Why We Went To War - Pt. 2

Below is a continuation of yesterday. Look here, if you don't agree with the sentiment presented here, join the club I don't either, but just because it seems insane, it doesn't sound right, you don't want to believe it, doesn't mean it's not true. Then again it could very well be not true. It's for you decide. I personally would rather be mad that our President went to War because he, his administration, and foreign leaders believed these countries were hostile - and war was the only solution, a poorly planned one at that. I refuse to believe that the reason we went to War was because of WMD's, a certain object that was never tangible to begin with, and our President knew that. The IAEA knew that and they said so. I can't emphasis enough, that you believe what you want to. I know what I know, what do you know? ask your self...

Exploring Freedom, the Wrong Kind
Now out of the countries listed, they have to be “free” in order to attack America and/or its interests (like I've said to a certain friend an American interest could be one fish swimming around in the Indian Ocean, it could be anything). Free means that the country is not bound to other countries either politically, historically, economically, or religiously. Out of the list only three present themselves by such guidelines – Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. In blue or parenthesis you will clearly see the reason the other countries are not capable or willing to attack America or American interests. So why is each one Free?

• Iran being the ring leader has the most freedom. They clearly want the capability to attack America, and already have the capability to attack American interests. There is no other country besides America (allies excluded) that opposes Iran. They are free to carry out whatever they pretty much please to do (sanctions are not a deterrent – they are pieces of non-actionable paper).

• North Korea, while allied with the powerful China, has enough military might to promote a formidable force the Chinese would need to defeat, if they ever had to. Therefore with no one but America in it’s way, the DPRK is entirely free to go about its business, take the recent nuclear tests as an example… the punishment they got… sanctions that make them poorer then they already are, which I don’t think is really possible.

• Finally Iraq, because this nation was not allied to any other in its respective region they were a threat to American interests. They had already once attempted to disrupt such interests and they were entirely capable to do so again. If you can’t see this fact then your still stuck on WMD’s, quite simply those were laid on the table because the table needed something tangible for us to go to War with. WMD’s provided such table cover, while the “simple fact” of Iraq’s dangerous dictatorship was not enough.

War
These three nations needed to be eliminated (ask President Bush, he believes it is his job to do so, that's a hard figure to believe but the truth is harder to believe then a lie). Not physically, every citizen of said countries do not need to be killed off, but their nobility needed to be removed. Nobility stands for the top of the social pyramid (thanks HIST 214). Nobility doesn't mean what it meant before, there are no people walking around in robes with gold chains or anything (unless you count whatever Lil'Kim does at night). But I think you get the picture.

Now out of the three nations, it had to be weighed which one would prove the least hardest to destroy. Obviously by example (the first Gulf War) Iraq was the easiest. Here is where the quaint idea of Free Radicals diverges from dealing with them. We thought Iraq would be the easiest of the three nations to dismantle, well it was, however building it back up wasn't on our agenda. We built Germany because they had seen the horrors of war, daily bombing from country side to cities. The Germans were tired of war they wanted to rebuild (granted there were a few that opposed but in proportionality they were less then those opposing in Iraq today). Japan wanted to rebuild because honestly when you kill a couple hundred thousand people in a second, your might it noticed.

When we went into Iraq, we didn't understand the culture, we didn't understand the heritage, we didn't understand the religion.

Fine they may be Free Radicals, but we underestimated them. We thought they would be easy to conquer. They have proved difficult. More difficult then Iran or North Korea? No, less, but above the likes of which a whole generation of Americans had ever seen. If you follow that argument, then you’re good, if you don't well that's too bad.

Conclusion
There is none. There is no conclusion, however there is this.

Why We Went To War?

We went because this President, his Administration, Foreign Leaders, elements of the Shi'ite community, naive Americans believed it had to be done.

They believed that Free Radical Nations had to be destroyed FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS of Americans (and American Interests) to be safeguarded from potential threats.

Don't like it? Tough luck. Life doesn't revolve around answers that suite one's liking. But then again I just pulled this out of my rear. Made up the term. However the term just connected the dots, the dots that were already there.

Do what you like with it, let it change your life, or don't. It's up to you. Good luck.