Originally Posted by MTKrav911

Yes, Yes, and Yes.

I believe a permanent force should stay in the middle east becaue those in the middle east are our most direct threat. We'll have first strike capability similar to that of the DMZ in KOrea which BTW, has kept the peace for 60+ years.

I do not subscribe to the medias rendition of events tacking place. They have an agenda.

I have 5 friends in the Marines, and war is tragic. I do not subscribe to this idea that you can fight wars without sacrifice, as tragic and painful as that may be. I also don't believe you should just cave in to popular public opinion.

We've forgotten about 9/11. I havent. And never will. I don't believe you can talk to these people. I dont believe we fought this for "Oil", although that is an obvious byproduct to get some wealthy oil tycoons richer. However, we are there. And are going to stay there. This is the message I agree with MCcain on. That we will never ever ever leave.

Demoralization of the enemy is key. Staying there will ensure that their efforts may never cease, but neither will ours.


I don't agree with everything that has transpired in IRaq, I do believe though that our presence there ensures massive cultural change in the middle east with the inevitable genetic manipulation that occurs in every war when soldiers of a foreign force mix with the female population of the land.

That's how you bring democracy. That's how it happened in many parts of Asia, that's how it's gonna happen in the Middle East. Half Western, Half Middle eastern children tot he tune of hundreds of thousands of new mixed families which will topple the Mullahs and radicals thinking. Not even their ideologies will be able to kill all the new ideas that will spring up.


But that's just me.