Sunday, January 28, 2007

OK So It's Not Viet Nam


Bill O'Reilly likes to go after people who criticize our occupation of Iraq by asking them "Do you want America to win the war in Iraq?"
People balk at this question, but O'Reilly pushes them, "It's a simple 'yes' or 'no' answer."
Mr. O'Reilly, with all due respect, I beg to differ. If the current hot issue was racism and I asked you, "Do you want the North to win the Civil War?", would you give me a 'yes' or 'no' answer? No, you would tell me 1) the Civil War is already over and the North won and 2) the Civil War was not about racism.
So now I will answer your question Mr. O'Reilly. 1) America and Coalition forces won the war in Iraq. 2) The war in Iraq was not about terrorism.
The real issue here is whether or not the US should keep an occupation force in Iraq during their civil war in order to affect an outcome that will be favorable to US investment interests.
Freaks with AK-47s and RPGs in Iraq don't terrorize me much. And before anyone suggests that these same freaks will soon escalate their terror if left alone, let me add that they can do no such thing if we cut off their source. If we are really concered about terror let's go after the source instead of losing fingers in the proverbial dike.

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