I Just saw a post from MNJ on the pre-thread and he just happened to post about a topic that is becoming near and dear to me. Why we are in Iraq and the justification for it as well. Yesterday I got an opportunity to discuss the war strategy and the rest with a few friends one of which was concerned that the arabs still hate us going back to pre-Bubba when 41 liberated Kuwait.
His attitude was that we stuck our nose in where it didn't belong and that was the primary reason the terror types are coming after us today. It took a while but I carefully explained why we needed to bail out an ally that was unfairly attacked, their women raped, oil wells set afire, infrastructure looted and pillaged and the rest.
I also explained that 911 was only a culmination of a series of attacks on the US, mosty abroad but some here as well, that have been going on(largely unnoticed by the msm) for years and until 911 and were largely ignored by all.
Not everyone has a handle on geopolitics, but with what little I knew it was explainable.
I explained the domino theory about first Kuwait then the Saudis and then who knows. By the way it just makes common sense to bring in energy security into the equation as well,no matter what the rats say or infer.
I also explained why the islamo fascists hate us no matter what since we are really nothing more to them than the great satan.I continued with the blind brainwashing of those brainwashed by a perverted interpretation of the koran dating back to the 7th centruy, who funds terrorism, etc. etc. how we actually are fighting terrorists from numerous countries in Iraq which is only one country involved in a world wide WOT.
After wards I felt like I had made progress but looking back I see now that our adm. in DC has down a poor job of justifying and explaining the WOT to the American people much less the world.
Much of that due to consistent lies and spinning by the msm but either way our communications about the WOT and other issues remains sadly lacking,IMHO. Thank God for the New Media.
It was a difficult and lengthy explanation and I see now that more of this needs to be done to those who are not already hopelessly brainwashed by the usual suspects if we are to help many understand the world we live in.
I'm expecting my brother to be calling later today... and having Iraq come up in our conversation. He's a conservative from CT... but was never sold on the war and is now for pulling out because of the IED's. He stayed in the Army Reserve after being drafted in 1972... rose to the rank of Major... but he doesn't get it.
I look at Iraq as Guadalcanal or New Guinea in 1942... a place where we can kill the enemy even though we're unable at this time to eradicate it where it lives.
Our conflict with Islamism is only beginning... and if you don't see it in that context... you can't grasp the importance of being in Iraq.
Do you REALLY think that we could have allowed 2/3rds of the world's know reserves of Oil to be controlled by a guy who had started two regional wars, used WMDS against his own people and the Iranians, bragged about being a state sponsor of terrorism and took both Hitler and Stalin as his role models?
You can argue whether or not the world's economy should be held hostage by Middle Eastern Oil but you cannot argue that it is NOT held hostage by the free flow of Oil. Like it or not the free flow of Oil IS a US National Security issue.