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I didn't mean to go off either. I agree with a lot of what you wrote here, Blitzgal. However, I was obviously talking about terrorists and you chose to take a shot at the military. Disagree with the war if you want. It's America. But, the military is over there representing America well and it upsets me when people take potshots at them like you did.

Fact is, civilians die in war. My point is that at least our military doesn't kill them on purpose and it is a mischaracterization of what is going on there if those accidental deaths are what pisses you off. Meanwhile the news every day is about insurgents killing innocent civilians on purpose. Just be pissed off at them too and say so. That's what I meant by perspective.

A few cans of worms we could discuss or put the lid back on:

The people who are roaming the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for Bin Laden would disagree that we're not looking for him.

It is very black/white/naive of you to think that, just because huge amounts of WMD were not found after we went in, he didn't have WMD. The UN was trying to not find them and succeeded.

I never said Iraq and 9/11 were related. They're not. What I was saying, and maybe didn't say well, was that if we weren't over there killing terrorist insurgents by the tens and hundreds, my bet is that some of them would be here and would have already got off another attack. WIth terrorism, we truly are in a "kill them before they kill you" situation. We didn't choose that. They have set the rules of the game and we really can't just choose not to play.

All your other points about Bin Laden on the CIA payroll, Haliburton, UAE, Saudi, corruption, missing money, etc. are completely valid. Although, don't believe Senator Murtha when he says the Army is "broken" and soldiers are going without food and all of that. Those are lies. He is getting away with sedition.

Soldiers will tell you that they are eating very well in Haliburton dining facilities. Steak and lobster. Good food and enough for everybody. Soldiers routinely give their food to Iraqi's because that's the kind of people they are. They're not starving or broken. It does behoove the Democrats that as many people as possible believe that, though.

benjita,

1. We HAVE killed over 100,000 insurgents.

2. Most insurgents we are fighting over there are not Iraqi citizens. They are "surging in" and being paid by Al Qaeda, Hamas, and all kinds of groups that magically fall in the category of terrorist and hate you. This is not Iraqi citizens "defending their homeland". Nobody is taking their homeland away so what would be the point? You have posted some of the most intelligent and level-headed stuff I've ever read. But, I think you are missing something on this one.