I submitted a shortened version of my last blog entry to the Kansas City Star and they published it as a letter to the editor. I was immediately greeted by several personal phone calls and comments to the KC Star blog, unfettered letters, agreeing with my position. I felt that there was hope for this nation yet.
A few days later , the Star published a reply from a fellow that compared my position to Neville Chamberlain. For those too young to remember or who learned their history from public schools, Chamberlain was the British prime minister in 1938. He made a deal with Hitler ceding Poland to Hitler in exchange for peace with England. He came home holding aloft a piece of paper claiming: Peace in our time!!
Obviously that did not work out well. Hitler had already proven himself an aggressor and no promise of his was worth the paper it was written on. On the other hand, between the US and Iraq, it is the US government that is the clear aggressor.
Does admitting that we made a horrible mistake and backing out with the fullest apology we can manage equal appeasement? I think NOT!
Remember that neither the government nor people of Iraq had anything to do with 9-11 and there were no threatening WMDs.
Of course, as long as G. W. Bush is in power, he will never admit to a mistake and the killing will go on. That is why we MUST, to save our nation, impeach and imprison him. Mass killers should not get to retire to a Texas ranch.
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This is absurd. How dare anyone compare you to any fascist, let alone a Nazi?
People use the hitler / nazi reference as a red herring. It has almost lost its meaning it has become so cliche.
Neville Chamberlain made a deal with the devil, whether he knew it or not at the time. However, that devil wore a uniform, claimed a nation, and was a credible threat to the civilized world.
In contrast, the terrorists we fight are nothing but common criminals who are not part of any nation, including Iraq. In fact, none of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq, most were Saudi nationals. Saudi Arabia has vehemently denounced this agregious terrorist act, and for that reason (I suppose) we don't target them. Why is Iraq any different?
We have no strategic interest in this war. It's time to call it off and bring our troops home, egg on our face notwithstanding. We should honor our troops and stop at nothing to ensure that we fulfill our promises to them and their families; they are to be commended for their honor and sacrifice.
As for our politicians... they day of reckoning is coming.
This is absurd. How dare anyone compare you to any fascist, let alone a Nazi?
People use the hitler / nazi reference as a red herring. It has almost lost its meaning it has become so cliche.
Neville Chamberlain made a deal with the devil, whether he knew it or not at the time. However, that devil wore a uniform, claimed a nation, and was a credible threat to the civilized world.
In contrast, the terrorists we fight are nothing but common criminals who are not part of any nation, including Iraq. In fact, none of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq, most were Saudi nationals. Saudi Arabia has vehemently denounced this agregious terrorist act, and for that reason (I suppose) we don't target them. Why is Iraq any different?
We have no strategic interest in this war. It's time to call it off and bring our troops home, egg on our face notwithstanding. We should honor our troops and stop at nothing to ensure that we fulfill our promises to them and their families; they are to be commended for their honor and sacrifice.
As for our politicians... the day of reckoning is coming.
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