SnTBakosFinest

So basically, I see us screwed with the war in Iraq, at this very moment.

Now, you may say "we got Saddam" or "We capture Al Queda people in Iraq" ect. Unfortunately, we were to fight people that support terrorism, or have terrorists there.

Not sure how many people have noticed this, but terrorists in the mid east tend to FOLLOW AROUND AMERICAN TROOPS. Meaning they go where we go, so they can kill us, or injure us somehow.

We origionally went there in search of WMDs. Right? We had multiple advisors say there aren't any, and they were fired.

Was Iraq a threat to us? Not really, considering we whiped out their military in the early 90s. We bombed Iraq quite a few times after it, but mainly because Saddam wanted to be a dick and not allow inspectors in.

So, we capture Saddam. Was he illusive in the past? No, we had him after the Gulf War, but we did not remove him for the fact that it was not the right time. This time, wasn't the right time either, in my belief.

Yes, Saddam is a horrible person, who slaughtered many people, allowed his sons to rape young girls, and many other things. Should we go around taking care of these evil dictators?

Thats for you all to decide. Just remember, these evil leaders happen to be everywhere. Libya, Yemen, China, Venezuela (i beleive its that one?) North Korea, IRAN, and thats just a few.

You can't force democracy to work people. Thats not how we did it over 200 years ago. We rose up, against a stronger country, one that controlled us, and we had an ally. Can we just walk into a country, say "you're out, this guy is in" sure. Is it going to actually work peacefully? God no.

Are we in Iraq for the right reason? Sure, to try to help these poor people out. We aren't there anymore for "WMDs" and we aren't exactly there for the terrorists, considering many happen to come over from other countries, such as Iran.

I personally beleive Bush wanted a reason to hit Iraq for his own reasons.

NOW lets look at something else.

We have thousands of troops scattered in Iraq. Iran, is next door. Who openly supports terrorism, and who we know, is toying around with nuclear technology.

Lets make this clear. Iran cannot hit US soil with a nuclear missle. Backpack bomb, sure.

The bigger threat: Their missles can hit Iraq with ease. Now tell me, what happens when the develop a nuclear weapon, and they point it at oh lets say..Bagdad, and basically tell us to get the hell out?

Are we going to change directions and head towards Iran with a nuclear missle aimed at us? Are we going to say "you shoot one we'll shoot one back"

Sounds pretty easy to say that. Unfortunately, they have allies, we shoot one, they shoot one, allies jump in, and we have a bigass world war. Oh, and not to mention, terrorists running around screaming Jihad still.

And not to mention, the master mind of 9/11 Osama Bin Hidin (yes hidin, not laden ..hes a coward and hides in caves.) is still out there, as far as we know. Now supposedly he might be hiding in a mountain range bordering afghanistan and...pakistan? I beleive.

Explain to me, why are there more troops in Iraq, then there are in Afghanistan searching for this guy. Saddam was NOT a bigger threat then Osama for the fact that Saddam never had the capabilities to hit US soil. Osama did. He used human bombs, basically. He twisted these peoples minds, into driving airplanes into buildings.

Should Saddam be dead? You bet. But then again, so should many other people. But now isn't the time.

I had family in Iraq. My cousin who is very close to me. He did two tours, was a LT in a sniper batallion. Both years, he was in Baghdad.

He came back and basically said this "there is nothing and no one worth saving in that country."

Please, call him wrong when you have seen and been through what he has been through.

He is now waiting to be deployed for a third time. But hes pushing to go to afghanistan.

I support the troops no matter what they do. They obey their orders. And yes, they do protect us, and they do a damn good job of it.

However, I do not support the war in Iraq. I would support a war in a country worth destroying, ex: Iran.

Yes, this is my opinion. I'm somewhat ignorant to politics, mainly because I'm 17, and it hasn't mattered that much to me until now.

But before you give me a "why are you talkin about this, you can't even vote yet" or something. Just remember its my generations war.

If you read all of this, youve got a better attention span then I do =x But thanks for reading. *waits for some bashing*