I agree. The atrosities were horrible. Beyond just lopping heads. It was a 
tough bit but  I suppose we need to stay there, although the longer we are? 
The stronger of a magnet we become in our homeland. And the less we have to 
defend with. There are piles and piles and piles and piles upon more piles 
of used Iraq equipment in Texas stored because there is no budget money to 
fix  them up to return them back for use over there. I wonder how long our 
supply of new stuff will last? Basically we took out the king pin who held 
a lot of those wackos at bay, and now we have to do it. No. Political 
solution? Hahahahahahahahahaha. We are example of how to get something 
done? Hey I know. Let's send the Iraq government a bunch of cots? Fresh 
jammies? Some blankies? And maybe a Teddy or two,  and see if we can't all 
manage to sleep over all night without having to go home to  mommy. I know 
what it was that through them. Why they couldn't sleep? They were sleepin 
on cots and not in their normal chairs. That's it!  OK. That was my rant. :)

Brad








At 02:19 PM 7/19/2007, you wrote:
>You know Brad, I suppose that you're right when you say that we've stuck 
>our noses in a centuries old war, but the humanitarian, and Christian in 
>me is glad that we did it just for the sake of stopping all of the 
>horrible torture that was going on over there.  You really can see the 
>difference that adhering  to godly principles can be when you respect all 
>life rather than think nothing of chopping off the head of someone who 
>disagrees  with you.  I'm also concerned that, if we don't stay there, 
>that barbarism  will end up coming here, and then what do we do.  We've 
>stirred up a hornets' nest, that's for sure and now, in my opinion, 
>there's nothing left to do but stay there and smoke the whole mess out so 
>that they don't come after you and sting you a good one for your 
>trouble.  I'm not ssaying that I like that solution, but I can't see how 
>any other one will do.  Our politicians say that we should trust the 
>political process and find political solutions.  Yah, right, like they've 
>gotten anything done politically lately.  That, to me, is like handing 
>over the responsibility of who will take the garbage out to some odd ball 
>committee so that everyone can claim that something was done about it, but 
>no one really needs to do anything about it.  If the smell of the garbage 
>takes over the room, hey, just blame somebody else, or the committee, but 
>don't really solve the problem.  What a sorry bunch.
>Kathy
>Kathy
>
>
>
>At 03:34 PM 7/19/2007, you wrote:
>>Kathy,
>>
>>The soldiers are the ball while the political parties hold the paddles. 
>>The problem is, we sort of poked our nose in a  century upon century 
>>fight. It will probably be going on until the end of time. Muslim 
>>fundamentalists claim Mohammed as their profit, who claimed  being a 
>>descendent of Ishmael. You know more about that than I but this war is 
>>like bailing the boat in the storm using a Dixie cup. It is a mental, 
>>political, financial drain on this country which who knows, may also be a 
>>part of the larger picture.  I think we as Christians in USA tend to 
>>forget the many Christians who suffer around the world despite they being 
>>God's kids. I think we get a false sense of American Christiandom that 
>>gives us a false sense of safety and blessing. We are blessed, but we 
>>also are a very  corrupt nation. There lots of good folks in it, but 
>>quickly being challenged with immorality.
>>
>>Brad