Four Years

It's been four years since we invaded Iraq, and not much positive has resulted. More Iraqis have died in the past four years than Darfurians, and the lives of over 3,200 brave and honorable Americans have been lost. We followed a deceitful administration in to an unnecessary and un-winnable war. They wrongfully used the fear of 9-11 to pull us all in to a mess with no legitimate cause.

People will accuse me and those like me of not supporting the troops, or being soft on the war on terror. Neither of these are the case. I couldn't support the troops more than I do. I've written to them and donated supplies. 9-11 scared me, it scared me to death. Thinking about it still upsets me greatly, and I would never want anything like that to happen again. The fact of the matter is that I can support the troops and oppose the war. I oppose the leaders of this country who manipulated the American people and lied to the world to draw us in to this war. Sure Saddam Hussein was a tyrant, but that did not warrant our invasion. More Iraqis have died since the invasion than died as a result of any of Hussein's terrible crimes. I'm all for eradication the world of terror, but Iraq is not the place to do it. There are no strong links between the former Iraqi Administration and Al-Qaeda. The truth is that we never should have entered Iraq, and no one responsible is willing to admit that. Cowards, is what they are. Our troops are heroes, true American heroes. A great majority of our leaders though?-cowards.

To those of you who never gave this much thought, or always thought that politics were boring, I urge you to open up your eyes. Even if you find politics to be boring, you should care about the lives of so many people that are being killed unnecessarily.

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