Do They Really Want an Answer?

Someone asked me the other day what I thought of the war in Iraq. People that ask questions like these already think they know the answer and they are expecting you to confirm their belief in the what the media has told them. So it’s really amusing to see them stand there with a dumbstruck look on their face when you tell them without hesitation that you’re in favor of it. Why wouldn’t anyone be in favor of it? It was the right thing to do when we started and it’s still the right thing to do.

Sure there’s some doubt as to whether or not we’ve done the best job of managing the war, but then you can cast doubt upon the way just about anything has been managed. Sure, the media likes to shout about the lack of WMD’s, but then it was really more about Saddam Hussein than his weapons anyway. I haven’t heard about any “Free Saddam” rallies lately and I don’t see a lot of high profile lawyers volunteering to work on his defense team either. I haven’t heard of a lot of people who are sorry to see Saddam out of office.

Invading Iraq was the right thing to do simply because it was in our best interests and it’s still in our best interests to be there. Saddam Hussein and Iraq were a destabilizing presence in the Middle East and events there had to be brought under our control. Now we need to stick around until a stable, pro-American government has a firm grip on the country. Anything less than that would be seen as giving up and that would only encourage terrorists and the fringe groups in their efforts to cause us harm. Maybe we’re sticking our nose into things and perhaps the rest of the world hates us for it, but who cares? I say that if it’s good for us, well then it’s good for us!

Of course the next thing the media teaches the liberals to scream is, “what about the troops? Our soldiers shouldn’t be over there away from their families!”

Now that argument is simply ridiculous. What do these people think the Army is for? This is what they get paid to do. It’s their job. It’s what they do. Do they think we should just pay them to sit around and do nothing? That’s welfare! If it weren’t for the war, we’d all be hearing about projected base closings and personnel reductions for the military. In other words there would just be more unemployment in this country. The war is a good thing.

Once all of the bewilderment has finally passed, the liberal questioner will most likely follow up with a sarcastic, “I suppose you think we she go to war with North Korea now too, don’t you?”

Well, of course I do. We’re long overdue on that one. However, I favor a slightly different course of action on the Korean peninsula. Instead of invading, I think widespread carpet-bombing is in order along with strong Naval warship support. The Air Force hasn’t gotten a whole lot of practice lately. The Army and Marines have been getting all the work

Date Added: 17-10-2006