Palindrome wrote:
Vile wrote:
On September 11th, 2001 a similar number of Americans were killed in one hour. Three years of war in Iraq haven't touched the number of lives snuffed out in that one day. After the 9/11/01 attacks, all Americans were frightened of what was to come next. Some demanded retribution, others justice, but all demanded safety. In order to acheive that level of safety, some degree of military action was in order.
This is true but I do not know that the course of action was completely the right one to make. although I will admit it was a hard decision to make
I do believe most Americans feel safer with Saddam out of power and the playing field of the war on terror brought to a faraway arena. It's a far better thing to fight these groups in Iraq than in Philadelphia or NYC.
I do not agree with this but you are entitled to your opnion. Many people I have talked to recently are more afraid now. Afraid not only of terrorism but of the direction our country is heading and what the future holds. There are many important and far reaching decisions being made and we as a country need to know that they are being weighed correctly, thought through completely and viewed with as little personal bias as possible
In their hatred for all things Republican, many war-opponents have forgotten both the fear and desire for safety that the WTC attacks left in their wake.
I have certainly not forgotten that. I worked in a school and the terrorfied faces of those children and the tears I dried are things I will never forget but I want to be able to look at those same children and tell them that WE did the right thing. WE can not just strike out at anyone who does not agree with us. We are trying to teach our students to solve their problems the best way possible and definately with words not fists. I know this is not the same scale but to them it is, they do not see the gray areas that we as mature adults are able to understand and we need to be leading by example. I am not saying that everything we have done was horrible wrong but I want to make sure we are considering it.
Fair enough, but those children will grow up to become adults who can see shades of gray. It comes with maturity. Worry not for children so much. They can largely do their growing up without much interference from adults (in fact, they do BETTER without it), but worry rather for something more emminent, like the plight of our elderly. Kids should be allowed to be kids. They will have their own issues to deal with in twenty years.
