@MICKEY:
sighs>>i'll be honest, i've been arguing with people about this war for a long time now and i am tired.<<
aren't we all.
>>i'm not quite sure how my thread on love turned into this. whatever your arguements for or against the war are, it doesn't matter anymore.<<
technically, if you look back, it was simply because you couldn't post the "i" in girl, which lead to a discussion of censorship, which let, naturally, to a discussion about censorship in the current conflict. Amazing as it may seem, if you could have posted that "i" from where you were, it never would have gone this direction. Interesting, huh? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
And, yes, it matters EVEN MORE now what the arguments are, as we as a country will have to decide what road we take from here. There is no sitting on the fence any longer. If you think the repercussions from our current actions will end with the war, you are seriously deluding yourself.
>>all the anti-war protests in the world no matter where they're held or how many people attend them will change the fact the war has started.<<
Nope, but maybe it will make an impact on those who are thinking about the next one.
>>some people argue that bush is only doing this for the oil and others argue that he's doing it to get saddam out of power and to liberate the iraqi citizens.
this can be argued up hill and down, inside and out until we're all blue in the face but all of it is mere speculation just like the numbers the UN is releasing about how many people will wind up .<<
no, it's not all just speculation. I know it is hard, and tiring, and difficult, but as Molder would say: "The truth is out there!" Believe that and look for it yourself. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!
>>we will only know for sure when the war is finally over. anything anyone says at this point is all recycled.<<
again, I doubt this, there are still things just now being released about things that happened during world war 2.
>>no one can really say anything new, we're just rewording the old stuff and package it as a new diatribe. which is why i am not replying to anyone's post in particular.<<
repackaging = rethinking; at least for me, the more I see, the more i become interested in getting to the bottom of things. What you are saying sounds like you have given up on your own search.
>>as for me, i am going to devote my time and energy into supporting and praying for the troops who are fighting for the right reasons, which is to liberate iraq from an evil dictator who kills more of his own people every year than all the iraqi's that died in the first gulf war. that is, in my opinion, the right thing to do now. <<
fine and dandy. Prayers couldn't hurt. but when you have the energy again, you have resources at your disposal should you become curious as to why others believe as they do, or maybe why you even believe what you believe...
cheers
