reply to post by OldCorp
Yeah, I agree that "Dubya" made a horrible decision to invade Iraq and displace Saddam, but for, I'm sure, different reasons than most people
here.
My view is that Saddam was just the kind of guy we WANT to have in places like that. While paying only nominal lip-service to "Muhammadism", he was
a completely secular dictator who managed to keep the "Radical" Muslims right where WE want them: Under his thumb. When we created the power vacuum
there, they started crawling out of the woodwork, and once we've completed our troop drawdown, they'll toss out, (and probably execute), the
nominally "elected" government, to replace it with another Theocracy like Iran or the Taliban. And THEN we'll really be in a world of hurt.
Those "Sheeple" out there who believe that we'll be able to get them to "like" us, or that we'll be able to"Reason" or "Bargain" with them
are REALLY out there in, no pun intended, Left Field. Unlike ANY of the other major religions out there, the plainly stated goal of Islam it the
subjugation by force of the entire planet. This is a Holy War, not because I or anyone else in the West says so, but rather because THEY say it.
So..... "How many "civilian" casualties have "we" caused?"..... I really don't care. As long as there's one left who is willing to blow
himself up in the furtherance of the "Cause" of Islam, I'd say that we haven't killed enough.....