Am I a terrorist sympathiser?

Question

I believe Iraq has the freedom to choose its own destiny.

I believe the Iraqis, as a people, have this freedom whether or not it is designated to them by a foreign power.

I believe that Iraq has the freedom to resist its enemies, in whichsoever shape or form they may display themselves.

I believe Iraq has the freedom to raise it's hand against all which it considers false.

I believe Iraq has the freedom to relish in the demise of an enemy, just as their enemies savour their defeats.

I believe Iraq has the freedom to pursue the word of God and intergrate it as part of their national and personal duty.

I believe Iraqis have the freedom to respond to taunts and belittlement.

I believe that the majority of the population is sick of the constant grief and death that has been unleashed around them, and they can choose to respond to their suffering in any way they wish.

I believe that Iraq's enemies will not break the will of the people, nor should it.

I believe that Iraq can choose not to tolerate a puppet government, and prefer real change, not a foreign leader's promises.

I believe Iraq has the freedom to choose its own destiny in whatsoever form that might take.

Does that makes me a terrorist sympathiser? Because if so, then so are you.

I never said nothing about there being no terrorists andy. Trouble is that you can't go and say 'this guy is a terrorist' just because of the way he thinks and looks.

Answer 1

You are an idealist. Nothing wrong with that per se. I used to feel the same about Iraq and Iraqis, and there are good people here. But now that I'm deployed here, I see that the Iraqi government cannot function on its own, the infrastructure is a shambles and the sectarian violence situation is untenable and will develop into a full-blown civil war funded by warring Middle Eastern nations. Instead of a killing field for Americans it will become a battle ground for Sunni/Shia factions throughout the Middle East. That said, we are not helping here either. Nothing that is going on now should ever have come to pass. We've made everything worse and set this country back at least a hundred years.

Answer 2

No, you are are not a terrorist sympathiser, but you are very naieve and have your head full of fluff!

The Iraqis have the freedom to do all this, but do they have the SKILLS needed to rid themselves of the forces from within their own country (Sunni and Shiite terrorists) that are tearing their country apart? Do their armed forces have the skill and training to rid their country of the forces from outside their country that would do their country harm? Insurgents from Syria and Iran, and Al Queda are all working to destroy the foundations of democracy laid in the past few years.

Are you aware of how THANKFUL the Kurdish regions in the north are to the USA? Have you seen the television spots produced by the Kurds?

The USA is NOT the enemy of the Iraqi people. It is the enemies from within and outside the country who are the problem. And the last time I looked they all spoke Arabic or Persian and were Islamic terrorists of all stripes.

Maybe the USA had some bad information before going into Iraq, but you cannot rewrite history. Fifty years or so from now, Iraq will be a much more democratic and stable country and the STABILITY and FREEDOM will spread in the region.

Answer 3

No,you're not but you might be looking at this situation wrong.While the invasion of Iraq was illegal under International law,the US and coalition troops that are there now are there because the legitimate elected government of Iraq,recognized by the whole world community ,has asked them to stay.You can call them a puppet regime but that doesn't change the legal reality.
The people of Iraq have the rights you state but no terrorist organization has the right to deliberately destabilize a young democracy just because it wants it to fail and force sharia law on the people
Opinion polls of the Iraqi people show they want coalition forces out but the majority of Iraqi people also don't want to live under extreme Muslim rule.
Very difficult situation

Answer 4

Great question and very astute comments. and the strangest thing of all is that the list of "I believes" is the list that we would apply to our own country. So I often wonder who the hell we think we are to invade a country and, before learning the culture, decide they need to do it the U S A way. AHHHHHHHH arrogance and ignorance rule the day. The assumption that the iraqi people are unable to make decisions in their own best interest is appalling to me.

Answer 5

This is going into the category of the sexuality of the Teletubbie. communicate about needing some thing to do with their time-conservatives are scrutinizing the garb of Rachel Ray????? before each and every thing the headscarf turned right into a black and white paisley, will the bush perpetrated insanity about terrorism ever end-will the republicans ever be sure it out that the completed situation turned right into a scam??? I mean what number insiders and fellow brown shirts might want to tutor this to you? What in case you mom advised you? may you've self belief her. that's an party of the mentality of the right. similar as faux patriotism lapel pins and the obnoxious "help our troops" (yet enable them bypass to school they could commence to imagine for themselves and end assisting die for no longer some thing).

Answer 6

I think people who think like you do split our country, give the terrorists more reasons to keep fighting - when they might have given up if we were a united country as our name suggests.

You're free to have any opinion - my husband and thousands and thousands of other troops would die to make sure that continues.

I don't understand - you're mad at Bush cause of the war. Yet, you'd be mad if he didn't fight the terrorists and more were killed on our lands. So no matter what he did, he wouldn't have your approval.

Answer 7

All that is fine except for the "freedom to raise it's hand against all which it considers false."
That ain't right...just because they THINK it's false doens't give them the right to "raise their hand" against it.
I "believe" in a lot of things...The problem is that it's just simply illegal to run off and hurt innocent people.

Answer 8

Don't know that is up to you, but all of those freedoms you list, well under Saddam's rule they were impossible and punishable by death. BTW you said yesterday there was no such thing as terrorists so which is it.

Answer 9

If you believe that the terrorists have more rights than Iraqi or American citizens, yes, you are a terrorist sympathizer. If not, then you are not. That's all it's about for me.

Answer 10

No

But what you may not realize is that terrorists will over-run the country if the US leaves too early. The government needs to be at least stable