At 04:02 PM 1/30/2007, Joseph Riggs wrote:
Given that I support the war, and feel neither of those things, your
"fact" is obviously opinion.
No, the mere fact that you support the war doesn't mean my stance is
an opinion. It's an objective fact that the war distracted us from
the war on terror (which was, and is, both valid and constructive),
destabilized much of the Middle-East, and made us less secure in the
long term. It's also objective fact that the war has led to many
domestic problems, with many of the actions of the administration
leading to privacy and human rights issues (among other things). No
matter one's stance on these things it is impossible to deny that
they exist, and that they are a direct consequence of a war initiated
for, at best, dubious reasons.
So no, the fact of the matter is that there's no real reason to
support the war, and even less to support the way it was handled (on
which point I will defer to the numerous generals who have commented
quite eloquently on that very subject). Support our troops, yes.
Support the American ideal (somewhat tarnished though it may be at
the moment), certainly. But support a war that has alienated us from
our allies, killed tens of thousands of people, and left us less
secure on every front? No way. It's bad for us, bad for the Iraqis,
and bad for the international community, and everyone who knows
what's going on knows it (and even the inner circle of the
administration has admitted it -- all they're arguing about now is
how to get out of it without making things worse).
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