Gary_Miller in gray
I think you need to educate your self and stop listening to people like Ron Paul and others who have no clue and only want to mislead the American people.
Please spare me the high-blown rhetoric and tell it like it is: We invaded Iraq on the basis of Bush's lies. No WMDs were ever used on American troops, no WMDs were found, no viable nuclear technology was found, no link between 9/11 was found. By deposing Saddam, we've created a power vaccuum that changed a secular dictatorship into a theocratic nightmare in which the mullas try to outdo one another in spreading their vitriol, created fertile ground for terrorism in the Middle East by destabilizing the region, re-ignited ethnic hatreds that had simmered for 1,600 years and fueled a civil war in which the only uniting factor is Muslim hatred for the US.
Its never been about oil. Its alway been about inforcing the UN mandates of disarming and allowing in the weapons inspectors.
Balderdash! Our invasion of Iraq was a de facto unilateral decision made by the Bush administration.
They attacked us because our ideals and freedoms are a threat to the tyrant dictators in the middle east.
You have it backwards: We attacked Iraq, they didn't attack us!
This is the same reason with China and North Korea. They do their best to keep their uneducated, poor and ill informed about world events.
You appear to be describing the Bush propaganda machine and Karl Rove's strategy. The current administration has done a great job at managing the news and treating the American Public like mushrooms - but folks are starting to wake up to the fact that wars cost money, much of our industry is gone, and our economy is in shambles.
Because if thier people knew about the freedoms that we have they would soon revolt and have a revolution all thier own.
Nonsense. Historically, with few exceptions, revolutions install new sets of thieves, they don't do much for the common man.
A uneducated society that relies on government for all they need is easy to control. Its when they get educated and learn that they can do for themselves that the people stand up revolt and take matters in their own hands.
You might want to take a look around you at the state of public education in the United States and the influence of multinational-controlled media on public opinion. Do you really think our losing heavy industry and jobs is "good" for our country? Do you think the megacorporations created by multinational corporate mergers and ensuing lack of competition is "good" for the country? Do you think all those empty storefronts in Smalltown, America are "good" for the country? Do you think the "one world" concept so dear to multinationals is "good" for our country?
Just ask the British Empiror.
The queen an emperor? I take your point about lack of education and the easily led.