For whatever my opinion is worth, I supported military action to end Saddam's regime weather or not he had weapons of mass destruction. I was very concerned with the cavilier attitude of how easy the occupation would be. Many of the captured Iraqi soldiers let go are probably the insurgents fighting now. I heard talk show hosts such as Sean Hannety in 2003 talk as if the Iraqi's are
born American-style venture capitialists that would transform their country in a couple of years - our troups would be home by now.
I favor stabilizing Iraq, getting out as quietly as possible, and avoiding a similar action for awhile. Such wars drained the British Empire, and will do the same to the US unless our government chooses their battles more carefully.
Those likening the US government as Nazis are just over the top - the fact they are free to vent such nonsense proves it's untrue. Yes, there are very strong feelings against military action (and it's their right to express them) - but it was not by "The Fourth Reich"
.
I'm also concerned with the insensitivities such as Abu Girab - this is a PR war too.
People on polar ends of this issue probably don't care for this point of view - the invasion was a necessary evil, stabilize a very difficult situation quietly and with more sensitivity, and don't repeat this again for a
long time.
....and put more effort developing alternative fuels.
P.S. I better cool it - this is a
very passionate topic. I understand if this post gets deleted....