The War

It is interesting to me to see how strongly people feel about the War in Iraq. Let me start by saying that the troops that are involved in this conflict are truly heroes. We should thank God every day that they are willing to fight for us, whether they agree with the reasons or not. Now that I have said that, I want to say a few things about why I believe this war is justified.

First of all, America is a precious country. Nowhere else on earth are there so many ideas and is there so much freedom of expression. This blog is proof that whether or not you have something to say, you have the room to say it. We have alot of freedoms here that others do not enjoy. Therefore, I believe that we should do everything in our power to protect that freedom.

Saddam may not have had a gun to our heads literally, but give him time. I hear alot of people screaming about how wrong the President was to bring us into this, but I don't hear anybody trying to tell me what a good guy Saddam Hussein really is. They didn't find any WMD's. So what! Can you honestly tell me you believe he wouldn't nuke us on a whim? Even if he didn't have any of those weapons, he did evil things to his own people. Do we really believe he wouldn't do his best to annihilate us if given the chance? Saddam would have invaded this country in a heartbeat if he thought he could win. Then where would be?

Now, I know that we can't go to war with every country that dislikes us. But in this situation, we were also hoping to liberate some of the people Saddam was oppressing. We also needed to clean up what we didn't finish in the first war. If Saddam had done what he was supposed to we wouldn't have gone there. But he ignored the rules. If I tell my two-year-old that I'm going to to punish her if she does a particular thing, I better follow through or she will take advantage of me. This is the same equation. If you don't follow the rules, you're gonna get spanked.

Let's look at this objectively. The Bush-haters out there tell us that the President sold us a lie. That there never were any WMD's and that our troops are sacrificing their lives because Bush has some reason for needing a war. If we had not gone to war, and Saddam had attacked us, I guess that would be President Bush's fault too.

Why do they think Bush needs this war so badly? It's not making him more popular. From where I stand, he has fallen under far more harsh criticism due to this than anything else he has done.

It's also about time to show the world that America is not going to put up with just anything. We were attacked on 9/11 but we need to show the world that we're not going to lay down and die. Fighting the war in Iraq showed the world that if you're going to come at us, "you'd better have your mess in a pile" (that's quoting my brother).

What amazes me is how long we waited to go to war. If Bush was really such a hot-head about this thing we wouldn't have ridden the fence for six months before we actually engaged. People don't remember that part of it, but I do. I was expecting my first child then and I remember wondering every day when war would come and what it would mean. People that encouraged Bush to wait then are now the same ones wanting to pull out of Iraq before the time is right. They are the same people who will blame Bush if things fall apart over there in six months.

For once, it would sure be nice for people to trust the elected leader of our country and stop trying to find any excuse they can to call him a liar.