Five years of war in Iraq
It has been five years since the invasion and ongoing occupation of Iraq and contrary to what some people say, the average American is feeling the effects of this war. We, as a country, are billions of dollars in debt. We have seen the erosion of the American dollar on the world stage. This war has done nothing but cause us trouble on the world stage.
Roughly, 3 trillion dollars has been spent on this war. Meanwhile, our infrastructure is crumbling all around us. Our roads and bridges are not being repaired, or if they are, it is on borrowed money. Our educational is a mess. All wasted on a war against a country that had nothing to do with the attacks on 9/11. All so that President Bush and his friends can get even richer.
Yes, Al-Qaeda is now in Iraq. The only reason that they are there is that there are Americans to kill there. Meanwhile, Afghanistan, where the real threat to our country has been all along is falling back into the hands of the Taliban. The war in Iraq is costing the war in Afghanistan.
Labels: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Iraq, Taliban
Six year anniversary
Today is the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the U.S. Since then, are we as a country any safer than we were before the attack? The truth is that we as a whole are not.
The actions that we have taken since September 11, 2001 have cost this country billions of dollars in a war against a country that had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks, not to mention any credibility we might have had with the world at large. For one day, the entire world rallied to our side. And our president sqaundered all that simpathy needlessly starting a war with a country that was perfectly stable before we were there. Thanks to President Bush, we are now stuck in the middle of another country's civil war that by the way we happened to start in the first place. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BUSH, FOR WASTING BILLIONS OF TAX PAYER MONEY AND THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN LIVES INVADING A COUNTRY THAT WAS PERFECTLY FINE WITHOUT OUR INTERFERENCE!
The invasion of Iraq has served as a recruiting device for those who hate the West in general and the U.S. in particular. Their resolve has been strengthened by our actions in the Middle East. We have lost our focus.
Osama Bin Laden is probably sitting in a cave laughing somewhere laughing his ass off and is definitely planning his next move. For certain, his resolve and focus has not been shaken.
Labels: 9/11, Iraq
