We didn't go to Europe until after Japan attacked, true. You wanna know why?
The US population didn't want to. Didn't think we needed to get involved in "that war over there". Why put our forces in harm's way if we're not being threatened?
Sounds kinda like how the antiwar argument is being framed today. "Saddam can't reach us, he hasn't attacked us, we shouldn't put our troops on the line when it's the UN's job." Well, 9/11 was our first little love note from the Middle East. Should we wait for another before we act?
Maybe we should wait until Iraq CAN mount a direct attack on the US or the UK. That would be sporting, wouldn't it?
That's exactly right about WWII.
I agree in part about Iraq too. However, you must look at Saddam as a leader and his intentions. He wants to restore Iraq to what it was before Iraq was created by the British (can't remember the name of the place now). He wants his country to be what it should be. He has little intentions of attacking the US because it serves no purpose other than to get himself attacked back.
He DOES have a bad way of controlling his country, killing, fear and terror everywhere. This should be addressed. I am convinced he does have chemical agents, maybe bio-chemical too, and they should be destroyed.
There still is NOTHING to link him with Al-Qaeda, other than speculation.
What I do not agree with on this invasion of Iraq is the why and the blatant manipulation of the American population.
I think everybody knows it's about the oil for a major part, I think it's pretty obvious that some of it is 'settling a score' for the '91 Gulf War.
The government, and the media however, and turning this into a cause of justice when it is not. There is no denying that by removing Saddam and replacing him with a better suited leader that this would be resolved. However, it was the British and Americans who were instrumental in getting him there in the first place. This was because he was malleable and would do what he was told. He turned out to be a cunning little bugger though, and went bad. This I fear happening again.
Thanks to the media too, there is a GREAT hatred of the French for no other reason than that they disagree with the US. The whys and wherefores are not taken into account much, just that they don't want a war and so are 'gutless'. This is going to irrepairably damage French-US relations for generations.
I'm going to finish this post now, as I'm off for lunch.
I am glad though that we have gone from just randomly insulting and venting anger at the French and Canadians and Americans to talking about facts more calmly.
Thanks,
Rabbit.
"War is Peace"
"Ignorance is Strength"
"Freedom is Slavery"
