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Just Curious.

Sorry I couldnt make poll better for the other voters, but the max. is ten.

I am against, and Kerry voter. Its our countrys biggest mistake, yes, even worse than Viet Nam. At least than we were protecting someone.

Nope

and if youre not an american?

Yes, but for the wrong reasons.

I said sod WMD just get rid of that guy with the bad mustache.

Seriouly though, I'd read about the horrors enacted on the population by saddam and I supported it for those reasons.

(like that wasn't good enough eh?)

PS I'm not american.

PSA

Please don't assume I am. The Internet is not a purely american only zone.

and if youre not an american?

Than just click who you wanted to vote for.

To be fair, I don't support any war.

Yes, but for the wrong reasons.

I said sod WMD just get rid of that guy with the bad mustache.

Seriouly though, I'd read about the horrors enacted on the population by saddam and I supported it for those reasons.

(like that wasn't good enough eh?)

PS I'm not american.

PSA

Please don't assume I am. The Internet is not a purely american only zone.

I believe your not American, your location says Wales, and it would be pointless to type that just for one arguement.

I like the way you support the war, even though I hate it.

I always expected that Iraq would have to be dealt with in a military manner sooner or later. It was clear that Saddam Hussein would never cooperate with the U.N.'s demands and had every intention of building a threatening military at his earliest convenience.

However, I never supported the timing. I felt, and always felt that there was no evidence that Iraq was an imminent threat and that it had to be invaded when it was. The Bush Administration should have taken the time to let the U.N. jump through it's little hoops. They should have secured the full support of NATO, if not the UN. There was no reason to think they were any more of a danger in 2002 than they were in 1998(which was when most of the US intel that the 2002 invasion was based on was collected).

So I'm not saying that Iraq should not have been invaded. I'm saying that it should not have been invaded YET. And certainly not in such a poorly planned and slipshod manner.

Voted other. Never have supported it, save with my taxes.

To be fair, I don't support any war.

I like how you are a peaceful person, but just to see how far you would stay that way, heres a scenario.

You are the President, the Taliban comes back to life and bombs NYC, you try to be peaceful, and reach an argreement... or so you think, than the Taliban bombs Philadelphia, shatering your agreement, what do you do now?

You may not be American, so just pretend if you arent that your the President of your country and they have attacked your countries citys.

And the Taliban is now in charge of Syria they are the govt of Syria in this scenario

Never should have gone. Don't support the war, support our troops bring them home!!

No, I don't support the Iraq war and I never did. Hoever, I really think, looking at the elections today, that it is far too early to make a final judgement. If Iraq turns into a decent democracy like in Europe, maybe the war would have been worth all the violence, death and destruction. But at the moment that looks unlikely. That is why I currently maintain that even getting rid of Saddam was not worth all the mayhem and bloodshed the Iraqis (and American/British soldiers over there) have had to endure.

As for the US election, I probably would have voted for Badnarik if I lived in a red or blue state, and for Kerry if I lived in a swing state.

I always expected that Iraq would have to be dealt with in a military manner sooner or later. It was clear that Saddam Hussein would never cooperate with the U.N.'s demands and had every intention of building a threatening military at his earliest convenience.

However, I never supported the timing. I felt, and always felt that there was no evidence that Iraq was an imminent threat and that it had to be invaded when it was. The Bush Administration should have taken the time to let the U.N. jump through it's little hoops. They should have secured the full support of NATO, if not the UN. There was no reason to think they were any more of a danger in 2002 than they were in 1998(which was when most of the US intel that the 2002 invasion was based on was collected).

So I'm not saying that Iraq should not have been invaded. I'm saying that it should not have been invaded YET. And certainly not in such a poorly planned and slipshod manner.

I agree, they were a threat and needed to be dealt with, but only with a proper plan, all of the necesary items, alliances to help back us up, and UN aproval. And it needed to be in time, when we were sure.

I couldn't vote, but I supported the war, and had I been able to vote it would've been for Bush or Badnarik (probably Bush, didn't want to help Kerry by not voting Bush :D and I probably pissed off a bunch of people by saying that. Hmm. Sorry), so I chose Option #1.

at that time and still today i was opposed to the idea of going to war with a country that never did anything to us. especially one that didnt pose a credible threat at that time.

I like how you are a peaceful person, but just to see how far you would stay that way, heres a scenario.

You are the President, the Taliban comes back to life and bombs NYC, you try to be peaceful, and reach an argreement... or so you think, than the Taliban bombs Philadelphia, shatering your agreement, what do you do now?

You may not be American, so just pretend if you arent that your the President of your country and they have attacked your countries citys.

And the Taliban is now in charge of Syria they are the govt of Syria in this scenario

Forgiveness is eternal. If the Taliban bombed my city, I would know that the Taliban did not just bomb me arbitrarily. I would ask what I had done to offend them and try to make ammends and reach a peaceful solution.

I would also ask that the Taliban come help the damaged parts of my city as an act of peace between us.

If then they chose to bomb yet another of my cities, the cycle would repeat.

I would, however, put measures in place to ensure domestic security. I would not send my armies to attack. Violence only begets more violence.

at that time and still today i was opposed to the idea of going to war with a country that never did anything to us.we carpet bombed Afghanistan because the Taliban took down the WTC.eyesroll

we carpet bombed Afghanistan because the Taliban took down the WTC.eyesroll
no....

you carpet bombed Afghanistan because Al Quaeda took down the WTC