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Originally posted by JanusCole
No. I meant every American citizen. I was against the war from the start and I still think it was a horrible mistake. But unless I am willing to renounce my citizenship, I have to accept just as much responsibility as everyone else. We can't pick and choose when we are Americans and when we aren't.
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Janus, I got and get my info from people who have been there, have been involved from the start (you meet these types of people when you life in a military town) and one thing, these guys keep saying, is that this had to happen, Saddam was shopping for nukes, he kept defying the ceasefire from Desert Storm (and the guy I listened to the most, was a 30+ vet who served in both Nam & Desert Storm, an enlisted who worked his way up to officer with among his many achievements, a Bronzes Star, I also listen to a former Army Pentagon Col. just the same 2 have way more incite than most of this board, but when you add the fighter pilots & Marines that spend time at my clients businesses, as well as enlisted, I get a pretty good view, and one thing that every single career guy has said is that we had to go in, we really didn't have a choice, as Saddam was funding every anti-American (like the aclu and many liberals) group, was willing to arm them. So, if people who chose to defend this country, educated people, are sure we did the right thing, why would anyone listen to some A-hole who hadn't been there or understands why we are there???