Carving up 10 anti-war arguments at holiday gatherings

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | December 9, 2002 | Michael Medved

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If Iraq expresses solidarity with al-Qaida, and al-Qaida expresses solidarity with Iraq, peaceniks face a difficult challenge in arguing that they represent utterly disconnected phenomena.

Boy, this whole article is a keeper.

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Outside of a pair of factual errors (the War of 1812 was fought, with the exception of naval actions and a couple of battles in present-day Canada, exclusively on American soil; and while we quickly overwhelmed Mexico, a couple of battles in the Mexican-American War were fought on American soil), this is a keeper.

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This is great. Thanks.

It's all about oil

If all we wanted from Iraq was oil, we could have gotten it more easily by making peace (not war) with Saddam.

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What annoys me is the argument asking, "Why now?" ("If Saddam has been bad for such a long time, why are we only just now thinking of taking action?")

My answer is, "If I ignore an infected toe for a week, does that mean I never can consult a doctor for treatment of that toe? Am I not still allowed to get treatment to remove the infection, when I finally make the decision to take action?"

[driftless]

Who has stated that we want to have a "global empire"?

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My belief is that we are in those countries at the behest of the people in charge there. They can kick us out at any time like the Philippines did. I will agree with you that a good portion of those troops would be better served elsewhere. For instance, troops in Germany with no soviet threat seems pointless. Foreign aid however is an unavoidable many times unfortunate fact of life. Currying friends can be very unpleasant but frequently necessary circumstance.

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“What annoys me is the argument asking, "Why now?" ("If Saddam has been bad for such a long time, why are we only just now thinking of taking action?")”

”My answer is, "If I ignore an infected toe for a week, does that mean I never can consult a doctor for treatment of that toe? Am I not still allowed to get treatment to remove the infection, when I finally make the decision to take action?"

How about: let us not forget we had a lying-cheating-corrupt-perjurious-impeached-rapist in office for the pass 8 years, and while he was busy turning his back on the American people and deviantly chasing every White House intern or whoever else he could get his grubby hands on while lying about it, our enemies were preparing for our assault and ultimate destruction, and now that we have a Republican President back in power, who brings back honor to the office, we are finally getting around to doing what we should have taken care of a long time ago, before it got so damn out of hand.

[Republic If You Can Keep It]

What about the argument that we are a limited Constitutional republic

What about it?

Both houses of Congress debated & passed war resolutions in both 2001 & 2002.

What's your point?

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