[Rose]

I come from a strong military background as both my parents and numerous aunts/uncles are currently serving or have served in the US Air Force. Currently my little sister is in the AF.

I think war sucks. As do many of you. Who could possibly like war? But this doesn't mean it's not necessary at times. At right now, I think it's about necessary.

I am pro-peace and if it takes war to get there, then so be it. I know that sounds like an odd statement, but it seems to work quite well.

While a peaceful solution to disarming Iraq would be nice - it's already failed. France, Germany, Russia, and the others say we need to wait longer for Iraq to comply with weapon's inspectors and disarm. However, it's already been many months of non-compliance from the Iraq government. Only recently have the Iraqi's been forthright with some of their weapons. How much longer should we wait? Until it's too late?

Boofo already stated the main key in the debate - the Men in power have a lot more information than the commonman does. IE - There are probably hundreds of viable reasons to disarm Iraq immediately, including intercepted threats directly from Iraq, that we do not hear about as it's "classified" information.

I don't necessarily agree with everything the American government does. And I don't necessarily agree with the way Bush presents the issues to the public. But I do agree that a country should support their government as best they can. We live in a democracy which gives us the freedom to like or dislike our leaders. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't support the people who are working hard to keep our freedom intact and keep the global community in peace.


ETA.... Iraq has previously been unwilling to comply with requests to prove their weapons stockhold or prove that the weapons in question have been destroyed. However, Saddam has made such serious threats against us that basically tells me he has the weapons he's been lying about this whole time. If he has truly been complying with the UN Resolution, allowing inspectors to do their jobs, showing proof of disarmament/destroying weapons - then his threats have no basis.