BuddTX
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In another thread, the discussion drifted towards the pending war with Iraq, so I wanted to start another thread.
Please follow my thought process.
I don't WANT a war. NOBODY WANTS a war. Ask any soldier or civilian who has been in a war. Right wing, Left wing, conservative, liberal, democrat, republican, we ALL would prefer to live in peace.
People DIE in WARS. Young men, civilians, the enemy, children, they all die in wars.
So, I do UNDERSTAND the liberals and the Pope etc, when they say we should avoid a war.
BUT WE ALREADY ARE AT WAR. WE DID NOT STRIKE THE FIRST BLOW EITHER.
So, when people say we should try to avoid war, I AGREE, but THAT TIME HAS ALREADY PASSED. What I see people saying, is that we should really IGNORE the fact that the US is ALREADY AT WAR!
So we don't have invading armies with tanks and grenades, but we STILL ARE at war!
It is a different kind of war.
Remember the Revolutionary war? That was a "different kind" of war too. The colonies hid behind rocks and trees and wore cloths to blend in to the forest, whereas the English wore RED COATS and marched in straight lines. War was a "gentleman's game".
So the war we are CURRENTLY in, is a different kind of war. Instead of bombs, we have suicide bombers. People, currently living in the US, among us, who, at any second, could launch a terror attack. Who knows what they can do?
Look at the terror that faced the WASHINGTON DC area, when that sniper was shooting those people. That person was not even an official "Terrorist". NOW, what if the Terrorists starting doing the SAME thing, with 20 Terrorists, in 20 Cities. Heck, what if they picked cities within driving distances, and commuted? One Terrorist Sniper group could alternate between Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and maybe Corpus Christi. They could have their weapons in each city, and when they travel, would not carry any weapons or any identifying articles (bullets, etc) they are just three people traveling on the highway. Think of the Horror that would ensue if 60 or 70 cities starting having sniper attacks.
We want to live free, but the PRICE of living free, is NOT FREE. The price of our freedom, sometimes is the ULTIMATE PRICE, the price of a human being.
Look at the Civil war. Without getting into the North/South debate (after all, I DO live in TX!), what if the people of that time tried to avoid war? Would America still have Slavery? You say, no, but tell me, what DAY would Slavery have stopped, had we not had the Civil war? While nobody can answer this hypothetical question, I would imagine that there would have been people keeping slaves way into the 20th century.
SADLY, the price of FREEDOM is NOT FREE.
Sometimes, we have to pay the ultimate price, and the horror of that is human life.
And the UN, HAD opportunity for many years (what was it, 12?), to enforce existing resolutions against Iraq. BUT LOOK, IRAQ SITS on the SECURITY SEAT for the United Nations!
So we shouldn't worry if we don't get UN Approval. After all, they don't DO ANYTHING to people who ignore their resolutions.
Make no mistake, WAR IS HORRIBLE, and that is something I do not hear many conservatives talk about, but we ALREADY ARE at war, and we have to defend or LOOSE our freedom.
Sometimes, we have to pay the ultimate price for our Freedom, the price of human lives, and that is horrible, but that is reality.
Please follow my thought process.
I don't WANT a war. NOBODY WANTS a war. Ask any soldier or civilian who has been in a war. Right wing, Left wing, conservative, liberal, democrat, republican, we ALL would prefer to live in peace.
People DIE in WARS. Young men, civilians, the enemy, children, they all die in wars.
So, I do UNDERSTAND the liberals and the Pope etc, when they say we should avoid a war.
BUT WE ALREADY ARE AT WAR. WE DID NOT STRIKE THE FIRST BLOW EITHER.
So, when people say we should try to avoid war, I AGREE, but THAT TIME HAS ALREADY PASSED. What I see people saying, is that we should really IGNORE the fact that the US is ALREADY AT WAR!
So we don't have invading armies with tanks and grenades, but we STILL ARE at war!
It is a different kind of war.
Remember the Revolutionary war? That was a "different kind" of war too. The colonies hid behind rocks and trees and wore cloths to blend in to the forest, whereas the English wore RED COATS and marched in straight lines. War was a "gentleman's game".
So the war we are CURRENTLY in, is a different kind of war. Instead of bombs, we have suicide bombers. People, currently living in the US, among us, who, at any second, could launch a terror attack. Who knows what they can do?
Look at the terror that faced the WASHINGTON DC area, when that sniper was shooting those people. That person was not even an official "Terrorist". NOW, what if the Terrorists starting doing the SAME thing, with 20 Terrorists, in 20 Cities. Heck, what if they picked cities within driving distances, and commuted? One Terrorist Sniper group could alternate between Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and maybe Corpus Christi. They could have their weapons in each city, and when they travel, would not carry any weapons or any identifying articles (bullets, etc) they are just three people traveling on the highway. Think of the Horror that would ensue if 60 or 70 cities starting having sniper attacks.
We want to live free, but the PRICE of living free, is NOT FREE. The price of our freedom, sometimes is the ULTIMATE PRICE, the price of a human being.
Look at the Civil war. Without getting into the North/South debate (after all, I DO live in TX!), what if the people of that time tried to avoid war? Would America still have Slavery? You say, no, but tell me, what DAY would Slavery have stopped, had we not had the Civil war? While nobody can answer this hypothetical question, I would imagine that there would have been people keeping slaves way into the 20th century.
SADLY, the price of FREEDOM is NOT FREE.
Sometimes, we have to pay the ultimate price, and the horror of that is human life.
And the UN, HAD opportunity for many years (what was it, 12?), to enforce existing resolutions against Iraq. BUT LOOK, IRAQ SITS on the SECURITY SEAT for the United Nations!
So we shouldn't worry if we don't get UN Approval. After all, they don't DO ANYTHING to people who ignore their resolutions.
Make no mistake, WAR IS HORRIBLE, and that is something I do not hear many conservatives talk about, but we ALREADY ARE at war, and we have to defend or LOOSE our freedom.
Sometimes, we have to pay the ultimate price for our Freedom, the price of human lives, and that is horrible, but that is reality.