Have you ever seen those signs hanging in stores that read "You Break It, You Buy It"?
Well. There you go. That's how I feel about it.
I was against this terrible and illegal war from the very beginning. I was among only a small handful of Hoosiers who opposed it and people called me anti American. If anyone in this stupid state of mine had taken FIFTEEN seconds to crack a history book they would have found out these Muslim sects have been feuding for over one thousand years. Invading Iraq would not only ignite a civil war in Iraq, war would likely irrupt throughout the Mideast.
*David steps down off his soap box*
Now we've gone in there, and we totally screwed up an entire country; a country who didn't want us there in the first place. People are fleeing Iraq by the hundreds of thousands, and every day innocent Iraqis are being killed by suicide bombers and death squads. Sooner or later the United States must learn we CANNOT invade any country we want, any time we want and force our beliefs on others who want NOTHING to do with us. Now we're beating our war drums again. They are telling us it is entirely possible we might invade Iran within the next six months. God help us all.
I never thought I would hear myself say this, because I've been in favor of a quick withdrawl for a long time, but I don't think it's possible anymore. I worry what will happen to the Iraqi people if we suddenly leave. We've raped, pillaged and destroyed their country. We need to stay there and fix what we've broken. And hopefully, in doing so, we will learn an important lesson and never make such a STUPID ASS mistake again.
If we leave now, what happens to Iraq? The Mideast? What about Europe? Africa? Europe and Africa are the Mideast's neighbors. I don't think most Americans yet realize the terrible mistake we made invading Iraq. We have to stay there and somehow fix this terrible mess we've made.