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Originally posted by cool_chick
....And there hasn't been support in Iraq since day one. And there is support for Afghanistan. The reasons are based on the quote above, and the proof is comparing Iraq with Afghanistan.

And Afghanistan is far from being straightened out....sadly we diverted our attention from there....

The only reason that the liberals have not spent the effort to undermine support for our efforts in Afghanistan is because Iraq is just an easier target. Initially there was strong support for our war in Iraq (look at the polls at the time). The terrorists and their liberal friends have just had a lot of time to influence the public now.

Originally posted by cool_chick
...And I don't agree with you......if the insurgency had taken place in Afghanistan, you can take it to the bank that America would've been behind this admin all the way (provided they act accordingly by sending more troops, which is also another criticism factor here....not being effective at the job....

Why would it matter whether the terrorists were in Afghanistan or Iraq...or Montana?...

Originally posted by cool_chick
....Think about it...WHY does it have to take years and years and years? We have the #1 army in the world......so WHY does it need to take so long? The truth of the matter is, if executed correctly at the beginning, there would've been little insurgency today. ...

The reason it takes so long (with the #1 army in the world) is because the Army does not know who to kill. They could kill every man woman and child in the country in a few days...And the AF or Navy could do it in a few hours. The problem is that it is a police matter and not a true war. Our soldiers face more restrictions on how they do battle than ever in the history of war. Any other country would just firebomb the cities where there is resistance...and be done with it. As we did in previous wars.

If the terrorists did not recieve so much support in the US by Democratic leaders (Its another Vietnam per Kennedy, etc)..they would have stopped long ago. The liberals continue to give them hope that they will become the majority and run (surrender, withdraw...whatever you want to call it )and go back to coddling terrorists as before.

Originally posted by cool_chick
....The reason the insurgency became so strong is because they were left unchecked for a year or more (was that Fallujah where the movement started????) We took over that city (I'm thinking it was Fallujah....), then abandoned it, then took over again, then abandoned again..... His own father described the scenario playing out today in a book back in 1996....it's not like it should've been a surprise to his son.....

Actually the movement started here with Teddy Kennedy and Michael Moore. This about Fallujah is really silly. Would you have us remove the citizens from cities in Iraq and not ever let them return? Should we just execute everyone there? That makes no sense at all.

If his father had finished the job...or if Clinton had not ignored the problem (too busy with his intern) we would not have any of the problems there that we do now...and 9/11 would not have happened.