The war in Iraq was begun for reasons that were false. These reasons have been changed over time, and none of them have ended up being true. WoMD were never found, and Iraq had no ties to Al-Quada and the Sept 11 attacks. The attack against Iraq was made without the support of the UN, against the wishes of many countries who cautioned against attacking without proof and without a plan for sustaining the country afterwards. And while we had to go to war to save Iraq because it is "right", mysteriously, this does not apply to other countries who meet the same criteria, such as North Korea. The people of the world have been lied to about this war. They were lied to about there being Weapons of Mass Destruction. About finding them. About a lot of things. Instead of admitting mistakes, and resolving to fix them, the Bush Administartion declares that they never messed up in the first place and everything is going great. How can one have confidence in that? And that plan for rebuilding Iraq? Still don't have one. Still pointlessly losing lives of civillians and American soldiers, day, after day, after day. Still costing the American people billions of dollars.
How can one justify this war and the huge cost (in money, and more importantly, in lives) of it?
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Date: 2004-11-13 04:15 am (UTC)The war in Iraq was begun for reasons that were false. These reasons have been changed over time, and none of them have ended up being true. WoMD were never found, and Iraq had no ties to Al-Quada and the Sept 11 attacks. The attack against Iraq was made without the support of the UN, against the wishes of many countries who cautioned against attacking without proof and without a plan for sustaining the country afterwards. And while we had to go to war to save Iraq because it is "right", mysteriously, this does not apply to other countries who meet the same criteria, such as North Korea. The people of the world have been lied to about this war. They were lied to about there being Weapons of Mass Destruction. About finding them. About a lot of things. Instead of admitting mistakes, and resolving to fix them, the Bush Administartion declares that they never messed up in the first place and everything is going great. How can one have confidence in that? And that plan for rebuilding Iraq? Still don't have one. Still pointlessly losing lives of civillians and American soldiers, day, after day, after day. Still costing the American people billions of dollars.
How can one justify this war and the huge cost (in money, and more importantly, in lives) of it?
Next time, Environment, perhaps.