[narses]

"We seem to feel an obligation to go to every 2-bit hell-hole around the world like Somalia and try to bring them "democracy" at the point of a gun barrel."

Somalia ain't Iraq or Syria Maxie. This isn't about the oddball international "meals-on-wheels" that got us into that mistake, this is about whacked out dictators building war gasses, missiles and trying to build nuclear devices all swearing to destroy us and all the while funding the kind of terror cells that did in thousands on 911. Try pulling your head far enough out of the darkness to recognize that defense is justified and that it is, in fact, an OBLIGATION of our national government. They swore an OATH to defend us against all enemies Maxie, ALL of them.

[Maximilian]

is about whacked out dictators building war gasses, missiles and trying to build nuclear devices all swearing to destroy us and all the while funding the kind of terror cells that did in thousands on 911.

There is not the tiniest shred of evidence that Saddam Hussein was connected to 911 in any way, and no one in the White House claims that he was. So your contention has no basis whatsoever as a justification of an invasion of Iraq.

recognize that defense is justified and that it is, in fact, an OBLIGATION of our national government. They swore an OATH to defend us against all enemies Maxie, ALL of them.

And that's exactly why I wish they would stop "nation building" around the world which causes all this grief that endangers my safety. If they were interested in the defense of US citizens they wouldn't be extended into every country on the globe, but perhaps they would start by protecting our own borders for a start.

And where was all this defense on Sep 11, 2001, by the way? Why were they unable to scramble any defenses for hours? Where was our national defense when we actually needed it? According to the official story, at least, they did absolutely zero to protect us from the 4 hijacked planes.