One of the many differences between Muslim terrorists and Nazi soldiers is that when Allied troops walked through Berlin, the war was basically over. What capital in the Middle East needs to have US boots walk through it for the so-called "War on Terror" to be over?How does sending 21,500 troops make a difference in policing a country of close to 30 million?Even if the violence does abide in Iraqi, which I hope it does, how does a Shia dominated Iraqi operating under strict Islamic law help us?How does torturing people, some of whom we only think are terrorists, supposed to win hearts and minds among the world's 1 billion Muslims...not to mention the millions we already have in this country, most of whom in both categories, are not terrorists?How can we forever and completely stop Iran from building a bomb through military action? We bomb, and assuming we get all of the sites, they just start again. Then we have a nation three times the size of Iraq with twice the population, (a population largely under 30 who currently like us), screaming for our blood. Forget about possible terrorist attacks world-wide, how about $10 a gallon gas when they shut close to half of the oil coming out of the Gulf?Some quote Churchill. I like him too. Maybe we should have all listened to him before we invaded Iraq, which he called the "ungrateful volcano". But he slept on world danger too you know. He thought the Empire of Japan was little threat and many British citizens in Singapore paid with their lives and bodies.And why do people like me who served their country in uniform have to have their patriotism questioned by those who did not? |