Comments on: Two wrongs are never right

By: confused

confused — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:39:45 +0000

So what do you all think we should have done in response to 911? I understand that the decisions made were not the best decisions so what are suggestions? Complaining about what others had the responsibility to make decisions about does not really solve anything. Suggestions to the leaders that whether we all agree or not are in fact the people that have the responsibility of trying to please us all which is not only an impossible task on a small scale but think of the burden that the United States people put on a decision maker. We cannot make up are minds on anything. One day we want to show the rest of the world that no one will be allowed to come here and hurt us. Can any one of us think back to the Tuesday and Wednesday that we sat in front of our televisions and felt fear and outrage and wanted something done. I agree that regardless of whether the decisions were made correctly or not we are there now and we should finish what we started. How do you justify quitting this far in.

By: Wil Robinson

Wil Robinson — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:16:30 +0000

Mike, Wren, BT, Critic -

I respectfully disagree. The 1991 Gulf War saw 500,000 troops on the ground - and that was just to push Saddam out of Kuwait. Now, in 2003, the US tries to invade and occupy the entire country with 130,000?

They needed more troops from the beginning, and now they just have to bite the bullet and do it. Standing by and watching the chaos or, worse, withdrawing altogether, will only increase the bloodshed.

Consider this - more troops on the ground in Iraq will do a couple of things:
1) It will increase American targets, increase the number of US soldiers that lose their lives, and make the American homeland a target for international terrorist acts in the years to come.
2) It will harden the view that many already have of the US - that “American” policies will only bring destruction and bloodshed, and should be resisted by any means. This will create more “terrorists” and make America LESS SAFE.

But consider the alternative: If the US withdraws or continues to be mired in a civil war it can’t contain or suppress, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis will die.

I agree whole-heartedly with BT, in that world policeman is “imperialism at its worst.” But the decision was already made that the US would play this role in Iraq. No matter which idiot made that decision, allowing a civil war to continue that begun only because of a half-assed occupation and poorly planned invasion is not the right decision.

The US decided to risk the lives of its brave soldiers for a worthy cause (apparently the spread of democracy.) It can’t bail out now just because the going got tough.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:32:04 +0000

Hey Wil - I think I have to go with Brother Tim on this one. Do you really think a troup surge will improve things there? I agree we messed it up, but it just seems like staying there, or increasing our presence will do more harm than good.

By: james higham

james higham — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:24:05 +0000

Wil, have a Happy New Year.

By: fc

fc — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:56:52 +0000

Powerful words… Very thought provoking.

Regards
- fc