My problem with our war is quite simple: the people of America are being led into thinking that we are there strickly to liberate them. The bottom line is, Iraq is strategicly valuable, and has valuable natural resources. The United States will benefit greatly from having a new regime in control of Iraq.
And if it wasn't for oil, for army bases, for control, what is it for? Half the countries in Africa are run by dictatorships. So are countries in Asia and in Latin America. You can't say its because they arent a threat to the United States! At any point a dictator style country could harbor terrorists, whether its Iraq, Iran, N. Korea, Somolia, Syria, etc. Not only that, but there are countries like North Korea who OPENLY ADMIT to possessing and creating nuclear arms that are in violation of UN Resolutions.
Now of course, NO ONE on either side is gonna debate that its a bad move to remove a dictator from power. Sadaam Huessein is a piece of shit and deserves whatever the hell our military is giving to him. But the question is, are really really making a move to change things to better all of us. If Sadaam Huessein has chemical weapons and nuclear weapons, that isn't the problem. The problem is Sadaam Huessin using chemical weapons, something he hasn't done the whole war (to our knowledge) and something that he never did before.
If you want to go back to the use of chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq war, you should be reminded that the United States suppoted Iraq with superior weaponry AND with chemical agents. You should also be reminded that the United States has supported numerous other dictators in numerous other places. After World War II, the United States and Russia both made grave mistakes by granting dictators power and weaponry in exchange for a pledge of alligiance. Im China, we supported Chiang-Chi-Shek (sp?). In Cuba, we supported Fulgencio Bautista. In Vietnam, we supported the French and fought against Vietnam. In all of these struggles, we fought AGAINST the majority opinion of the people of the given country. The revolution in Cuba didn't happen just because Castro became a dictator who didnt hold free elections, it happened because the general population WANTED a new leader who would change Cuba from a US colony home to drugs, prostition and American corporate business into a respect safe place for his own people. In no way do I condone Castros actions, but its only fair to note that we tried to control the fate of another nation for OUR INTERESTS. Is that fair?
Basically I find a lot of Americans are ignorent to our Cold War policies and actual ACTIONS. We fucked a lot of countries over in the name of "liberty." There is a reason why 9/11 happened. Because people in the Middle East want Western influence out of their countries. Because we poke our nose in all of their business, we supported a Shah in Iran who raped his people of oil in exchange for his own personal profit, and we support Israel. A college professor writing about American policy in the middle east once wrote "the sons of torute victims make good terrorists."
So, instead of staying out of middle eastern conflict, we have chosen to fight it head on. We decide to invade two countries and the "War on Terror" isnt even over yet. If people think this war is gonna make Islamic terrorists happy they are horribly wrong.
So basically, everything I just said, along with a downward spiriling economy explains reasons why we should avoid the war. Speaking of our economy, how many presidents do you know that create a deficit and THEN cut taxes and still fight a war? Basically, these are the reasons I oppose the war.
