God is not a Republican (or a Democrat)

God is my judge, not you, LadyEagle. And He will be the Judge when you pull the lever in the voting booth for a warmonger.

 

I agree KenH . You can't just demean one party without demeaning the other. In reality niether part really sticks solidly to there platform. GOP is just as un-Christian as the Dems.So lets call it a draw and say we are all a bunch of lieing hypocrites for supporting either a Democrat or a Republican.

 

Saving a 6 year-old Iraqi child or 44 year-old Iraqi woman...from what?

Living in fear of being found, many years later, in a mass grave? Being taken from their home in the middle of the night for questioning?

You're so quick to condemn this "unjust war" that you have no comment about life before we went into Iraq, do you? Or what would happen if we had simply taken out Saddam and left? Or if we had merely taken out the Al Qaeda operatives that were in Iraq? (which wouldn't have happened, because Saddam would not have agreed to allow us access to the areas where they were)

Or if we had merely mourned our loss, and done nothing?

Answer those questions, and then you can possibly talk about an unjust war with some sort of credibility.

Oh, and then, don't forget to add to it what we're currently doing for those 6 year-old children and 44 year-old women...and try looking beyond the sensationalist who's dying, and see the schools that have been re-opened for ALL children, not just the elite or the males; and the hospitals that are being kept open; and even the planning that's being done for the dam on the northern Tigris because it's fully expected to fail sometime in the next few years. And if the things YOUR soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coast Guard are doing to re-build that nation, on the orders of the current administration, aren't good enough, then stop crying about what's wrong and start telling us what we could be doing better.

 

True. How many people even read party platforms besides the few dozen people involved in writing them? A few dozen more?

 

Everyone that opposes the war and wants us out right now refuses to acknowledge the fact that iran is chomping at the bit for us to leave so that they can move into iraq. They want to control the mid-east oil and they want to place their missles on the western border of iraq so that they will reach isreal.

No matter what the reason we went in for, or who was right or not, we cant leave there until it is finished. Obama knows this now, and that is why he is backing off of his 16 month withdrawl plan. As we get closer to the election, I expect that obama will get tougher in his talk about the war and start leaning towards finishing it instead of surrenderring Iraq to Iran.

AJ

 

And you know this for sure? Or is this just speculation on your part.

 

Please define when we will know it is finished?

Iraq is majority Shiite as is Iran. A sovereign Iraqi government will be friendly with Iran. There's nothing we can do about that regardless of how long we keep troops in Iraq.

 

Well you can bet your last drop of gas that NOW and NARAL all know what the Democratic Party platform is. As for others, unsuspecting Democrats who really want to vote for what's right and Biblical, hat's why McCain needs to nail Obama in the debates about Obama'ss pro-abortion view and his voting record against the Born Alive act and how the Democratic Party has in their platform that they fully support Roe v Wade. Because some unsuspecting Christian Democrats need to know.

As far as your comment about a war monger, don't forget which party was in office when Japan was nuked. But I suppose you don't really want to go there, do you?

 

We were attacked by Japan. We were not attacked by Iraq.

Your are dreaming, LE, if you think that Senator McCain is going to push social issues big time in the last two debates(the one this Friday is on foreign policy and national security) or in this campaign.

Yes, some leaders of NOW and NARAL may have read the Democratic platform just like some leaders of Focus on the Family may have read the Republican Platform. There are over 200 million people of voting age in the country I doubt that more than 10,000 of them have read any sizable portion of either major party's platform.

 

Well, I'm gonna email the Republicans. Because this is a BIG issue for the strong Conservative Evangelical base of the Republican party and those who are deceived by Obama. Maybe Palin will hit it hard. You know, Biden is forbidden to take communion by the Catholic church, at least that was the last I heard, over his pro-choice position. It is a mortal sin for a Catholic to vote for a pro-choice candidate is what I read on some Catholic message boards. So, it's a bigger issue than what you personally may think.

 

Iraq and iran have been enemies for many years. John McCain has pointed out several times that iran would love nothing better than for us to abandon Iraq. GW has also said this. I am not a GW fan, but he is our president and has access to the best intelligence agencies in the world. Also, the iranian president has hinted at this several times.

I dont think the Dems really expect to pull out and leave Iraq to Iran, but they need the war as a political tool, and rallying against it is their best chance of getting elected. I dont for a second really believe that obama or Hillary could or would get us out any sooner that Bush or McCain.

AJ

 

That was when Saddam Hussein, a secular Sunni, was leading Iraq. We removed him from being a thorn in Iran's side. We have now set it up so that Iraq and Iran are allies.

 

Iran and Iraq share a religious sect in common, but Iraqis are Arab and iranians are Persian, and they are historic enemies.


It will be finished when iraq can defend herself without our protection.

AJ

 

They are not now. The leaders of each country have had very friendly state visits with each other.

 

Well I take what either McCain or Bush says with a grain of salt. Niether one can be trusted to tell the truth but then again I am not privileged to the same unreliable secret spy stuff that they have.

 

I dont think that will ever happen, but who knows? It would be a catastrophe for them to unite. It would make for a worldwide oil crisis, and it would jeopardize the nation of isreal and deeply threaten the peace of the region as a whole.

I dont see us letting that happen.

AJ

 

1) It already has. Their leaders have had very friendly state visits with each other in their respective countries.

2) How are we going to stop it? The United States doesn't rule the world. Are you saying that you will never approve of Iraq being a sovereign country again?

 

At least McCain and Bush know enough about the intelligence to lie about it....Obama doesnt know anything about it at all. He is merely throwing out political bait for gullible voters to bite on.

AJ

 

That's one reason we're there building the biggest most grand US embassy in the world to the tune of millions and millions. Fully supported by many who complain on the Hill, BTW. They spew what they think the anti-war people want to hear all the while beefing up their own portfolios, etc.

Obama can go on and on about us getting out. But it's really not his decision to make if he is elected. It's all rhetoric.

 

Are you saying that the intention of the United States government is to rule Iraq for decades to come?