If Iraq is the front line of WWIII, by which of course you mean the war between the West and militant Islam, why are we not also in Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Pakistan? Are there not more militant Islamists there than were ever in Iraq? Why Iraq? If we're in Iraq to fight the terrorists there instead of here, which I hear frequently from the war's supporters, why have we yet to close our borders and reform our immigration system to the extent necessary to prevent the terrorists from coming and staying here in the first place? Is occupying Iraq the most efficient long term investment of our resources, attention, and political capital in the war on radical Islam? Is landing an occupying force in Islamic territory, removing governments, and killing Muslims an effective way to prevent Muslims from bombing us? Is it reasonable to expect the government we have erected in Iraq to be a stable and long term ally of ours against radical Islam? Is handing Congress and likely the White House to the Democrats on a silver platter a reasonable sacrifice for what has been achieved in Iraq?
The leftists and Democrats oppose the war in Iraq for reasons that are typical of leftists and Democrats. But there are many Americans, Ron Paul and myself included, who oppose the war in Iraq for different reasons; namely, that the war was and is not in the best interest of the United States.
One at a time - Iraq, Iran, North Korea.
“If Iraq is the front line of WWIII, by which of course you mean the war between the West and militant Islam, why are we not also in Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Pakistan?”
Gosh what an ignorant comment!
Do you not know our anti-terrorist activities have involved cooperating with close to 70 other nations? That we worked with ISI to capture many AQ operatives in Pakistan? Did you not know our troops and other proxies are in several other countries like Phillipines and horn of africa, and that we have taken out terrorists even in Yemen?
Stick around FR a while and read up on what our DoD is doing and you might be surprised at what you learn. Stuff like ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764748/posts
“s landing an occupying force in Islamic territory, removing governments, and killing Muslims an effective way to prevent Muslims from bombing us?”
PS. most of the muslims getting killed are getting killed by AQ terrorists? Yes, having AQ focussing on battling us in Iraq is making muslims the civilians in the crossfire and not westerners. This shouldnt be too hard to figure out - the IRAQIS HAVE FIGURED IT OUT BY NOW AND ARE NOW AT THE FOREFRONT FIGHTING AL QAEDA IN IRAQ!
It’s not a question of quantities, ya schmuck. It’s where the battle is.