I don't think the 9/11 commission speaks the voice of America. I also don't think people have a problem with taking action against Al-Queda supporters. You didn't hear much backlash about Afganistan. What I think people have a problem with (and hey- I am not the voice of America, either) is invading an entire country and the innocent civilian deaths of those in Iraq. You can't tell me no innocent Iraqis have lost their lives. I can see both sides in this issue. I would really love to see a non-biased poll of the Iraqis about whether this war has helped or hurt their country more.
I definitely agree that the idea of having to shoot down a civilian aircraft is a horrific thought, especially as the wife of an airline pilot.
Michael
· 5 years ago
I can see how you'd be against having your husband's plane shot down. :/
And I understand that objection; there was innocent life lost during the Iraq invasion. My counter to that is the loss of innocent life was far greater under Saddam Hussein; estimates over 10 years were as high as 1.2 million people. The US killed thousands, maybe, but it was collateral, certainly not intentional. Saddam killed them on purpose and showed no signs of stopping.
The Iraqi blogs I've been reading (unscientific, I know, but certainly better than having them filtered through big media) show that most Iraqis are glad Saddam is gone and they still want Americans there. They also want Americans to leave as soon as possible, which is understandable since we do, too. Their biggest complaint is that they feel Iraq was humiliated by the invasion.
I'll inflict humiliation in order to save 1.2 million lives any day.
Michael
· 5 years ago
Nice post. Yeah that whole shooting down a civilian airliners *seems* like a good idea in hindsite. It's easy to make judgement calls though, when you're not on the airliner (or have family there) and you're not the pilot pulling the trigger to shoot it down. I'm honestly not sure which would have been more terrible, the terrorist attacks being successful or the terrorists forcing us to kill our own people to prevent those attacks. Clearly the way things went, more people died. But the outcome was at least a brief period of unity against those who would attack us (how quickly some forget eh?). Had we shot them down, I think the fallout would have torn our country apart. Oh well, what do I know? ;-)
Stephen
· 5 years ago
I heard this report on the way to work this morning and all I could think was "why are they all pointing their fingers at each other?" Nobody could of predicted this. We don't think about hijackers ramming buildings. We do now. If our leaders spend half as much energy learning from what happened as they do pointing at one another and placing blame, I think we could keep it from happening again.
p.s. I am learning to voice an opinion, how am I doing? :)
Michael
· 5 years ago
Excellent, bro. :)
I'd love it if the Democratic Party would be trying to help America instead of finding ways to tear down Republicans. Our country is stronger when we're working together.
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I definitely agree that the idea of having to shoot down a civilian aircraft is a horrific thought, especially as the wife of an airline pilot.
And I understand that objection; there was innocent life lost during the Iraq invasion. My counter to that is the loss of innocent life was far greater under Saddam Hussein; estimates over 10 years were as high as 1.2 million people. The US killed thousands, maybe, but it was collateral, certainly not intentional. Saddam killed them on purpose and showed no signs of stopping.
The Iraqi blogs I've been reading (unscientific, I know, but certainly better than having them filtered through big media) show that most Iraqis are glad Saddam is gone and they still want Americans there. They also want Americans to leave as soon as possible, which is understandable since we do, too. Their biggest complaint is that they feel Iraq was humiliated by the invasion.
I'll inflict humiliation in order to save 1.2 million lives any day.
If our leaders spend half as much energy learning from what happened as they do pointing at one another and placing blame, I think we could keep it from happening again.
p.s. I am learning to voice an opinion, how am I doing? :)
I'd love it if the Democratic Party would be trying to help America instead of finding ways to tear down Republicans. Our country is stronger when we're working together.