I always thought Iraq was a bad idea. I had a history of US foreign policy class at AU and that helped, I think, with seeing the pattern re-occur. I am still against intervention in Iraq. If it hasn't worked by now, thje odds are tenfold that it will not work again. Iran isn't even a real country; it's a figment of 19th-century colonial power.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 10:50 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:371075 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
