[GraniteStateConservative]

Bush says that liberty/freedom is a gift from God and the reason we are there. You need to be able to defend yourself to have liberty/freedom.

[DoughtyOne]

How much liberty did those guns buy the Iraqis before we showed up on the scene? Did you see Saddam and his thugs being picked off one by one before? Ever wonder why?

Look, we're going to disagree here. I'm not going to watch our troops be gunned down and blown to bits without seeking a way to stop it.

Those who are armed are taking out our troops, the ones who freed them from their former government. We would be disarming Republican Guard, not the average Iraqi that had no defense prior to this.

That's why you didn't see this before we came on the scene. The average Iraqi would be damned thankful to have his neighbors disarmed.

Take care.