Not your Hollywood ending...
I am sure you have heard the latest reports… It is finalized, there is, and there was, no weapons of mass destruction. I am not going to spin this. I am only going to give my unique opinion on what I get from the latest findings.
To set up my perspective we need to go back a few years… Back to when Billy was president shortly after the first WTC attacks… Now not many American or global citizens remember those first attacks… I must admit that they left my memory fairly quickly. It wasn't until the 9/11 attacks that I realized how important any attack is. And so it wasn't until after the 9/11 attacks that we learned that William Jefferson had Osama in his sights… let me say that again… It was not too long after our first attack that the United States military had Osama located, and the chance to kill him. They neglected to do so, and years later, the buildings fell.
Now I do not wish to compare Sadam with Osama, they are two very different men… And although Sadam has never attacked American soil, he was still a prick. I see the world safer and better for not having him in power.
The latest report not only confirms the lack of Weapons of Mass Destruction, but also confirms Sadams attempts to have sanctions lifted so that he could again build up an army, with WMDS included. He feared IRAN, he thought the only way he could be safe was to have as much power… Sadam had the raw materials and was abusing the food for oil programs as a way to gain power with other nations. In order for Sadam to have ever created WMD, would be to have people leave him alone.
Now, the threat of Sadam having Weapons was not him using them on us… It was him selling them to terrorists. And I believe that if he would have been left alone, four years later we would have been watching more buildings fall. The bottom line is that Bush did what bill did not do… He took out a future threat. Iran is next…
Now I am not totally happy no WMD was found… It would have made for a nice Hollywood ending, breaking in at the last second, right when the threat is at its highest. Bust up a Sadam meeting with some soon to be famous terrorist group AL-POOPA that was about to buy some big as weapons that can kill millions. It would have been just like some action flick you would watch on T.V. The press praise would have been high, and afterwards we would be lifted like heroes.
In sharp contrast we have played it safe… No Hollywood ending, no fame or glory. We took the bad guy out before he could have grown as a major threat. We sit here now, trying to rebuild a country that someday will be a huge help in changing the Middle East to a land of peace, and cooperation.
I understand that Hindsight is 20/20, that many things could have been different… But I prefer to look towards the future, to see a threat and cease the moment…Offense is the best defense.
To set up my perspective we need to go back a few years… Back to when Billy was president shortly after the first WTC attacks… Now not many American or global citizens remember those first attacks… I must admit that they left my memory fairly quickly. It wasn't until the 9/11 attacks that I realized how important any attack is. And so it wasn't until after the 9/11 attacks that we learned that William Jefferson had Osama in his sights… let me say that again… It was not too long after our first attack that the United States military had Osama located, and the chance to kill him. They neglected to do so, and years later, the buildings fell.
Now I do not wish to compare Sadam with Osama, they are two very different men… And although Sadam has never attacked American soil, he was still a prick. I see the world safer and better for not having him in power.
The latest report not only confirms the lack of Weapons of Mass Destruction, but also confirms Sadams attempts to have sanctions lifted so that he could again build up an army, with WMDS included. He feared IRAN, he thought the only way he could be safe was to have as much power… Sadam had the raw materials and was abusing the food for oil programs as a way to gain power with other nations. In order for Sadam to have ever created WMD, would be to have people leave him alone.
Now, the threat of Sadam having Weapons was not him using them on us… It was him selling them to terrorists. And I believe that if he would have been left alone, four years later we would have been watching more buildings fall. The bottom line is that Bush did what bill did not do… He took out a future threat. Iran is next…
Now I am not totally happy no WMD was found… It would have made for a nice Hollywood ending, breaking in at the last second, right when the threat is at its highest. Bust up a Sadam meeting with some soon to be famous terrorist group AL-POOPA that was about to buy some big as weapons that can kill millions. It would have been just like some action flick you would watch on T.V. The press praise would have been high, and afterwards we would be lifted like heroes.
In sharp contrast we have played it safe… No Hollywood ending, no fame or glory. We took the bad guy out before he could have grown as a major threat. We sit here now, trying to rebuild a country that someday will be a huge help in changing the Middle East to a land of peace, and cooperation.
I understand that Hindsight is 20/20, that many things could have been different… But I prefer to look towards the future, to see a threat and cease the moment…Offense is the best defense.
posted by Legolas at 10:28 AM
3 Comments:
Wow Lego - I'm glad to see such insight from your generation. So many just seem to jump on the liberal band wagon their parents are on.
Very well spoken.
BTW - Gray showed me how to add the feed burner yesterday, so let me know and I will show you how to do it. Then we will all know when you update. (Because I can't remember to check everyone's)
Lego?? where are you? No one has seen you in weeks. At least pop in let us know you're okay (we want to hear about the date!)
hey ...I was wondering where you were at too.
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