[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

It's a sham. Plain and simple. Even George Bush says we can't win it, and he's the guy that started this faux war.

Let's see what a military general thinks about the war on terror.

It's funny all you've got is a couple of quotes taken out of context and sensationalized by the liberal leaning media (NBC, CBS) leading up to the 2004 election. Nothing I say or any fact I present will change your mind anyway.

You talk about the "folks in Iraq" that went through the rape and torture with Saddam, yet fail to realize that we have killed and injured more civilians in Iraq than Saddam ever has. Irony at it's best. I guess blowing up innocent civilians was in their best interest. After all, look how well they are doing now!!! /sarcasm off

As usual with you far lefties, all soundbyte, no factual correctness. Here's some facts, it's good to check them every once in a while.

Twentieth Century Atlas - Death Tolls and Casualty Statistics for Wars, Dictatorships and Genocides

Casualties of the Iraq War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Under Saddam a very conservative estimate of 500K people died because of his actions. Since the end of major combat operations in Iraq (2003) reputable sources put the number of Iraqi deaths between 100-150K, and most of those were not the result of U.S. military action, but rather terrorist or other violent groups (criminals) in Iraq.

Economy of Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Looks like the Iraqis aren't doing so bad after all.

From the article: "Since the peak of 1980, the nominal GDP of Iraq steadily shrunk to $12.3 billion in 2000. However removal of sanctions, after the overthrow of Saddam, had immediate effect. The nominal GDP had reached $55.4 billion by 2007[5] due to increase in oil output as well as international prices. In 2006, the real GDP growth was estimated at almost 17 percent.[6]"

Also, those Folks in Afghanistan are happy with the war on terror? Really? You know this how? You live in Afghanistan? You have family that does? Or you just parroting what the mass media is pushing you? I'm going with the latter.

Sounds like you're parroting more far-left conspiracy nonsense. I'm sure women in Afghanistan will agree with me. Again, here's some fact from the Dept. of State.

I. The Taliban's War Against Women

Here is the deal. The media uses fear to pump into individuals like yourself to deter from the real issue at hand, which is the failing economy and the crooks stealing your money. Also, lets ask our self something. How many of these surrounding countries are currently being bombed by terrorist organizations of the extremist Muslims? Italy? Greece? Turkey? Russia? Spain? If they are, chances are it's due to their foreign policy. I imagine if we change our foreign policy, then this "war or terror" would fix itself.

Ah yes....the old Neville Chamberlin-esque "foreign policy" excuse for terrorists attacking INNOCENT CIVILIANS. And without posting multiple links, terrorist attacks happen in many other countries around the world regardless of their "foreign policy"

What you are trying to fight is a "ideology" in the extremist Muslims, and you can't fight a ideology or a belief.

You can damn sure fight against those who take violent action against others because of their beliefs. That's a lot better than sitting back and either hoping you don't become a target, (kind of like an group of antelopes being stalked by lions) or give in to the demands of violent extremists.