Where the hell did this come from!?!?!
One can’t categorize the situation in Iraq as good or bad. It was a mistake, in my opinion to go into Iraq in the first place, because by overthrowing Saddam, you’d be replacing a secular dictator (regardless of the fact that he kills his own countrymen… how does that affect any of us, anyway?) by a regime with a shiite majority. Shiites tend to favor an Islamic state (I guess all muslims do) and another shiite state, right next to Iran is a dangerous thing, in my opinion.
On the other hand, I am certain that the American gov. knew that they would draw so many terrorists out by going to Iraq. It would be one of the major battlegrounds in which the future of civilization would be played out.(and I’m not exxagerating here, fundamentalism is THE threat of our days)… My thanks go out to the brave US soldiers who are out there every day fighting and dying for a cause that will benefit all.
I’ve never been to Iraq. I’ve lived in the region my whole life, however. And I know exactly what it’s like. I’ve lived on the edge of persecution for being a christian, for believing in democracy, and for standing up to bullies like those monsters that are being sugar-coated as insurgents.
What is it now, 10 churches blown up, dozens of IRAQI christians stopped in the streets and shot dead. This is not resistance. Resistance is France in WWII. Resistance is people defending their country. Not people seeking out a place, anyplace, where they could kill anyone who’s different from them.
One can be neither neutral, nor objective when discussing these monsters. The only answer to a lot of our woes is quite simple. TAKE THEM OUT. And that’s what the U.S. is doing right now. So, for all those who want to criticize, think of this first. Imagine living in an Islamic state. Imagine living in under a fundamentalist Islamic regime. If you can’t then shut up. If you can, I suggest you catch the next plane to Iraq. The world is better off without you.
If you follow the news, then you’d realize that there are two types of groups in Iraq. The Iraqis, Saddam loyalists or others, are willing to negotiate. These include Sadr’s Mehdi Army, Baathists, and some of the groups in Falluja and Sammara among others. However, these are interspersed with terrorist, fundamentalist groups such as Alqaeda, Zarqawi’s Tawhid and others. The main problem, from the start, has been with the latter. The first group has been willing to talk, willing to put down their weapons and take up politics instead… However, the main problem in Iraq is not those. The problem (and most of the casualties) comes from those kidnapping and beheading innocents, firing rockets at government sites, and setting off bombs in crowded civilian areas. Once those fundamentalist groups are taken care off, there wouldn’t be much of a problem left. You see, the first group are fighting both out of a belief that they are resisting ‘occupation’ and fear. They are afraid because they know that they will have to pay for what they did to the rest of the population under Saddam, and they are afraid because they won’t have any of the priviledges, or the power that they enjoyed during Saddam’s reign.
The presence of the terrorists only helps encourage these iraqis. with the terrorists gone, they will realize that they are fighting a lost cause, that the old Iraq can not be brought back, and they will give in, or die. Either way, they are not that significant.
Tterrorists have a goal. World domination. As much as this sounds like something from some bad 70’s movie, it’s true. They spread like locust, and will do anything to acheive their goal. Their religion does not promote coexistence. Convert, or die. And to be honest, I think that does influence you. Like I said before, if you have no problem becoming a fundamentalist. If you have no problem living in something like Taliban’s Afghanistan, then it doesn’t affect you. Personally, I have a problem with that.