What does WWII have to do with the prolonged occupation of Iraq? In World War II we were attacked by Japan. When we responded by declaring War--the correct way to respond--Germany declared War on us. We then declared War on Germany. Japan and Germany were two nations that had the capability of wreaking terrible damage on America. We were fighting for survival--not for imposing our politics on them. What about that equates with the farce of people herded to the polls by their respective Mullahs, holding up dyed fingers, as though that proved anything worth proving?
William Flax
Wow. Prolonged?? Do you know how long we 'occupied' Germany and Japan? And how do you suppose Germany and Japan came to have democracies after they were run by dictators and emperors whom we deposed?
Oh...........and you need to do some research into the Saddam documents if you don't think he was a threat to us.
Your knowledge of history and current affairs is astoundingly weak. I certainly hope you didn't get your education in Ohio public schools......
Germany verbally declared war on us. Iraq physically attacked American pilots, firing on them.
Japan and Germany were two nations that had the capability of wreaking terrible damage on America.
Yet Germany never did, and Japan was only able to wreak damage on an American overseas possession thousands of miles from the mainland.
Maybe we should just have waited until Germany developed atomic weapons and adequate delivery systems for them, and then went to war with them after they set off a nuke in NYC or DC.
Iraq declared war on us as well in the form of fatwa (as they so flatulently call it) by Saddam and Osama. And they not only declared war on our government as Germany and Italy did but they imposed a death sentence on all Americans, British, and Jews anywhere on earth. That we didn't mop them up them is the oversight we are paying for just as we did when we didn't take care of Germany and Japan sooner. Fortunately, Iraq has been no where near as catastrophic as WWII.