Comments on: The War on Iraq/Terror

By: SSgt Julian Kingsley

SSgt Julian Kingsley — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:49:45 +0000

Wow, I’m impressed at how strongly you guys feel about your opinions. I remember when this blog was started a few years ago, and I’m glad to see that you guys have kept this going. I just wanted to point a few things out:
First, It’s easy to look at this war in Iraq from an outsider’s point of view and criticize it and say we’re not helping at all, but I’ve talked to several people who have been deployed over there, and always say how much we’re improving their life. Keep in mind that some news stations have a political slant to them, so don’t always go by what you here in the news.
Second, 9/11 was not related to the Iraq war, President Bush has admitted that. 9/11 was the reason that we invaded Afghanistan.
Third, if we wanted oil, there are many other countries that we could have invaded for oil, in fact, much more oil. If we wanted oil, we could have gone to Saudi Arabia, as their government loves us, we could have gone to Africa, oil isn’t only found in the middle east.
Fourth, many of you have referenced the number of civilians who have been killed, and I would like to clarify a few things surrounding that. Yes, civilians have died, but collateral damage is an unavoidable part of war. Also, the reason that the civilian death toll is so high is that insurgent attacks often specifically target highly populated areas. Also, a lot of the resistance that we encounter all over the middle east are simply religious extremists. They believe that their religion is right, and that everybody else should die. So, they run into the street firing an AK-47 wildly at a convoy and get shot, or fire an RPG at an APC(Armored Personnel Carrier), or detonate an IED next to a convoy of HMMWV’s (Humvees).

-SSgt Julian Kingsley, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary

By: theo

theo — Thu, 10 May 2007 16:28:07 +0000

This war is now out of hand we have to get our soldiers out of Iraq ASAP.

By: dani

dani — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:53:41 +0000

if i had family members in the war id support it too, but i dont so i dont support it

time machine!!

gah

By: Barb

Barb — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:23:59 +0000

Well, whats that quote
i dont remember…
its something like pro-troops, anti- war.
I’m not against the actual people, but i wanna know why we are still in Iraq.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:19:51 +0000

This is all the more reason you should be sure he is putting his life on the line for a just cause…

By: John

John — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:08:30 +0000

AYE. Barb you really have to ask why support the was just cause my cousin is there well its a no brainer I SUPPORT IT BECAUSE HE IS FAMILY.

By: Sheldon

Sheldon — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:59:24 +0000

AYE!
What about 9/11/01?

By: dani

dani — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:47:38 +0000

nay

nay nay nay

we need a time machine

i agree with barbra

we should make a petion of who wants the war to stop asap

By: Barb

Barb — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:45:32 +0000

nay…but we need to clean up our mess before we retreat.

By: DanD

DanD — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:38:54 +0000

nay