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To: WOSG

It seems the prevailing view on this board is that the wisdom of the Iraq war is not debatable. If you oppose the war, you ipso facto support the ex-Hussein regime and all its tyrannical associations. Such logic is for children.

I'm a conservative Republican, having volunteered on 3 major Republican campaigns recently. I supported the war on the government's stated reason for going to war, to prevent Hussen's WMDs from passing into the hands of terrorists. Since the raison d'etre proved to be false or at best woefully exaggerated, I became opposed to the war. It does not follow that I long for a return of Hussein. I long for a return of 1500 dead soldiers, thousands of others seriously wounded, and 100s and billions of dollars down the drain to "establish democracy" and "human rights."

Color me silly for thinking most conservatives wouldn't support a war, suddenly framed as, for "democracy" and "human rights," even if the pretext might be blowing away thousands of potentially dangerous Arabs.

And now to the point. Who cares if the girl supported or opposed the war? It's a legitimate policy position. She was there to help maimed children, collateral damage, as a result of the bombings. This is laudable and honorable work. Even if you despise her and believe her, however irrationally, to be some hideous traitor, at least have the Christian decency not to defile the recently passed.


89 posted on 04/27/2005 1:10:32 PM PDT by Legal Conservative
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To: Legal Conservative

She wasn't there to 'help maimed children'.
She was there to hurt America and assist the terrorists.


90 posted on 04/27/2005 1:16:16 PM PDT by Darksheare (You too can own your very own Bad Idea by Darksheare! Inquire within!)
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To: Legal Conservative

Naaaah


94 posted on 04/27/2005 2:34:35 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Caution. Contents under pressure.)
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To: Legal Conservative
I'm a conservative Republican, having volunteered on 3 major Republican campaigns recently

And you've got this ocean front property in Arizona.....

95 posted on 04/27/2005 2:35:40 PM PDT by mollynme (cogito, ergo freepum)
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To: Legal Conservative
Even if you despise her and believe her, however irrationally, to be some hideous traitor, at least have the Christian decency not to defile the recently passed.

Buahahahahaha! A traitor buys it while actively working against us and hiding behind "the children" and you buy it lock, stock, line, lure, sinker, and everything. Speaking of 'peaceful' traitors:


116 posted on 04/27/2005 4:46:25 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women (HJ Simpson))
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To: Legal Conservative; Americanwolf; AQGeiger; Beaker; BenLurkin; baltodog; BJClinton; ...
Time to play that favorite game show, "Stop The Tape!" and deal with your premise:

If you oppose the war, you ipso facto support the ex-Hussein regime and all its tyrannical associations.

You're either with us, or you are with the terrorists. You oppose the campaign to eliminate Saddam's regime, then you don't support my mission, either.

Since the raison d'etre proved to be false or at best woefully exaggerated, I became opposed to the war.

I actually forced myself to read past this damnable statment, concocted by Leftists focus groups intended to bring down the Bush Administration. Once I see this, I usually summon the lightning, but let's "move on"...

I long for a return of 1500 dead soldiers, thousands of others seriously wounded, and 100s and billions of dollars down the drain

So, their mission and mine are "down the drain", eh? Keep digging, Troll, you're not quite deep enough yet...

She was there to help maimed children, collateral damage, as a result of the bombings.

What bombings? Since the combat pahse ended, when have we been bombing anything? Would this Leftist waste of oxygen have protested the Clinton bombings in the Balkans, which were unilaterally ordered without the UN or France, or comforted the victims of Clinton's "war"? I utterly doubt it.

And when the Jihadis stops mutilating and beheading the innocent and murdering whole villages with any weapon they can get their hands on, then you can talk. Until then, you can ride the lightning with the rest of the trolls.

Begone!

120 posted on 04/27/2005 4:57:19 PM PDT by Old Sarge (In for a penny, in for a pound, saddlin' up and Baghdad-bound!)
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To: Legal Conservative; Old Sarge

Legal Conservative
Since Apr 27, 2005


124 posted on 04/27/2005 5:06:43 PM PDT by cyborg (Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
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To: Legal Conservative

Marla was in Iraq before the war as a guest of Saddam.


125 posted on 04/27/2005 5:09:21 PM PDT by kristinn
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To: Legal Conservative

"Even if you despise her and believe her, however irrationally, to be some hideous traitor, at least have the Christian decency not to defile the recently passed."

PROVE that it is irrational to call a spade a spade and state that her propping up of Saddam's regime, and her terrorist sympathies were treason.

At least have the CHRISTIAN DECENCY to DECRY WRONGDOING.
Christian decency DOES NOT MEAN you give a pass to treason.


127 posted on 04/27/2005 5:21:53 PM PDT by Darksheare (You too can own your very own Bad Idea by Darksheare! Inquire within!)
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To: Legal Conservative

" Color me silly for thinking most conservatives wouldn't support a war, suddenly framed as, for "democracy" and "human rights," "

You are silly. The best and most profound reason for the war in Iraq is that replaced a dictatorship with a democracy, and thereby it fundamentally altered the governing models for Arab nations in ways that will eventually extinguish the threat of global islamic terrorism. This justification was mentioned by Bush himself in March 2003 prior to the invasion.

See:
Liberating Iraq - http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com

Your comments about "defiling" this activist are mis-directed... Here's what I said: "She has a 10-year track record of left-wing agitation. She stayed in Iraq after saddam was deposed to highlight the victims of war as a way to demonize the U.S. liberation of Iraq and demoralize our war effort.
She agitated for U.S. taxpayer money, money that ws better spent through CPA, DoD or real organizations, not a leftist front group."

I never called her names, but merely pointed who she was: a long-time professional activist whose activities in Iraq, as elsewhere, were directed at emphasizing what America is doing wrong. Her main goal of polling for victims was so that could be used by her friends as PR against the war.


129 posted on 04/27/2005 6:54:22 PM PDT by WOSG (Liberating Iraq - http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com)
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To: Legal Conservative; Darkshear

"It seems the prevailing view on this board is that the wisdom of the Iraq war is not debatable."

Look everyone - a self-refuting statement!

"I'm a conservative Republican, having volunteered on 3 major Republican campaigns recently."

I'd be interested to know which ones ...


130 posted on 04/27/2005 7:03:47 PM PDT by WOSG (Liberating Iraq - http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com)
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To: Legal Conservative
You forgot to mention how you watch Fox News every day and listen to Rush, newbie.

Do check out this site, before you go: Visit Mass Graves
These are some of the 300,000 dead she should have been counting.
Use some of your childish logic to quantify that.

She died collecting more propaganda to use against the U.S.,
and I would not mourn her.

BTW, We know you're a fraud.
Real Conservatives don't have to brag about how conservative they are...

132 posted on 04/27/2005 7:12:59 PM PDT by wolicy_ponk
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To: Legal Conservative

" Since the raison d'etre proved to be false or at best woefully exaggerated, I became opposed to the war.""


Yeah. I bet you can claim "I've voted republican all my life" also.

/sarcasam.


134 posted on 04/28/2005 3:52:51 AM PDT by Rebelbase (The Republican Party is the France of politics--Lazamataz)
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To: Legal Conservative; Conspiracy Guy; Darksheare
"Even if you despise her and believe her, however irrationally, to be some hideous traitor, at least have the Christian decency not to defile the recently passed."

I think the REAL tragedy in her passing was that we didn't get to see her in a "Barbarella" suit first.
142 posted on 04/28/2005 9:19:35 AM PDT by shibumi (Tanya corm en' haba, lle tessa ta ten'oio.)
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