CCGirl said:
Soldiers, however, willingly kill innocent women and children because it is their job.
Let's say that every one of these
allegations proves to be true. What happens to any soldier who is found guilty of this? Does th US pat them on back and proudly call it good news for Americans and God?
Al-Kidda did not "start" any wars, they used a terrorist tactic against the USA in response to decades of what they perceive as US/UK aggression.
"A" terrorist tactic? Shall we go over all the terrorist acts carried out by al Qaeda since the late 70's?
I'm done with her. I'll discuss this with you.
is that if the soldiers willingly go into another sovereign nation, and the people fight back and oppose such occuptation, the soldiers who are willingly there are legitimate targets.
Soldiers don't pick and choose where they are deployed. And the two who got mutilated and beheaded did not choose to be where they were ambushed. Do ya think they would rather be there than stateside?
There manner of death is irrelevant and perhaps fitting for many Iraqis. If
most of the world is against the war, why do you think people would support the occupiers?
Newsflash - Saddam and his regime were toppled 3 years ago...thus ending the official war. There is a new, democratically elected government in place in Iraq. This sovereign nation, under the new, democratically elected president,
wants US forces to stay until they are able to secure their own country. If President Jalal Al-Talabani tomorrow said, "Get out now!" to the US, there would be a full withdraw tomorrow. But he's not saying that. He wants us to stay until conditions are that we are no longer need to secure Iraq. Are you trying to impose your own will on a sovereign nation?
Your patriotic ferver makes many people sick too.
This has nothing to do with patriotsm. This has everything to do with rules of engagement.
Again, the official war is over....has been for three years. What we are looking at now, are barbaric acts not representative of the vast majority of Iraqis or the new government, in an attempt to thwart the will of the majority of Iraqi citizens. We're talking about an extremely small percentage of Iraqis, mixed with an import of al Qaeda. We are talking about people who don't take prisoners, but hostages. We are talking about people who not only allow torturous deaths of hostages, but celebrate it and give thanks to God over it.