to complain and hinder anything our President tries to accomplish. Ironically, if the liberals succeed and allow terrorists to strike us again, the terrorists will probably strike a distinctly liberal city (New York, L.A., Chicago).

There has never been a balance MSM, and there never will be. The liberals control it, just like they control our shameful and failing public school system.

Answer 11

Actually Bush was just after sand for his new sand box it wasn't the oil after all.

Couldn't resist. You are 100% right (something I have never said up here to anyone). Bush is doing exactly what needs to be done, and is sowing the seeds (for the first time in 30 years) of a truely peaceful Middle East.