Would/do you support the War In Iraq?

[Darth Plagueis]

Did you think it was a good war and should have been done?.

My answer is.

HELL NO.

[ElectionsGuy]

My answer is.

HELL NO.

[Goldwater]

Yes (Neocon)

[Deus Naturae]

My answer is.

HELL NO.

[Vosem]

With the information we had in 2003, yes. We could have just pulled out after overthrowing Saddam, but once we'd committed to an occupation, we pulled out several years too soon, and the country is falling back into chaos. With hindsight both decisions were not good ones, but at the time I would have supported them, so I was honest and voted 'yes'.

[H. Ross Peron]

No with hindsight.

[anvi]

Was against it then and still think it was incredibly wrong.

[RI]

Iraq wasn't really a direct threat to anyone, so I can't support it.

[TNF]

No.

How can anyone say yes, with everything that we now know?

[bgwah]

No. It remains the most incredibly stupid thing our nation has done in my lifetime, by far. If you supported it, you were an idiot and I hope it haunts you for the rest of your life.

[Horus]

I wasn't for it at age 12 when it started, still don't support it and believe it was an idiotic move that severely damaged our international credibility.

[barfbag]

There's a need to look into our intelligence leading up to Iraq, but other countries showed the same awareness. In fact I seem to remember liberals accusing us of selling Saddam weapons which we did. Therefore, he had WMD's and he most likely go rid of them before we invaded. Unfortunately, Iraq made us less safe in the short run and we didn't need a war to get Saddam Hussein out of power. On the home front, our troops should always be funded when at war. I remember Obama threatening to end the war by defunding our troops. This was terrible and now Republicans are threatening to defund Obamacare. Another problem was the no bid contracts, however, Halliburton can do more work than any other oil company in the world so bidding may have been pointless. Most importantly, terrorists were brought into Iraq, but had affiliation with Hussein. Would I have supported the war, yes but I'd rather see us remove Hussein and place sanctions on a new leader. Eventually, they'd get the hint that if they're out of control they'd be removed as well. Don't forget Saddam Hussein tried to assassinate Bush Sr. Is that not an attack on our nation?

[Lambsbread]

I don't support war under any circumstances.

[barfbag]

I don't support war under any circumstances.

Even if it means stopping violence in order to save lives? What if it meant saving our world?

[TNF]

I don't support war under any circumstances.

That's an insane position.

[Lambsbread]

I don't support war under any circumstances.

That's an insane humanistic position.

ftfy. Taking another human being's life under any circumstance is morally objectionable and should be avoided at all costs.

[Maxwell]

I don't support war under any circumstances.

That's an insane position.

Basically. I oppose war in most scenarios because we've used it as a way to instill "democracy" or to protect our interests, which is not at all worth the spilling of human life. However, I think there are some instances I can think of where war is the right way to respond (being attacked, for example). Also, wow, hate being a proponent of war here, but maybe that's because I'm a RepubliCANT.

As for the War in Iraq, that was a disaster, but I can't honestly say that most scenarios where we've put troops in have been much better as of late.

[Lambsbread]

Generally we are attacked because we maintain a military presence in roughly every country in the world.

[TNF]

I don't support war under any circumstances.

That's an insane humanistic position.

ftfy. Taking another human being's life under any circumstance is morally objectionable and should be avoided at all costs.

That's not how morality works.

[ElectionsGuy]

I don't support war under any circumstances.

That's an insane humanistic position.

ftfy. Taking another human being's life under any circumstance is morally objectionable and should be avoided at all costs.

If what you said here is a true principle then you wouldn't support abortion.

[Maxwell]

Generally we are attacked because we maintain a military presence in roughly every country in the world.

Well, that's something I already brought up, and again, I think most of the forum is against that. However, I think it's important to recognize that not every situation is going to work out peacefully, and if someone attacks us, we shouldn't just wave our arms and say "WELL, WE STARTED IT!". Either we solve it through diplomacy, or war happens. It seems like you're going through the idealistic liberal phase, but at least add some reality to your world view.

[Lambsbread]

That's not how morality works.

Maybe it's not how your morality works.

If what you said here is a true principle then you wouldn't support abortion.

If you had a tenth of a brain cell, you'd understand that abortion is not taking a human life.

Well, that's something I already brought up, and again, I think most of the forum is against that. However, I think it's important to recognize that not every situation is going to work out peacefully, and if someone attacks us, we shouldn't just wave our arms and say "WELL, WE STARTED IT!". Either we solve it through diplomacy, or war happens. It seems like you're going through the idealistic liberal phase, but at least add some reality to your world view.

If war was more about taking out enemies, I could turn the other cheek a little more easily. However, civilian casualties play too great a role in the overall amount of casualties in any given war that it just can't be ignored or defended. I'm far too utopianistic to subscribe to a view that defends civilian casualties.

[H. Ross Peron]

I don't support war under any circumstances.

That's an insane humanistic position.

ftfy. Taking another human being's life under any circumstance is morally objectionable and should be avoided at all costs.

So then would it be morally objectionable for me to kill someone who lunged at me with a knife?

[ElectionsGuy]

If what you said here is a true principle then you wouldn't support abortion.

If you had a tenth of a brain cell, you'd understand that abortion is not taking a human life.

How is it NOT taking a human life? It prevents a human from being born and kills it. Please explain and inform me because I don't understand.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

If what you said here is a true principle then you wouldn't support abortion.

If you had a tenth of a brain cell, you'd understand that abortion is not taking a human life.

How is it NOT taking a human life? It prevents a human from being born and kills it. Please explain and inform me because I don't understand.

A fetus is a person. It has a heart that beats and it has human DNA. I am not a huge supporter of total bans on abortion, but from a moral standpoint, it should be counted as a human life, regardless if the abortion was necessary or not.