Originally Posted by: renOh dear....

It's called a 'war on terror' so you can go and kill whoever you like and call it 'war'. Are you in the CIA? If not, I guess you probably don't know if Saddam was involved in 9/11. No link has ever been proven, although it seems proof isn't important to you. There are terrorists living in the UK, does that mean you're going to come and bomb me? There are more in the US, you going to bomb yourself? Terrorists living in your country is one thing, sponsoring them (like Iran & hezbollah) is very different.

Allied forces in Iraq as near as I can figure are now fighting a group of people who want them out - they may not actually be terrorists (except as defined by you). If I invaded your country, what would you do? Sit back and let me?

The reasons you're not at war with Saudi Arabia are (top of head):

They've bought weapons from the US and UK, and are in a position to give you trouble.
They have oil
They are rich
They invest heavily in the US
They are the only 'US Friendly' state in the region

As Bush is chief of staff, every action of the US military is ultimately his responsibility. Remind me why the UN wouldn't back the war.... oh yeah, it's because it is considered illegal - which is exactly why I asked if Bush should face trial...

'Chief'...... :rolleyes:

I'm not choosing sides to this argument... but rather I would like to point out a few things that come to mind that offer a yin to your yang...

Sadaam Hussein ruled his country by force. The goal of the US's involvment in the "war" is to implant a democratic political system... Which seems futile based on the amount of civil war that is going on over there. Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini.... All names that come to mind when you try to compare Husseins rule over his country... I think anybody that rules there counrty by inflicting TERROR could be considered a TERRORist... Justifying why any right minded person would call the "war" a "war on terror"...

If the US pulled it's forces out of Iraq at this point it would be left in worse shape than when we invaded. The right thing for us, and them, is to stay and finish what we started.

The reason that we're not at war with Saudi Arabia is mostly because their ruler isn't the most ruthless dictactor since Hitler...

Iraq has oil... in fact... I believe Bush was accused of invading Iraq simply for their supply of oil...

And all your other points on why we're not at war with Saudi Arabia are just good examples of something called politics...

I don't how much you understand the political system... President Bush has minimal pull in the decision making process... Any decision that he "makes" must first be passed by a larger party of people... It's a democratic system that ensures that no one person has enough political power to much decisions such as going to war.......

People have short memories and just like everyone claims that the US citizens only sees the sugar coated good news (it's called war propaganda... it happens...) Your government is probably showing you as many reasons to support their decision to not back the United States... they're not going to say "This could all be over if we would have chipped in and helped." Of course not, that would be political suicide.

I wasn't for the "war" effort... I didn't vote for Bush... But now that my countrymen are involved... I would be a fool not to support them whole heartedly. Not because I believe what they're doing is right... but because they don't deserve to be dying for someone elses cause. A cause that, evidently, the US is the only one willing to die for.

If we leave now the country will destroy itself until it gets so bad that everyone around the world will be looking at the US and asking "Why won't you help them?"

I believe in justice and freedom of the people... If that's what we're fighting for over there... Then good for us... If we're fighting over there becasue some personal vendetta that the Bush family has against Sadaam Hussein... I don't support our effort... The sooner we clean that place up the sooner our troops can get out. We made it a mess... we need to fix it.

This isn't meant to be an argument... just my personal thoughts on the topic. I can agree with a lot that has been said... And like I said, I didn't vote for Bush but I do support my country.

War is foolish