Deal or No Deal

I have been told by more then 1 person that we are fighting the Iraq war due to the amazingly flawless reasoning of "we're fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them here." and that the Iraq war allows me (Cause they know me so well) to have "Peace of Mind" knowing that terrorist will in fact not be blowing me up today or tomorrow.

Can you imagine that being the reason we have sent all these people to Iraq, to be shot at, wounded, or killed? For us in America to have "Peace of Mind"? What kind of a sick nation would we have to be to be so morbid as to declare our military to be expendable, their deaths merely a means by which to protect us from harm.

The "Peace of Mind" war is one that can *never* end. Since the moment we leave Iraq, we will lose our "Peace of Mind". I can't imagine what life is like for these people, did they feel instantly 'safer' once we invaded Iraq? Were they living in fear from 9/11 until the invasion of Iraq? Or did it take more for them to finally feel safe? Did killing Saddam's children make them safe? Or was it capturing Saddam? If that wasn't enough was it hanging him? How much more can we do to make them, or anyone else, feel safe?

Can anyone imagine this being the justification or reason for this war? Can anyone think that honestly any President could have gotten in front of the American people and said the following.

"My fellow Americans, we have been attacked by Terrorists, these people have caused great damage and loss of life to our nation. To deal with this threat we shall engage in a cursory attack at their leadership in it's home nation. After having done so, we will invade Iraq, mostly because it is a middle eastern nation with an easy to defeat military. After we have crushed Iraq's puny military, our troops will then police the nation. The people of Iraq will most likely rise up in rebellion against them. Osama Bin Laden, who we will have failed to capture or kill, will find Iraq's rebellion against our troops to be a chance to strike at us, and will do his best to send his terrorist legions into Iraq. There his supporters and the native Iraq population who hates us, will work as best they can to murder our troops. By allowing Bin Laden and the Iraqi people to stay focused on murdering only those Americans sent over to Iraq, we will keep America safe. You may ask when can the troops leave? Clearly the answer is never, they must fight and die in Iraq so that we in America can remain safe and free from deadly terrorist attacks like those we suffered on 9-11. We will end up with tens of thousands of wounded troops, thousands of dead troops, and so many others who will suffer from endless mental disorders inflicted on them by the horrors of war, but this is a needed, and vital mission to keep America safe.

Thank you, and God Bless."

This is what they are telling us. This is the sad, pitiful reality we have to face. That the doomed, mindpoisoned 30% of this nation live in such fear, such dread of boogeymen and hobgoblins, that we must, MUST send endless waves of young men and women to Iraq to die, just so they can feel better.

Ugh.