I really did not want to comment further on this subject, as this is supposed to be a writing forum, not a political forum. However, Mike made a comment that I just can’t let go without comment.
He said, “There's enough British and American boys come home in bags already, based on a lie” I’m assuming by “lie” he means we went to war based on our worry that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, and we didn’t find any.
If you believe President Bush lied to us about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction, are you willing to admit that President Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, and oh yes, Queen Hillary, all lied too? They all said the same thing at one time or another, some during Clinton’s administration, some during Bush’s.
Regardless, I really don’t think you could call it a lie. It seems pretty much everyone, liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, held the same belief. The only difference is that President Bush had the guts to do something about it, whereas Slick Willey didn’t.
So what happened to all those weapons of mass destruction? When we went into Iraq, the news media would have us believe none were found. This isn’t exactly true. Our troops did find the makings of these weapons, weapons research labs, and small stashes of weapons here and there. The news media just chose not to report those small facts.
Also, there was quite a long interval of time between Bush’s first threatening to Hussein and when he authorized the actual bombing and invasion. During that time, satellite imagery showed large truck caravans heading from Baghdad to Syria. During the intervening months, thousands of truckloads of something, was being shipped to Syria. Could that have been the weapons that the media thinks didn’t exist?
I really think before the liberals and Democrats start charging Bush with lying, they take a long look at themselves. To believe in most of the rhetoric the left publishes, one must be willing to accept numerous lies and half-truths. What I’ve outlined above is only a small example of that.
Now, lets let this string die, get deleted, or whatever, so we can focus on our writing. This really is not the place for this kind of discussion.