Originally posted by: uibd
First of all, those of you that have said that if you were drafted you wouldn't fight need to suck a big one. No matter if I was oppesed to the war or not, if my country calls on me to serve, I will. I see it as an obligation to my country to do so. And yes, I am of draft age.
Second, I personally support this war. Let me outline my reasonings.
1. As part of the cease-fire agreement, Iraq agreed to disarm. It's been more than 10 years, and here we are, still fighing through all the BS to get them to do so.
2. Some may argue that maybe he has disarmed. We are not the ones who need to show this. The burden of proof is on them. Thus far, they are letting inspectors in the country, but are not showing us anything, instead telling us to look for it ourselves. This does not seem like somebody that has done their part.
3. There was talk by one poster of how Johnson stated that Vietnam fired on our planes to get the country involved over there. Well yes, that is true. In Iraq however, I've seen the video of SAM sites firing on our planes repeatidly. Thus we have to do one of two things. Withdraw all troops from the region, thus allowing Saddam to do whatever he pleases or take him out. It is not an option of using the military over there. We already are. We have to almost every day bomb some site firing upon our planes. So thus it is either an option of stepping up our military involvement or withdrawing completely.
4. The arguement of this being used as a distraction by Bush to take away from the sluggish economy, is weak at best. Bush stated from the beginning that something needed to be done about Iraq. Couple that with the fact that Bush has been on the forfront of news lately talking about the economy, proposing tax cuts, etc. (Not saying I approve of his policy, just stating that he has done it) This is not the actions of a man trying to put the economy on the back burner. Bush also knows from his father's experience that war cannot distract voters from how the economy back home is doing.
I've got more, but I getting tired of typing already. I can see both viewpoints on this subject but for me the choice is to invade. It's prety funny that just over two years ago, I thought Bush was a horrible choice for President and here I am supporting him.
