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While I understand your feelings, Fist, and while Bush made some mistakes, what did you expect him to do? Our country was attacked! And everyone who died was innocent! Were we supposed to simply sit back and say, "Oh, well. Hope it doesn't happen again." No, we were supposed to find those who did it and make sure they didn't do it again! Are you saying Hussein didn't deserve to be captured/killed? How were we supposed to get to him if his own country couldn't hand him over? We had to make our own way in and do it ourselves. Do you honestly think we shouldn't have stopped Hitler back in the day? Because let me tell you, plenty of European civilians died because the Allies stormed Europe in search of Hitler. While I am deeply sorry for the lives lost, how else are we supposed to get rid of the corrupt in power who are hiding behind innocent civilians?
Also, as a disclaimer, I do not believe the radicals who performed the 9/11 attacks can ever be completely defeated. They are religious radicals and thus would never surrender, ever. You can't beat something like that. And I mean that about any religion. I am not religion slamming in any way. If you want to call me a Christian radical, then go ahead, because that is exactly what I am. I would never surrender if someone asked me to renounce my God, which is what we are asking them to do. Because in killing us, they are serving their god. So no, I do not believe we are ever going to win that war. But I do believe something should have been done. And I'm sorry, but I have absolutely no better ideas. And if you do, then I would be glad to hear them. But for anyone to just say, "What he did was wrong!" with no alternative, is nothing but a cop-out. It's being unhappy with someone's actions, but having no better solution to offer.
As for WMDs, I have no idea if they ever existed. But did you read about the jet planes that were found hidden beneath the sand? No, of course not, because the media would never report something like that. But it is a true story. Over two dozen Iraqi jets were buried in the sand near Al Taqqadum airfield. They were Russian made aircraft. I have no idea why they were hiding or what they were for, but they did exist. And if the media did report them, then I apologize. But I'd never heard of them until this year, so they did a very low key job if so. So I'm sorry, but over 24 jet planes can do quite a bit of damage. 
One more thing about the killing of civilians: Do you honestly believe Bush ordered the soldiers to kill all the civilians they could find? I certainly hope not. But those kinds of things happen in war. Referring back to what I said about WWII. There would have been no way, and I do mean no way, to win that war without the loss of some civilian lives. And did you see those countries spitting in our faces? No, they were falling down in their thanks to the Allies for saving them from their persecution! Times have changed, and people are no longer grateful. Do you know how many of our soldiers have died over there? And they were not killed by our own people! Someone is killing them, so don't tell me we have no reason to be there. People are dying, our people, and something has to be done about it! So give me a better solution than sitting back and doing nothing. Because that's the only way innocents will keep from being killed. And our innocents, they were not even in a war zone. They were killed by men without provocation. Show me the fairness in that.
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"It's not about the legacy you leave, it's about the life you live." ~Mara Jade Skywalker
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