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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 1355181" data-attributes="member: 229">I won&#039;t disagree (and since this thread is so off-track, I won&#039;t worry about hi-jacking), but there are always lots of dictators that need removing and many were more evil than Sadaam (whom we helped put into power).Had we really wanted to strike a blow for the funding of terrorism, we would have marched straight into Saudi and removed the folks who supported both the Taliban and Bin Ladin&#039;s terror - but we had political ties to Saudi - that&#039;s where I have a problem with the Government&#039;s involvement in wars nowdays, its no longer about a little bit of politics and a lot of what needs to be done, its the opposite.And I would never blame or hold any troop responsible for the actions (be they misguided) of their superiors, so I&#039;m with you on supporting the troops regardless of how crappy their situation is politically.I&#039;ll also say this - you don&#039;t start a war (regardless of justified reason or not) and not finish it - we will regret what we&#039;ve done in Iraq by making every attempt to basically end things &quot;opened&quot; and I hope we&#039;re not creating another Bin Ladin situation in the future like we love to do by making allies with enemies and then pulling the rug out from under them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 1355181, member: 229"] I won't disagree (and since this thread is so off-track, I won't worry about hi-jacking), but there are always lots of dictators that need removing and many were more evil than Sadaam (whom we helped put into power). Had we really wanted to strike a blow for the funding of terrorism, we would have marched straight into Saudi and removed the folks who supported both the Taliban and Bin Ladin's terror - but we had political ties to Saudi - that's where I have a problem with the Government's involvement in wars nowdays, its no longer about a little bit of politics and a lot of what needs to be done, its the opposite. And I would never blame or hold any troop responsible for the actions (be they misguided) of their superiors, so I'm with you on supporting the troops regardless of how crappy their situation is politically. I'll also say this - you don't start a war (regardless of justified reason or not) and not finish it - we will regret what we've done in Iraq by making every attempt to basically end things "opened" and I hope we're not creating another Bin Ladin situation in the future like we love to do by making allies with enemies and then pulling the rug out from under them. [/QUOTE]

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