11-16-2004, 04:06 PM
While I agree that this specific instance that the only reason we are actually in Iraq is because of 9/11, which they had no involvement. The public clammored to get someone's head and so boom! There it was. Saddam's the bad guy.
However, your premise of Pat Buchananesque isolationism, while very popular, is just wrong. Should we not have fought the world wars because you didn't live there?
Fact is, Saddam ignored the UN for a decade. Something should have been done sooner. The fact that we did nothing until after we got attacked lessened Bush's stance and it was obvious that he was using a bullshit reason.
If a foreign government is torturing and murdering their populace, I think it is in the US's right to stop it. However, it should be done in areas outside of the middle east as well.
However, your premise of Pat Buchananesque isolationism, while very popular, is just wrong. Should we not have fought the world wars because you didn't live there?
Fact is, Saddam ignored the UN for a decade. Something should have been done sooner. The fact that we did nothing until after we got attacked lessened Bush's stance and it was obvious that he was using a bullshit reason.
If a foreign government is torturing and murdering their populace, I think it is in the US's right to stop it. However, it should be done in areas outside of the middle east as well.