Why Are We In Iraq?

About the Writer: Raymond Kraft is a lawyer and writer living and working in Northern California. | Raymond Kraft

[granite]

I truly believe the above to be a most realistic threat, not to the Republican nor Democratic party, but, far more important....to our children, grandchildren, dear friends and all fellow Americans

[maestro]

Why Are We In Iraq?

?.....to free inoccent women and children?

?.....women need to study the British Religion of Darwinist-Evolution?

?.....to help build up support for the British U.N.?

/sarcasm?

[steveegg]

America's allies then were England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Australia, and Russia, and that was about it.

That would actually be 5 countries (England and Scotland fall under the Great Britain banner), and the lineup changed a bit with respect to the country that actually attacked us, Japan. The Soviets were actually "neutral" in that war up until we nuked Hiroshima (indeed, they used their espionage network to steer the Japanese to the Southern Resource Area-Indochina instead of the Northern Resource Area-Siberia and thus toward an open war against the US).

[ScottFromSpokane]

Ireland remained neutral in wwII.

[steveegg]

Ireland remained neutral in wwII.

Make that 4 allies then against Germany - Britain, Canada, Australia (though they were FAR more interested in Japan seeing it was the Japanese empire knocking on their back door, so you could make the case it was merely 3) and the Soviet Union; and 4 against Japan - Britain, Canada, Australia and China.

I could also have mentioned the 3 B-29s the Soviets interned in 1944-45 (instrumental to the creation of the Tu-4 Bull copy and the first direct threat the Soviets posed to the US), but they were actually following international law in that case (unlike their clandestine steering of the Japanese toward Pearl Harbor).

[alienken]

What a great article. If the peace activist read this article would it change their mind? Liberalism is a religion. Many could no more be talked out of it than I could Christianity... I do not understand why many Americans do not grasp this. Too much television I guess... I am not very educated about history and I watch alot of tv but I was for the war long before it started.Emotion vs. logic and uninformed vs. informed but after that I'm still guessing why some people get it so wrong.

[Free and Armed]

Excellent article.

[jolie560]

..."...All wars are about ideas, ideas about what society and civilization should be like and the most determined always win. Those who are willing to be the most ruthless always win. The pacifists always lose, because the anti-pacifists kill them."...

[kizzdogg]

Agreed, this is a great article.

[WFTR]

Well said!

[Paul_Denton]

Very good article!

[El Gato]

Australia (though they were FAR more interested in Japan seeing it was the Japanese empire knocking on their back door, so you could make the case it was merely 3)

There were significant numbers of Aussie troops in North Africa, as well as those from other parts of the British Empire. WW-II was at one point the English speaking peoples along with China (in the Asian theater) and Russia (in the European/African theater) against the Axis. I guess I did leave off the Free Dutch, who contributed significantly in the early days of the pacific war, and the Free French, who never did contribute much. Later however other nations came under the allied banner, such as Brazil.

[bitt]

well written, even a child could follow its logic.

maybe I will try to forward it to some dems.

can you get it posted on a website? see writer33

[writer33]

Send this to Men's News Daily, MichNews, Intellectual Conservative, and Brooke's News Australia. Odds are that more than one of them will publish this.

[writer33]

Thanks for the ping, bitt. It was a good read.

[cynicom]

" Russia saved America's rear by putting up a desperate fight for two years"

The author seems to have omitted the fact that Russia and Germany BOTH invaded Poland, yet Britain and France declared war only on Germany.

If Russia "saved" our rear, what were they doing slaughtering the Poles along with Hitler? All too often authors tend to leave out facts that would cause embarrassment if explained.

[granite]

There are some inaccuracies, but I believe they do not alter the meaning of the article. Perhaps now I know why, thanks.

[granite]

Done, thanks for the hint.

[writer33]

You're welcome.

[lonevoice]

Very nicely done and well worth the time to read it. I hope you do get it published somewhere.