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[voiceofreason]

Same with you, only you're claiming the opposite will happen.

Voiceofreason: If we pull back, they'll be free to choose their own government.

I sure as shit didn't say that. Don't get sloppy.

 

[Nailbomb]

I sure as shit didn't say that. Don't get sloppy.

Actually, you did. You said "If that's true, let someone else foot the bill," and when shiggy argued about what they'd be "free to do", you countered with "They'll be free to choose the Islamic State religion." Remember: separation of church and state is an American thing.

Is that something for old folks, or rich old folks? Is that RV as in Recreational Vehicle? As in big oversized mobile homes that old people drive around in their retirement?
Why on earth would he give a speech there?

Yep, the hotels on wheels, so to speak. Dunno why he picked it.

 

[voiceofreason]

Actually, you did. You said "If that's true, let someone else foot the bill," .

Of course I didn't mean it. They point is we need to get out of there and stop killing those people. It serves no purpose....

 

[FlipTheState]

I got to blow stuff up, shoot people, get blown up, and get shot at....so it wasn't TOTALLY useless

Seriously, we're not harming as many 'innocent' Iraqis as you are all being told. True, it IS happening, and I'm not trying to justify it. I just don't think it's as bad as some very politically-oriented lobbyists and activists are trying to make it seem.

 

[voiceofreason]

I got to blow stuff up, shoot people, get blown up, and get shot at....so it wasn't TOTALLY useless

Seriously, we're not harming as many 'innocent' Iraqis as you are all being told. True, it IS happening, and I'm not trying to justify it. I just don't think it's as bad as some very politically-oriented lobbyists and activists are trying to make it seem.

The point is not how many people we kill, it is that we are there killing people for no reason, just the sick dreams of this Texas mental case.

 

[FlipTheState]

The point is not how many people we kill, it is that we are there killing people for no reason, just the sick dreams of this Texas mental case.

Yeah I know...I'm just giving you a hard time :beerchug:

 

[shiggy1016]

I got to blow stuff up, shoot people, get blown up, and get shot at....so it wasn't TOTALLY useless

Seriously, we're not harming as many 'innocent' Iraqis as you are all being told. True, it IS happening, and I'm not trying to justify it. I just don't think it's as bad as some very politically-oriented lobbyists and activists are trying to make it seem.

You forgot media. Sex and violence sell. Blame a good portion of the overexageration shit on the media.

 

[voiceofreason]

You forgot media. Sex and violence sell. Blame a good portion of the overexageration shit on the media.

Uh, we're killing them with weapons everyday, not movies and music...

 

[FlipTheState]

Actually...you know what I'm fucking sick of? Hearing that "We're just killing innocent civilians"....
Nobody complained this much when these "innocent civilians" drove their cars up to U.S. checkpoints and blew the living fuck out of us. Nobody noticed when these "innocent civilians" blew up other "innocent civilians" at two bus stations and then bombed the shit out of the hospital where the wounded were going. How many of the recent bombings haven't involved any Americans? Quite a few. How's that for innocent?
I didn't notice anyone protesting the fact that these "innocent people" were sending kids out into crowds to throw rocks and dummy grenades at American troops in an effort to get us to shoot them so they could film it and us it against us... (yes this happened)... I didn't hear any outbursts of protest when a helicopter carrying 32 Marines suspiciously crashed near a known hostile town.
At the risk of sounding like a right-wing asshole, that's what war IS...that's what armed conflict is...people dying. It doesn't matter if it was right or wrong or bullshit in the first place...it happens. It happens every day here in the U.S., but you don't see near the outcry or media coverage or activist interest as you do for this thing in Iraq. People die every day...from lung cancer, from drunk drivers, from dehydration, from hunger, from gunshot wounds, from suicide, from hurricanes...well, you get the idea.
Sometimes I think you people believe that we have the Mai Lai Massacre going on over there...which makes me laugh, because maybe that's the extent of your experience with armed conflict...a decades-old 'war' that showed the worst of Americas youth.

Maybe it would help me if someone could explain to me how you are determining which "innocent" people are being killed. What methods are you using to determine "innocent" from "not innocent"...

 

[Canadian Pyro]

Actually...you know what I'm fucking sick of? Hearing that "We're just killing innocent civilians"....
Nobody complained this much when these "innocent civilians" drove their cars up to U.S. checkpoints and blew the living fuck out of us. Nobody noticed when these "innocent civilians" blew up other "innocent civilians" at two bus stations and then bombed the shit out of the hospital where the wounded were going. How many of the recent bombings haven't involved any Americans? Quite a few. How's that for innocent?
I didn't notice anyone protesting the fact that these "innocent people" were sending kids out into crowds to throw rocks and dummy grenades at American troops in an effort to get us to shoot them so they could film it and us it against us... (yes this happened)... I didn't hear any outbursts of protest when a helicopter carrying 32 Marines suspiciously crashed near a known hostile town.
At the risk of sounding like a right-wing asshole, that's what war IS...that's what armed conflict is...people dying. It doesn't matter if it was right or wrong or bullshit in the first place...it happens. It happens every day here in the U.S., but you don't see near the outcry or media coverage or activist interest as you do for this thing in Iraq. People die every day...from lung cancer, from drunk drivers, from dehydration, from hunger, from gunshot wounds, from suicide, from hurricanes...well, you get the idea.
Sometimes I think you people believe that we have the Mai Lai Massacre going on over there...which makes me laugh, because maybe that's the extent of your experience with armed conflict...a decades-old 'war' that showed the worst of Americas youth.

You are exactly right, that is exactly what war is, this is why we are saying you Americans shouldn't have invaded in the first place. Most of the dead haven't been directly killed by the Americans, but they probably wouldn't have died if there had been no invasion, and ergo no insurrection/breakdown of order.

The point is that no President should ever declare a war when he/she isn't 100% certain said war is neccessary and justified. Let me ask you a question, did you enjoy your stay in Iraq? Was it fun, knowing there were people very close by who wanted you dead? No one should ever have been sent to Iraq, and Bush should have been impeached for it, IMO.

Now, recognising that there are troops there now, how do we get them out? Simple, just get them the fuck out of there! No American-imposed democracy is ever going to be accepted by the Iraqis, so there is no possible hope that the mission can be successful. The longer the troops are there, the worse the situation becomes. Sure there might be a civil war, sure there will be chaos and anarchy, but so what?! Countries have survived both of these before, and they will do so again.
Something has to be done, the status quo ain't exactly a good plan, so:
GET THE FUCK OUT OF IRAQ!!!

 

[FlipTheState]

I'm tired of arguing the same point over and over again. My stance from the beginning has been that we never should have gone...but coulda/shoulda/woulda...none of it matters now.
You can't validate my point on one hand by saying that yes I'm right, that's what war is on one hand, but then on the other hand validate my other point that we never should have gone in the first place...and hope to then argue against me.
There are huge gaping holes in your logic...in the interests of time and my frustration, I won't respond point by point. I'll simply assume that you're intelligent enough to see the holes and acknowledge them. I'm not trying to argue that we should have gone to Iraq... but you also HAVE to know that we truly can't just sky the fuck out in the middle of something we started. If you really can't imagine the kind of impact that civil war in an Arab and Muslim country will have on the world around them, I've made some serious misjudgements about your intellect. That's what I mean when I say: Right, Wrong, or Indifferent...that's the way it is.
And...you can't logically draw a line between whether or not I enjoyed my time in Iraq - knowing people wanted me dead - and whether or not we should have been sent...it's two entirely different issues. No, we shouldn't have gone...but you know what? People shooting at us is often what draws some of us.
I think Hemmingway said it best.

 

[lcoon80]

Flip The State, you are truly a good person serving your country. I Agree with you 100%. We're in this situation, and we need to finish the job. I understand where your coming from, I believe we should put more troops over their, and get the situation under control. I don't know if a government will work, the people posting reply don't know if a government in this part of the country will work. The track record for the USA has been bad. Making other nations governments, has been something we never could do. Not only that but this part of the world has been fighting for a long, long time. How can we stop it? That's our main goal? stop the violence. I'm not over there, from what I've read religion is a big part of there life. It won't stop until that problem stops. The problem of why they hate each other. I don't know what's going on over their, I'm sure you have a better picture, so correct me if I'm wrong. Also on a side note: Don't blame the media, were only a business like Nike, or Wal-mart. Tell you FCC your fed up with this bull S###. Only you can change it, yes i work in the media so get off you a## and change it. We only do what makes us money, if it doesn't make money we won't do it. And what makes money, or what doesn't make money is ALWAYS influenced by you. I SAID IT!! You control the media, if they arn't doing something you like DON'T WATCH IT! if you watch you let them win, it's as simple as that. (Sorry I got off topic)

 

[Canadian Pyro]

I'm tired of arguing the same point over and over again. My stance from the beginning has been that we never should have gone...but coulda/shoulda/woulda...none of it matters now.
You can't validate my point on one hand by saying that yes I'm right, that's what war is on one hand, but then on the other hand validate my other point that we never should have gone in the first place...and hope to then argue against me.
There are huge gaping holes in your logic...in the interests of time and my frustration, I won't respond point by point. I'll simply assume that you're intelligent enough to see the holes and acknowledge them. I'm not trying to argue that we should have gone to Iraq... but you also HAVE to know that we truly can't just sky the fuck out in the middle of something we started. If you really can't imagine the kind of impact that civil war in an Arab and Muslim country will have on the world around them, I've made some serious misjudgements about your intellect. That's what I mean when I say: Right, Wrong, or Indifferent...that's the way it is.
And...you can't logically draw a line between whether or not I enjoyed my time in Iraq - knowing people wanted me dead - and whether or not we should have been sent...it's two entirely different issues. No, we shouldn't have gone...but you know what? People shooting at us is often what draws some of us.
I think Hemmingway said it best.

Ok, I'm fully aware of the implications of just leaving, I am aware it would be bad, but they have to do something! I was really just thinking aloud, (or whatever it is on the internet).
But I believe no one should ever be sent into harm's way for a bad reason, military or not, people are people, and they shouldn't be treated as expendable. Wouldn't you agree?

 

[jamesp]

After 2 1/4 centuries of "perfecting" democracy we still don't have it perfect even in this country. This will not be a simple process. It even took quite a while after the colonies gained their independece for them to come up with the idea of creating a national government (at first we had the Articles of Confederation- a modern day legislative branch with no executive to back it up, or judicial to ensure consistancy). We simply cannot pull out of Iraq now. To do so would simply cause the country to fall back into anarchy, and thousands of Iraqi lives would be lost.

Another thing, think about the number of troops we have lost thus far. There have been more than 5x that number lost to homicide during the same stretch of time. Although we have lost a lot of men and women their numbers really aren't as high as the media would have you believe. They put their lives on the line for us, and that makes their deaths sell more commercials and ads. Don't let the media fool you.

And don't let this joker try to confuse the subject by saying that we have been trying to "perfect democracy". How do you prefect an ideal like democracy? You don't, if it got better it would be something else (i.e. Marxism > Facism > Communism). The whole idea is to substitute a weak dictorial government that holds the key to a load of oil, with a strongish democratic government. One that we can to a lesser extent control. The reasons may not be right, but the ends for us justify that. Actually shiggy is kinda right, just that first sentence is a pickle.

 

[FlipTheState]

Ok, I'm fully aware of the implications of just leaving, I am aware it would be bad, but they have to do something! I was really just thinking aloud, (or whatever it is on the internet).
But I believe no one should ever be sent into harm's way for a bad reason, military or not, people are people, and they shouldn't be treated as expendable. Wouldn't you agree?

Agreed. Yes, something must be done...but it's a fine balancing act between doing the right thing and doing the right thing...no matter what has been done up to this point.

Tell you FCC your fed up with this bull S###. Only you can change it, yes i work in the media so get off you a## and change it. We only do what makes us money, if it doesn't make money we won't do it. And what makes money, or what doesn't make money is ALWAYS influenced by you. I SAID IT!! You control the media, if they arn't doing something you like DON'T WATCH IT! if you watch you let them win, it's as simple as that.

True, the media is a business. True, consumers ultimately control what makes money and what doesn't. The FCC cannot change that, nor is that what it was set up to accomplish.
However, when the media advertise "Fair, accurate, and non-biased" reporting in their news but fail to deliver, that's not a consumer issue. Could we stop watching mainstream media (news)? Sure. But what about the media companies' attempt to compensate by over-dramatization, ultra-sensationalizing, and downright manipulating situations and information in order to create (or draw back) viewers in order to boost ratings...thereby increasing revenue. Yep, it's about money. Yep, many people have stopped watching mainstream media because it IS a business, it IS working for a profit. We don't want news and programming that's solely motivated by profit...we just want an accurate story. So, yes...many of us have shrugged off the frustration of being spoon-fed opinions and issues by choosing to listen to stations like NPR, Pacifica, BBC...
Ultimately, we'd like the mainstream media to change the way it does business...but there's really no stake in it for us. This consumer-driven, capitalistic society that you point the finger at as the cause of the way media does business will simply excercise their abilities as consumers and quietly stop watching/listening ....which will frustrate the media corporations further and cause them to step up their agressive and poor-form advertising.