Poll - Was it Worth it?

[Deano963]

Vote.

Oh yeh, and if you vote, explain why you voted the way you did.

[memphis]

Absolutely not. Iraq is a much scarier now than under Hussein. Still, I don't think this is the end of the world that everybody is making it out to be.

[MODU]

Yes.  Of course, this should have been done a decade ago.

Absolutely not. Iraq is a much scarier now than under Hussein. Still, I don't think this is the end of the world that everybody is making it out to be.

No, it's only scarier now because we see what was going on inside Iraq for the past decade.  People were being rounded up and killed for non-crimes while hundreds of thousands were being slaughtered for being in the wrong tribes.  Of course, if you would rather have a mass murderer in control of an oppressive dictatorship rather than a free nation, by all means . . .

[Platypus]

No.

But there are many other effects of the war that make it not such a clear choice. ATM it's sh**tty, sure. But there is a possibility of  an open and free democratic society in Iraq, where people will love each other and not kill and they'll all have two cars and attend quality schools, all the women will take prozac and all the men will be members of the IRNA and they'll never have abortions and all the children will have blonde hair and say the pledge of allegiance and...

[tik 🪀✨]

Not really. But it sure was FUN!

[opebo]

No, it's only scarier now because we see what was going on inside Iraq for the past decade.  People were being rounded up and killed for non-crimes while hundreds of thousands were being slaughtered for being in the wrong tribes.  Of course, if you would rather have a mass murderer in control of an oppressive dictatorship rather than a free nation, by all means . . .

Why on earth should we care about that?

In any case, of cousre it wasn't 'worth it', though 1) this wasn't justice, but just murder of one thug by other thugs, and 2) the purpose of the war was to transfer vast sums from the public treasury to Bush's political supporters.

[Silent Hunter]

Other good things were achieved apart from the conviction of one man.

Remember who is responsible for the problems in Iraq.

[opebo]

Remember who is responsible for the problems in Iraq.

Those who control the empire are responsible, Hutner - the american owning class.

But the list of their victims is so long that there is no reason to make a particular fuss over this one destroyed nation.

[Moooooo]

Somewhere in between.

[Soaring Eagle]

No. In my opinion, you can never justify death with more death.

[Rob]

Guys, you're all missing the point. Allow Christian patriot and US Senator John Thune to fill you in:

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Oh boy, it's just like the Crusades! Thank the Lord for President Bush.

[David S]

No.  It wasn't worth this level of bloodshed. The one legitimate reason for attacking Iraq is that Saddam allegedly tried to have Bush Sr. "whacked". That definitely warrants a reaction, assuming it is in fact true. However, there were less bloody means available for making that happen. One, congress has the constitutional authority to grant a letter of Marque and Reprisal. In a nutshell that means hiring a hitman to "Whack" Saddam.
A second approach would be to simultaneously bomb all of Saddam's palaces. Either way that should have been done during the Clinton administration.

[Deano963]

Guys, you're all missing the point. Allow Christian patriot and US Senator John Thune to fill you in:

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Oh boy, it's just like the Crusades! Thank the Lord for President Bush.

John Thune is a f****** dumbass. I would love for him to go over to Iraq or any other Middle Eastern country and start preaching Christianity and see what happens to him.

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Guys, you're all missing the point. Allow Christian patriot and US Senator John Thune to fill you in:

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Oh boy, it's just like the Crusades! Thank the Lord for President Bush.

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-George W Bush

[MODU]

No, it's only scarier now because we see what was going on inside Iraq for the past decade.  People were being rounded up and killed for non-crimes while hundreds of thousands were being slaughtered for being in the wrong tribes.  Of course, if you would rather have a mass murderer in control of an oppressive dictatorship rather than a free nation, by all means . . .

Why on earth should we care about that?

In any case, of cousre it wasn't 'worth it', though 1) this wasn't justice, but just murder of one thug by other thugs, and 2) the purpose of the war was to transfer vast sums from the public treasury to Bush's political supporters.

Wow, I'm getting money from Bush?  Where's my check?? 

[True Democrat]

Of course it wasn't worth it, but that doesn't mean we should pull out.

[Silent Hunter]

Remember who is responsible for the problems in Iraq.

Those who control the empire are responsible, Hutner - the american owning class.

But the list of their victims is so long that there is no reason to make a particular fuss over this one destroyed nation.

No, the terrorists are responsible. If they stopped their attacks, we could leave tomorrow.

[Silent Hunter]

I have been having doubts over whether this was the right thing to do or not. I have them a lot.

I just want this war to be over and for Iraq to be a better place.

[opebo]

Remember who is responsible for the problems in Iraq.

Those who control the empire are responsible, Hutner - the american owning class.

But the list of their victims is so long that there is no reason to make a particular fuss over this one destroyed nation.

No, the terrorists are responsible. If they stopped their attacks, we could leave tomorrow.

That's ridiculous, Hunter - you may as well ask the French Resistance to roll over for the Nazis.

[Ebowed]

Of course not.  If the sole good accomplishment of this war was the highly publicized murder of another human being, the 3,000 dead soldiers, 600,000 dead Iraqi civilians, and billions of dollars have certainly gone to waste.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Take one vote away from 'yes' and add to 'no' - ye should always stick to the traditional order!

I probably should start on a rant on how America should not be the moral arbiter of the world and how the ME would be just a bit better if you just left it alone.. but I'm too tired right now.

[Deano963]

Take one vote away from 'yes' and add to 'no' - ye should always stick to the traditional order!

How do I do that?

[TheWildCard]

No. In my opinion, you can never justify death with more death.

Then I'm sure you'll be the first to condemn the actions of FDR, LBJ and Truman correct?