Originally posted by PVS
bush chose to basically say f*** you to the U.N. after saddam was captured, it was certain that peace would not restore itself magically, and people were NOT dancing in the streets showing our soldiers with kisses and rose pedals, as bush had insisted.
my hope is that kerry is elected and literally BEGS the u.n. for aid. the only side i see which is humble enough to ask for a favor rather than demand is democrats. we need help. our troops are the best in the world, but they are only human, and it seems like they will never come home. how long do you think they will last in a war? how long would you last? its easy to sit in the lap of luxury and talk about the cost of war as if its mere figures and dollar signs, but what of our troops who have been in that shithole since jan 2003 and remain there indefinately. i'm for them. i want them to come home. i want other nations to send troops in to relieve ours. now, how is that not being for america?
WHOAHH WHOAHH since January 2003???? We were still in the UN doing the RESOLUTION thing.. the WAR was declared on March 19th, 2003.
To all that you say, I agree. There is another problem with what Kerry would do. If you show at all that you will wait, and that you care what people think, the terrorists may beable to react faster than all of them put together, because coordinating an attack with many is alot more difficult. Also, the terrorists could be more confident in them selves when they see the US begging for help. Kerry doesn't see that part of the possibility. Here is a metaphor I wrote that explains why America doesn't care what some countries think and some democrats like yourself. I begin it with how a leader leads:
**I've just realized something about America. We care too much what other countries think. I mean, not us, the democrats think too much about what others think. That isn't how you lead. That is why in the debates Bush said, you need to lead, and he said it because Kerry thinks to much about how the polls will treat him so he says yes to alot of both sides of the issue.
And really, if countries want to keep being anti-american, it reminds me of this little metaphor.
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Have you ever gotten in to trouble with your mom or dad? Your other sibling (usually younger) got off scotfree and you got in trouble. More so the Older child gets this. I call that the America child. The younger one is the 3rd world country. The mom or dad is the European country (France or some English/Wales or whatever). They tell you to stop fighting with your younger brother because you shouldn't have to resort to fighting. The younger brother though, had counted on this. The younger brother (Saddam) knew that if he kept teasing the older brother that the mom and dad would disapprove. The older brother had kept quiet for 10 years after this (1991 to 2001) The oldest brother kept making the case to the mom and dad (UN/other eurpean countries) that his younger brother keeps on teasing him and won't do exactly what he was supposed to. The mom and dad lecture him and tell him that the older brother needs to be left alone and stop pestering him. 5 more months go by and the parents keep telling the younger brother to tell them where he put his older brothers medical insurance. The younger brother denies that he had taken them, but he won't cooperate with the parents fully. The older brother tells the younger brother, tell me where my insurance papers are. The younger brother really won't say, and he thinks he wouldn't get the s**t kicked out of him because his parents won't like it, so he finds it funny to not tell him where he put it, even if he never took them. The older brother punches the younger brother now 20 ( the older brother is now 22) and the parents to no amazement side with the younger child who is not really much younger than the older child. The parents find out that the younger child had not even taken the papers in the first place. The younger child knew he would get puched and did so because the older child would get scolded by his parents. The older child wouldn't care what the parents thought because he just had lost his medical papers and really needed them because he just lost his arm in a gang attack on him. The older brother sat there thinking. I lost my arm, my parents hate me, and my fricken little brother who has tormented me just got support from my parents even though I lost an arm a few month ago.
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I'm saying that if the other countries would agree to support us UNCONDITIONALLY that would show everyone who is trying to kill us, that they have something to deal with. Instead we now are a broken family and are parents don't even support us. To me there should be no difference with a family or the world. When you step away from your keyboard and think about how much everyone cares about the Amercian troops, I too thank them that they are out there, and that no bombs were set off here at home while they were off at war.