but we didn't wage war on Iraq to liberate the Iraqi people. we waged war on Iraq to distract the American people from our failure to capture Osama Bin Laden. we waged war on Iraq because our president is a megalomaniacal zealot. we waged war on Iraq based on a pack of bare-faced lies -- lies many of us knew were lies from the outset.
we waged war on Iraq for all the wrong reasons, and the fact that some good may eventually come of it -- and precious little has so far -- does not excuse that fact. we went in without a plan, and now we're stuck there -- unable to leave, but unable to win.
any sane person is glad that Saddam Hussein is out of power. no one is disputing that it's a good thing. but the way we went about it was deplorable, and the reputation of the US has been so badly tarnished by the actions of the current administration that we've lost most of the international support we once had. as an American whose ancestors fought honorably in every American war in history including the Revolution, whose roots extend back to the very first European settlers, i've never been so ashamed to be an American. glad, yes. i'm always glad to be an American, and i'm entirely conscious of how fortunate i am to have grown up in this country.
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we waged war on Iraq for all the wrong reasons, and the fact that some good may eventually come of it -- and precious little has so far -- does not excuse that fact. we went in without a plan, and now we're stuck there -- unable to leave, but unable to win.
any sane person is glad that Saddam Hussein is out of power. no one is disputing that it's a good thing. but the way we went about it was deplorable, and the reputation of the US has been so badly tarnished by the actions of the current administration that we've lost most of the international support we once had. as an American whose ancestors fought honorably in every American war in history including the Revolution, whose roots extend back to the very first European settlers, i've never been so ashamed to be an American. glad, yes. i'm always glad to be an American, and i'm entirely conscious of how fortunate i am to have grown up in this country.
but right now i can't be proud of it.