heraclid? did you read my post? you basically just repeated everything i was saying. the only difference is that the iraq war is NOT the war on terrorism. and iraq had done not one thing to us. of course they did attack our ally kuwait, but why are we allies with kuwait? not for their humanity and foreign relations i can tell you that. everything else was in agreement. i do think we should be fighting the war on terrorism, the problem is that it isn't in iraq, or at least it wasn't until we rolled in there again and pissed of every muslim there to the point that NOW they are joining terrorist organizations. so now all our friggin troops are over there, getting killed in a farce of a war, when in fact if our men are going to be dying it should be for a more terrorism oriented cause, such as combing the hills between pakistan and afghanistan, etc. and i'm saying that the ousting of saddam hussien did need to be done, but that now (when we should be more concerned with al Qaeda) is not the time. and no i don't want to go to war with china, which is exactly what i was saying. as well as saying that the iraq war is about as justifiable as a war with china.

and as for the slaying of innocent americans in iraq, there were virtually no american casualties in iraq before we invaded their country and beat, raped and killed their civilians. as a matter of fact thousands of americans lived and worked in iraq peacefully before we went to war there. i guess it's ok that we killed their civilians with napalm and misguided missiles, because that's what happens in war, innocent people sometimes die, right? well, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

I appreciate the conversation here, it's good to hear from different people about this, as i think about it alot. and heraclid, don't worry, no hard feelings, we're all friends here, and everyone is entitled to their opinion. I just thought that you should know that mine isn't much different than your own.

sorry that i seem to have opened a can of worms, i just wanted to show support for I-mans point of view and our soldiers all around the globe. no controversy intended.

david