Who really tend to talk about the war from a point of view of "they are out to destroy us all...so we have to destroy them all first" type of mentality.
Most people I have discussed the iraq war with including many former soldiers think its a waste of our soldiers lives, and resources...and as many have told me...we have no business over there.
What has been your experience?
2007-09-02 01:03:49 · 20 answers · asked by ron j 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Your talking to the wrong people. I served two tours there, 22 years in the Marines, and don't make my choices on a religious belief. I look at the war from the perspective that the terrorist are hiding in countries like Afghanistan and Iraq, where they are "accepted and supported" and we will hunt them down and KILL them before they kill anymore of our citizens. They declared war on us, and we are going to give them every reason to die for their beliefs. Then God, Allah, Buddha, Muhammad, or the Whiz can sort them out, because it is not my job, my job is to kill them before they kill my fellow citizens, and I would hope that all my fellow Marines feel the same.
2007-09-02 01:12:53 · answer #1 · answered by libsticker 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Well, if you ask me. I have no form of religion. I support the troops in Iraq and im not too clear on the war. But who is? There hasn't been a draft lottery yet and I am happy about that. No one is forcing these cowboys to risk their lives. They get to fight for the freedom that everyone else gets to enjoy and that is how America works. That's the obligation they put foward in themselves. You couldnt get every American that is against the war to change these guys minds. You also can't go around telling people we're over there for nothing because that means you're telling people their brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, uncles...and so on are dying for nothing. They died for your freedom. That's all anyone needs to know.
2007-09-02 17:46:00 · answer #2 · answered by SelfAwareness 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've had a completely different experience than you. Evangelical Christians tend to support the Republican party based on their understanding of the US Constitution and its protections for freedom of religion and speech, but as to the war? I have heard Christians both for and against the war.
Christians come in many packages and shouldn't be over-generalized by anyone. They are in both parties.
2007-09-02 01:21:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am not a born again, but I would prefer to be fighting in their streets than to have another 9/11, or worse, the situation in Israel where you don't know if the next bus your going to step into is going to explode.
The military is there to protect us from both of those scenarios, the media 'tells us' it's not necessary to be there but you think if we had done nothing after 9/11 the next step of bus bombing would not have begun? No guarantees, the attitude they have is to kept pushing. Their culture isn't "touchy feely why don't we all get along" either.
2007-09-02 01:11:23 · answer #4 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because they are idealists, who believe in honour, truth, and the rights of man.
Maybe because they believe freedom is better than tyrany.
Maybe because if the islamic revolution ever hits these shores, the first against the wall will be Christians and Jews.
Maybe because they believe in right and wrong, and that one should always do the right thing, even if it is the harder thing to do.
2007-09-05 18:55:45 · answer #5 · answered by johnny_100pesos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing like yours...And BTW, I'm FOR the war (haven't always agreed on how it was being managed...but that's a separate issue). I'm NOT a Christian. I'm a retired AF officer...pretty much the opposite of the demographic you profess to meet.
2007-09-02 01:47:57 · answer #6 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently these Soldiers were not a part of Conflict. Those People Want Us There. You will have Fools everywhere that will try to Hurt People. We have Gangs Here in the Us, they just use Bombs over There.
2007-09-02 01:15:12 · answer #7 · answered by thornrez1 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
my experience is i lived wtc two and al qaeda in manhattan..i feel that anyone who thinks the harry reid unilateral surrender is going to do anything at all to protect this society ought to have their head examined. i approve of defending this country and i think that pelosi spin has been around for so long about iraq that most liberals wouldnt understand the real problem if their lives depended on it.
2007-09-02 02:00:36 · answer #8 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 11:36:34 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to say this but I have had the same reactions from people.
I think this is why many of the right wing conservatives have been for the war for so long.
Bush did say something like god told him to have this war.
Well that should be enough right there ( sarcasm )
I think if more people were spiritual then religious this world would be allot better off.
Religion has been the cause of so many wars.
I don't think that God would want this.
2007-09-02 01:15:54 · answer #10 · answered by letfreedomring 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋