50 million people died during WW2. I believe that had Nazi Germany been attacked sooner, before it's military and economy built up, total casualties would have been an order-of-magnitude lower.
I was in the military during the Gulf War (although my unit was not sent). SadaamH has used chemical weapons against his own civilian population. Imagine how much damage he might have caused by now had he gained Kuwait's oil fields and been able to sell oil for $$ for the past 10 years (his oil sales have been limited due to economic sanctions since the war). Although our victory in that war was not total (mostly due to concessions we made to our allies whose bases we needed), the US and our allies performed a service to the world by containing evil (nerve-gassing his own civilians) before it grew too strong. As a soldier I'm proud to have been in the military during that fight.
Once again the US is faced with evil. People who murder 6000 civilians for their own political purposes. Do you have any doubt that Osama would use chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons if he had them? Fight evil now, or fight stronger evil later. Will we take casualties? Yes. Will there be civilian casualties? Yes.
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50 million people died during WW2. I believe that had Nazi Germany been attacked sooner, before it's military and economy built up, total casualties would have been an order-of-magnitude lower.
I was in the military during the Gulf War (although my unit was not sent). SadaamH has used chemical weapons against his own civilian population. Imagine how much damage he might have caused by now had he gained Kuwait's oil fields and been able to sell oil for $$ for the past 10 years (his oil sales have been limited due to economic sanctions since the war). Although our victory in that war was not total (mostly due to concessions we made to our allies whose bases we needed), the US and our allies performed a service to the world by containing evil (nerve-gassing his own civilians) before it grew too strong. As a soldier I'm proud to have been in the military during that fight.
Once again the US is faced with evil. People who murder 6000 civilians for their own political purposes. Do you have any doubt that Osama would use chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons if he had them? Fight evil now, or fight stronger evil later. Will we take casualties? Yes. Will there be civilian casualties? Yes.
But fighting now is an imperative.