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You are taking an extreme position here JD. I don't think anyone should be apologizing for what the US has done in Iraq. We have lost lives to free a country from a brutal dictator. Something to be proud of. Our men and women are doing the right thing over their.
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More than lost lives, we're going to spend nearly two trillion dollars in the process, nearly ZERO of which is going to benefit the American Taxpayer directly.
The policy that got us into Iraq was reckless at best and dishonest at worst. The tens of millions of people who we have directly impacted feel slighted at best and are responding with violence at worst.
To write off any criticism of CIVILIAN policy as disrespecting a MILITARY organization that takes its orders from said civilian leadership is ANTI-MILITARY to the core as it's placing responsibility for those orders on the troops themselves.
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Not the utopia of a world that you envision. Like it or not, the world needs a strong US.
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This is the basis for the neocon argument that infected US policy under Bush 43. The world "needs" us to lead them.
Man, that's some arrogant %$%$%$%$. In a world where 19 guys with box cutters can kill nearly 3 thousand people, one might think a little humility is in order.
Or, we could just work to piss everybody off and claim superiority. Yes, that's a recipe for success...
-spence