Liberator, even though you may be somewhat on my side, you are so uninformed and so conftrontational, that I really wish you weren't. Please, stop posting such off-base remarks.
A) If we had bombed them back to the stone age, then not only would we have even more trouble rebuilding, but the international uproar over it would be tremendous.
B) The fact is that we don't have an exit plan. In case you haven't noticed, US troops are dying daily. Maybe if you had a son or daughter in the conflict, and watched them get torn apart from the feet up by a hidden land mine, then you wouldn't be so quick to support the war.
I, luckily, have not, but I know many people who have, and the problem with the supporters of the war is that they usually don't realize the fact that Americans are dying, and lots of them.
Lib, when I say we don't have an exit plan, that means that we can't leave. If we left Iraq right now, the country would tear itself apart, leaving a huge power vacuum in that area, ripe for some othe Al-Queda type organization to come in and take over.
So we can't leave. We can't ask for help, because no one will give it. So what does that mean? We don't have any way to get out. That means that over the next twenty or so years, many more Americans will lose their lives.
Sure, I agree that Saddamn should have been taken out, but not like this. Saddamn was a horrible man, yes, but right now, we are no better. If you look at the abuses piling up, then we are no better. If you look at the fact that we committed an un-sanctioned invasion, then we are no better.
That is why the United States needs to improve itself before it improves others.
Anyway, I need to get off, someone needs a ride somewhere and I can't think straight (just woke up). Sorry if some of that didn't make much sense, or wasn't explained in detail.
