Skinsfan55 wrote: DEHog, you completely misunderstand me if you think I want to end freedom for everyone. It's ridiculous to even imply such nonsense. It's obvious that we cannot pull out of Iraq now, we are far, far past the point of no return, but we need to start conducting this war better, and our soldiers need to start conducting themselves better. No more bullying the Iraqi citizens, no more torturing prisoners, no more bombing with shoddy intel... This operation needs to be fixed up, and pronto. Were I in a position to make the decisions, that's exactly what would happen, and I certainly fail to see how THAT would make freedom vanish.
55, Sorry I really didn't explain my comment. First I respect your opinions, I think you understand that because you really haven't attacked me personally. We just have different opinions. To fight for the right for you to express your opinions and then discount them when you do would be very hypocritical of me. I guess I just wish American would appreciate them more!
Let me explain my comment about our freedoms vanishing. I have seen terrorism up close and personal, I have had to clean (graphic comment here)our Sailors from the USS Cole. I have had to smell the stench from remain of the Kenya Embassy bombing after the President delayed their arrival because he wanted to have a ceremony at Andrews, oh by the way this was at the height of the Lewinsky scandal. There was no such ceremony for the USS Cole. My point is what did do we do in response? I think we lobbed 1 crusie missle?? Why didn't we do more?? Was it because it didn't happen on our soil? Now flash forward to September 11th and the outrage by Americans that this could happen on our soil. Now the hearings as to how this happened. Why hasn't the former administration been called in for questioning. We know why, because there're not up for re-election. Look at what happened to our freedom after 9/11 look at the searches we are now subject to? I think we agree here that we don't like our privacy invaded, but look at how quick American were ready to give it up! Why because they were scared, exactly what the terrorists wants. Now compare that to what Bushes reaction was to September 11th, what would the previous administration have done??
I was down in Dallas in March for a forensics conference where John Ashcroft spoke, he stated that we just don't know how many other attacks that have been stopped because we took action. You can't go public with these things. Now here's what I mean by our freedom vanishing if more people with your views get into policy making positions. What if we had done nothing after9/11,better yet what if we had done something after the Cole would 9/11 had happened?? What if we pull out now? I believe as do many of our leaders that we will fight the battle right here in are own backyards!! Think about the freedoms we would have to give up if that were to happen? It's not that I think you want to end freedom for everyone, it 's that I think people with views like yours are a threat to our freedom!