The Sunni and Shiite militias killing each other in Iraq won't come to America. Stop watching Fox News.
2007-01-10 14:12:18
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answer #1
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answered by Duffman 5
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It's time to change GNC supplements, my good sir. Something has gone terribly awry.
If we were to pull out, it's possible that the civil war might intensify. It's possible that Iran will turn Iraq into a client state of kinds. That won't be too good, I think.
It's possible a united Iran and Iraq might start to make Israel, our friend, very uncomfortable.
But, there are many things in this world that are not possible.
If you take a bite out of the moon, it is not made of green cheese.
If you sail a ship toward China from San Francisco, you will not fall off the Earth.
And if you remove US troops from Iraq, the Iraqi sectarians that want us to leave will be happy. They will be happy to get on to duking it out without our interference. No one is going to want to take a vacation to America while the fate of the country is in the balance.
The other thing that is sure to happen is that our troops, who have already been asked to do too much with too little armor, will be out of harms way. They can return home to their loved ones.
Do yourself a favor. Do some Internet research. Try to find some data on the percentage of violence in Iraq that is due to terrorist visitors. I guarantee you it is very small, and it is opportunistic. If we had not turned Iraq into a chaotic mess, there would have been no opportunity.
Finally, you have to understand how you are being manipulated by the word "terrorist." This is not a word you use on anyone that disagrees with you. It's not a word you use to describe the natural citizens of a country who want the foreign invaders to leave.
But, that is the word that is being used, exclusively, by Republican leaders. And, I assure you it is a cynical manipulation of your sensibilities, my good man. It has worked perfectly, getting you all hot and bothered, with the finger stuck on the punctuation keys of the keyboard.
In reality, if you do the research, you would find that the source of violence in Iraq looks something like this:
1. Sectarian violence -- 60% (these are the Iraqi citizens)
2. US combat forces -- 35% (these are the foreign invaders)
3. Opportunistic foreigners / maybe terrorists -- 5%
Please, do yourself a favor and do some independent research. Don't allow yourself to be led around by the nose. For God's sake, sir, show some self-respect.
2007-01-10 16:26:51
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answered by Murphy 3
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First of all there is already chaos reigning all over, so that is no different now than three years ago. 10's of millions? An exaggeration at best and used to try and scare people to your point of view. A war fought in the USA? Isn't that happening already? Rich vs poor, white vs black, educated vs uneducated, Americans against immigrants. Gun battles in mid America? With who? You have been reading to much of the Republican Register and listening to duh-bya or some idiotic preacher. And yes, I will take responsiblity for any of that, thank you. And you know, why don't you just put down your six pack, spit out your chew, go load up a few guns get outta your trailer park and go git them towel heads where they live before they come here to your trailer and blow you AWAY? How the hell do you think killing insurgents in Iraq will protect the USA? You know they can get on planes if they really want to, but I guess you haven't figured that out yet.
2007-01-10 14:18:11
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answered by commonsense 5
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Your hysterical rant is short on facts.
Tens of millions of Iraqis killed in a country that barely has that many people? Not going to happen.
Gun battles between Sunnis and Shiites in the middle of New York City and in middle America? Not a chance.
Try to calm down. Take a few deep breaths. Turn off Faux News and the am radio barking right-wing moonbats and get yourself informed. In the meantime you're just embarrassing yourself.
Oh, and BTW, Bush is and will remain responsible for the bloodbath he caused by invading Iraq. I take it from your question that you are prepared to accept responsibility for that?
2007-01-10 14:22:07
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answered by The answer guy 3
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Here we go again, another distortion. Everyone who doesn't want us to withdraw from Iraq cites the chaos that would ensue, as if chaos hasn't already ensued in Iraq as a result of our being there. If anyone should take responsibility for the chaos in Iraq it should be the Bush administration for declaring victory prematurely in May 2003 and not anticipating that the insurgency would snowball, and whoever was responsible for the bombing of the Shiite mosque that started the talk of civil war in the first place.
As to your other point, anyone who thinks we have hundreds of thousands of Islamic terrorists in the heart of America waiting to make their move here if we pull out now has been watching too much Fox News.
2007-01-10 14:21:14
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answered by smoke16507 3
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I guess you're a Monday morning quarterback. The problem is, that we are stuck. Our country has been put in a lose-lose scenario, by a neo-conservative. (bush is not a real conservative)
So here it is. Our neo-con president will prolong our occupation of Iraq, provoke and prod at Iran until it stings back. (Didn't your Grand pappy tell you not to play with hornets nests) Next he will pass the problem on to the next president and not take responsibility for the problem that his neo-con administration has caused.
Here's the cure nimrod. If you're really conservative, you might agree.
1. Place a complete moratorium on all forms of Immigration into this country.
2. Grant no student visas to foreign students.
3. Pass and require legislation that we switch over to E-85 fuel.
which is homegrown straight from the heartland.
4. Stop allowing foreign countries to own property in the U.S.
e.g. The Bush administration is pushing for a law to allow Foreign Corporations to own our roads and Highway systems. Our tax payer dollars built those roads. NOT HYUNDAI or the SULTAN of OMAN.
Basically stop blaming others for your mistake of voting for a free trading snake in the grass neo-con.
Real conservatives look in the mirror and take responsibility for their actions.
2007-01-10 14:34:09
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answered by drkstr1973 3
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OK NeoNut here's a question for you. Will you take responsibility for a never ending conflict which devours our tax money and sends many more of our troops to their death. The biggest chaos is here in the States following a "cowboy president" down the path of destruction for us. How dare this draft dodger feel free to invade other countries over lies and deceit!!! He now has thrown another country into his "sights" and will not rest until he has successfully engaged an entire region into his neocon ideas. Those like YOU are the true enemy of civilization!! You rant and rave and throw about your idiotic statements in the hopes that we will go conquer the world!! Sorry neocon, your words show you for what you are, an idiot who desires to see the world explode over your selfish ideals.
2007-01-10 14:27:25
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answered by supressdesires 4
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The Newsweek poll alleges that 67 percent of Americans are unhappy with the direction the country is headed and 69 percent of the country is unhappy with the performance of the president. In essence 2/3s of the citizenry just ain't happy and want a change.
So being the knuckle dragger I am, I starting thinking, ''What we are so unhappy about?''
Is it that we have electricity and running water 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? Is our unhappiness the result of having air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter?
Could it be that 95.4 percent of these unhappy folks have a job? Maybe it is the ability to walk into a grocery store at any time and see more food in moments than Baghdad has seen in the last year?
Maybe it is the ability to drive from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean without having to present identification papers as we move through each state? Or possibly the hundreds of clean and safe motels we would find along the way that can provide temporary shelter? I guess having thousands of restaurants with varying cuisine from around the world is just not good enough. Or could it be that when we wreck our car, emergency workers show up and provide services to help all involved. Whether you are rich or poor they treat your wounds and even, if necessary, send a helicopter to take you to the hospital.
Perhaps you are one of the 70 percent of Americans who own a home, you may be upset with knowing that in the unfortunate case of having a fire, a group of trained firefighters will appear in moments and use top notch equipment to extinguish the flames thus saving you, your family and your belongings. Or if, while at home watching one of your many flat screen TVs, a burglar or prowler intrudes; an officer equipped with a gun and a bullet-proof vest
will come to defend you and your family against attack or loss. This all in the backdrop of a neighborhood free of bombs or militias raping and pillaging the residents. Neighborhoods where 90 percent of teenagers own cell phones and computers.
How about the complete religious, social and political freedoms we enjoy that are the envy of everyone in the world? Maybe that is what has 67 percent of you folks unhappy.
Fact is, we are the largest group of ungrateful, spoiled brats the world has ever seen. No wonder the world loves the U.S. yet has a great disdain for its citizens. They see us for what we are. The most blessed people in the world who do nothing but complain about what we don't have and what we hate about the country instead of thanking the good Lord we live here.
I know, I know. What about the president who took us into war and has no plan to get us out? The president who has a measly 31 percent approval rating? Is this the same president who guided the nation in the dark days after 9/11? The president that cut taxes to bring an economy out of recession? Could this be the same guy who has been called every name in
the book for succeeding in keeping all the spoiled brats safe from terrorist attacks? The commander in chief of an all-volunteer army that is out there defending you and me?
Make no mistake about it. The troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have volunteered to serve, and in many cases have died for your freedom. There is currently no draft in this country. They didn't have to go. They are able to refuse to go and end up with either a ''general'' discharge, an ''other than honorable'' discharge or, worst case scenario, a ''dishonorable'' discharge
after a few days in the brig.
So why then the flat out discontentment in the minds of 69 percent of Americans? Say what you want but I blame it on the media. If it bleeds it leads and they specialize in bad news. Everybody will watch a car crash with blood and guts. How many will watch kids selling lemonade at the corner?
The media knows this and media outlets are for-profit corporations. They offer what sells. Just ask why they are going to allow a murderer like O.J. Simpson to write a book and do a TV special about how he didn't kill his wife but if he did, insane! (Obviously this was written a while back). Stop buying the negative venom you are fed everyday by the media. Shut off
the TV, burn Newsweek, and use the New York Times for the bottom of your bird cage. Then start being grateful for all we have as a country. There is exponentially more good than bad.
I close with one of my favorite quotes from B.C. Forbes in 1953:
''What have Americans to be thankful for? More than any other people on the earth, we enjoy complete religious freedom, political freedom, social freedom. Our liberties are sacredly safeguarded by the Constitution of the United States, 'the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.' Yes, we Americans of today have been
bequeathed a noble heritage. Let us pray that we may hand it down unsullied to our children and theirs.''
I suggest we sit back and count our blessings for all we have. If we don't, what we have will be taken away. Then we will have to explain to future generations why we squandered such blessing and abundance.
If we are not careful this generation will be known as the ''greediest and most en grateful generation.'' A far cry from the proud Americans of the ''greatest generation'' who left us an untarnished legacy
2007-01-10 14:19:48
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answered by justbuddy67 2
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hello where have you been. we already have gun fights in new york city and all over America for that matter, but let me ask you this, was Iraq having these battles before we went there....hell no, they knew better....the fight is because we are there overseeing as bush loves to call it...what happened to the fact that Saudi Arabia is not our friend as bush seem to think...oops i forgot he does have family stock in the oil fields there, so sorry for my mistake wake up and smell the STINK of the world. We have to make it very clear who is friends of America and who is only interested in getting richer from America
2007-01-10 14:19:22
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answered by proud to be an American 2
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The responsibility rests squarely on W. He is the liar who got the nation into this war solely to enrich himself, his family and his friends.
As for your supposition that the war will come home: I have no interest in where you live but the war has ALREADY come home. It has come home in the form of caskets, mutilated bodies and warpped minds.
The responsibility for all this is on W and his cabinet.
2007-01-10 14:21:11
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answered by Radiant B 1
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