29th March 2003, 10:30 AM
I didn't read every post in this thread, but I will still give my two cents. I doubt this'll turn into World War III. Just Persian Gulf War II, perhaps. I don't think Bush is to blame. A lot (not all, but a lot) of the antiwar people don't even know what they're talking about. The terrorists don't care if you're prowar or antiwar. If you're American, you're the great Satan to them. Saddam's a madman and needs to be stripped of his power. Even though I don't like the fact that we're at war right now, I'd much rather support my own president than some madman in the Middle East who's already gassed his own people in addition to anyone who's ever so much as farted in his presence. And Bush is not "just like Hitler" as some people are saying. That describes Saddam a lot better. I see Bush's point... Saddam needs to be disarmed before another 9-11 happens. He may not be "that big a threat" right now, nor has he "done anything recently" but that's all the reason to attack right now. Should we wait until he becomes a bigger threat? Should we wait until he does something to us and our people, or to our allies? The protests will only accomplish about as much peace in this era as they did in the Vietnam era: none whatsoever. They'll only increase violence on our homeland. And supporting our country's enemies because "they haven't done anything recently" is the stupidest damn thing I've heard from some of these protesters. Hell, some of the protesters think that the ruler of Iraq is Osama bin Laden! So my overall opinion? War sucks, but it's too late to turn back now. Let's kick Saddam's ass while we're still at war with him.