“Protesting IS supporting them.”
Funny, only the protesters actually believe this.
“Who better to speak up than the public when OUR elected officials lead us down the wrong path? Should we blindly support them? Stay mute?”
Agreed. It is your view of the path and how some choose to exercise their freedom of expression with which I disagree.
“The military is in Iraq unnecessarily. WE went after Iraq – not the other way around.”
See UN Resolution 1441 and the history (all 30 yrs) behind it.
“We are inciting further hatred and violence against us. Anti-American sentiment is swelling to bursting point… GLOBALLY!…Look at the polls on this issue. People are getting the proper information and CHANGING THEIR OPINIONS.. these are people who previously supported Bush and supported Iraq.”
Major western media, which votes overwhemingly Democrat, has been conducting its own “war” against the administration for years. State and CIA have assisted the media’s efforts (don’t have their voting patterns handy, but they are also highly Democrat, as is most of the public sector). Just how long can bad news bad news bad news be spewn before it affects the polls? I’m amazed it took as long as it did.
“Just tell me how this is making me safer????? I certainly cant travel abroad as freely as before. My father said even his last trip to Africa was shockingly different then his trips pre-9/11. Resorts frequented by Americans are surrounded by heavily armed guards and barricades. Please tell me how I am safer today than I was before Iraq. I want to know.”
Hmm… don’t blame the terrorists who deliberately target civilians (American, Iraqi, English, Spanish, Israeli, whatever), blame the people who have taken the fight to them. Interesting. I assume you are aware that Islamic terrorism and the deliberate targeting of civilians long predates the war in Iraq. I think the arguement can be made that the reason you aren’t as safe has much more to do with events of 10 yrs ago then now. There was a time when a single American casulaty by terrorism carried an aweful price. Then, for a number of years responses were symbolic at best. Jihadists question our resolve and our commitment.
