Updated Title: World Revolution 2011

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by Tiggwin

YES!!! WITH A RESOUNDING YES!! I blame Clinton. I guess you dont remember the late 90's (1998 to be exact) when all the scandal sh*t was going on with Clinton, Saddam pushed out ALL of the weapons inspectors. He may have eventually allowed 56 people made up of weapons inspectors and support staff but that was a drop in the bucket compared to what was in Iraq prior to 1998. During the whole Monica Lewinski scandal Clinton should have manned up... admitted he had sexual relations with that woman... and gone about the business of enforcing the UN sanctions... Also as Firstdown has pointed out.. if you watch all of the videos of Dem's (when they were in power that is) talking about how Saddam needed to be stopped yada yada yada... its sickening to see the lies coming out of their mouths in the aftermath of the invasion. That whole Bush Bashing Campaign was nothing more than Dem's trying to take power back in the White House.. and they did it on the back of our Soldiers. I am a former Marine.. I was in the First Persian Gulf War.. there are many subjects (Lotus) that we can debate on and you catch me in the wrong.. but this aint one of them. Also there is sooooo much shit that you dont either know or pay attention to that are facts. ie after we went into Afghanistan and broke up the Taliban and the Al Qaeda training camps there.. were do you think they moved?? Yep Dats Rite!! to Nothern Iraq. So with the "FACT" that Al Qaeda was in Iraq.. (ie Al Qaeda in Iraq) and there was intelligence that ALL of the World believed to be true in that Saddam had WMD's doesnt matter to you does it?

You call yourself and independent... I bet youre an independent Socialist... I am an Independent as well... I am an Independent Conservative. I used to call myself Republican until I started to see the big spending mentality that they have as well. Call me a Teabagger... YEP sure love my TEA!!

I was in the Gulf War, too. And before you start yelling Semper-Fi at me, my ship hit an Iraq contact mine that ripped the hull wide open.

But I'm not sure what my Naval experience, your career as a Marine, Monica Lewinsky or Bill Clinton have to do with George W. Bush invading Iraq under false pretenses. I think it's one thing to say previous administrations were suspicious of Saddam and that he posed a national security threat, it's another to invade and occupy a sovereign nation without provocation or legitimate and verifiable intelligence. It's simply not justifiable. There's no question we strengthened, emboldened, and multiplied terrorists groups around the globe as a result. And in the process damaged our standing with the Arab and Muslim world.

But hey, I'm an independent liberal so what do I know.