I was hawkish in the late 90's, especially towards Iraq. 9/11 fomented that feeling. I wanted to kill some people....straight and honest. I supported Afghanistan for one reason: Revenge. When Bush started touting Iraq, i thought "what the hell, let's kill them too".
But this was stupid emotion, devoid of careful thought. We need leaders who can rise above that and think these things through with reason and foresight...not emotion. I now feel that Bush operated with much of the same emotion as I did around the time of 9/11....and that is unacceptable. I'm against any more action in Iraq. THis is a civil war within a country that has not figured out how, or even IF, it can govern itself democratically. With our rising domestic oil production, we can afford to be a bit less interested in the happenings of Iraq...and possibly the entire middle east for that matter. On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have all my emails from this list since I joined, and occasionally I > will search them to find a post that I made. Today, just for fun, I > searched for posts I made or replied to about Iraq, curious to see > how much - if any - my opinion had changed. Not much. > > But I was stunned by how different the views posted lately by some of > the list members vary from what they felt back in 2004/2005. > > If you changed your mind about the Iraq War, I am curious as to why. > Also, how do you feel about troops going back in to attempt to fix the > current mess. > > Anyone feel like sharing? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371074 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
