by Meagan Dixon
I would like to start off by saying thank you to Nick. He so politely thanked me in his original post, and it was rude of me not to thank him! I think Nick is wonderful, and I appreciate him inviting me to participate in this debate where we can both talk about our opinions in a mature and adult fashion.
Secondly I would like to note that there were some editorial liberties taken with my original post. Many of the statements that were printed in bold were made that way by whomever posted my ideas to the site. Although I am not offended, I feel it made my thoughts look a little sensationalized, as if they were my main point. They were not. My ideas were not meant to be a sound-bite of information.
In response to Nick, I am going to just briefly go through the points he made a comment:
1. I disagree with the entire idea that Iraq may have had W.M.Ds. I have not personally seen any evidence of this being the truth, or of anyone who knew top-secret information thinking Iraq was arming themselves. I think this is a piece of sensationalized information that helped further a cause, not a fact.
2. I dont feel that two wrongs make a right. Waging war on a country with falsified facts because they had done things to us before is not a legitimate reason. And I feel it is very important to remember that the people we are fighting today in Iraq had NOTHING to do with the terrorist acts that took place in other areas of the world. Those terrorist have long since left the war zone to continue planning harm and destruction.
3. It is not our job to police the world, and even if it was, there are countries in far more need of our help than Iraq. Iraq presented the best option because there was something we wanted, and it was located in Iraq.
I agree that we should not pull out of Iraq, but as I said, we need to stop being the aggressor and start being a helper. And I agree with your statements regarding the war on terror most especially since it seems we are causing more terror than we are stopping. Battling against radical Islamic fascism, just like battling against people who still support the ideals of Hitler, is a noble battle. But the ideas behind the swastika were not beaten on the battle field, and neither will the battle against Islamic fascism. Right now we are teaching and preaching hate, and it is not until we teach love and acceptance will we begin to change the minds of those who rage and destruct.