im left wondering why people are still protesting the war here. its already begun, whats done is done.
the way i see is once we finsih this war, we will start preparations for the next, (north korea's next on the list i beleive) its taken less than 2 years after afghan to start this war. So I guess there is about 2 years untill our guys go out to korea. not long to stage national wke outs and protests (lets face it the last lot were disorganised flops),
going the way of coincidence, Bush has 2 years left till election time...
also
something has become far too apartent...
the magority of supporters for this war are right wing, in itself who cares, but why do come insist on calling any liberal person liberal scum bags followed by other random insults, and finished with u dont belong in my country.
ps im a liberal, right wings feel free to flame me
From 1984: "The purpose of war is to prepare for the next war", and "The objective of war is not to conquer or gain territory but to keep the population under control".
Note: These are from memory, so may be slightly wrong.
PS. I think we will be in deep you-know-what if we mess with Korea.
PPS. Extreme right wing people are against the war.
Originally posted by nktwildMost of us who are protesting don't think that we can actually make a difference, because the current administration has shown that it doesn't care. We're trying to raise awareness of several things, however. First, we'd like our fomer allies in Europe and elsewhere who are opposed to the war to know that much of the population supports what they've been doing, and that the entire United States has not adopted the "go-it-alone" approach that George W. Bush has taken. Second, we'd like to try and stimulate some opposition by our elected officials, the media and basically anyone who people will listen to against both the domestic and international policies of the current administration, and we feel that more people will be willing to speak out if they know that there are many who support what they say and feel likewise. Third, we're thinking about the next election, and are trying to begin a grassroots campaign to make sure that George W. Bush is not elected for a second term by mobilizing the political constituencies who will vote for a democratic candidate.
im left wondering why people are still protesting the war here. its already begun, whats done is done.
the way i see is once we finsih this war, we will start preparations for the next, (north korea's next on the list i beleive) its taken less than 2 years after afghan to start this war. So I guess there is about 2 years untill our guys go out to korea. no ...[text shortened]... ed with u dont belong in my country.
ps im a liberal, right wings feel free to flame me
Finally, many of us are very concerned about the possibility of another war. Words have been thrown around by high level officials in Washington indicating that perhaps Iran and Syria are the next targets of George Bush, and considering that all of the soldiers, support crews and supplies are already in the Middle East, Bush may very well decide to attack those countries as well. So we're protesting any war in the middle east as a pre-emptive measure to try and dissuade future illegal invasions.
To answer your other question, the criticism from the right of people protesting seems, at least to me, to have consisted almost entirely of ad hominem attacks on the patriotism of those who oppose the war because their own position is baseless. Whether they know this or not, they're acting like it is, and that's why you'll see very little rational, controlled debate over the topic; those who are supporting the war are doing so for reasons that often aren't clear in their own mind outside of vague notions placed in their head by often conflicting speeches from members of the Bush administration. So they've resorted to the only tactic that seems to work, name-calling. Unfortunately, the recipients of this abuse have encouraged the abusers to continue throwing insults instead of logical arugments by often immediately going silent the minute anyone questions their loyalties.
-mike
This just in:
American soldiers, hoping to curry favour with the Iraqi population, have been handing out magasines to them. "Maxim" to be exact. To a Muslim population! Why not offer them a shot of whiskey to go with it?
When will people realsie that there are many ways to live. Maybe the Wests way affords the most affluent life style, but that's not the only measurement of quality of life. We've got to let cultures evolve on their own. Sure, we can try to influence them when they have gone badly obviously wrong, but removing their systems because "our is obviously better" is not just. Our way may (only maybe) be better, but it's not perfect. Maybe their way will evolve into something better if left alone, as we evolved from what we were a mere 200 years ago.
I don't see any otherside to this.
We (the free World) have paid the price. all members of the free World:Your membership is paid in full.
Young people have died for us.
They did their duty.
Now we must do ours.
They won the war.
If we do not win the peace,it will be a betrayal,of not only those who gave thier lives,but also the heros who come back.
We should build a land fit for heros.
We should build a future.
If we fail,we have betrayed everything they sacrificed for.
Linda.