As more Americans conclude that the war was a mistake and should be ended, members of the Bush administration, including the president, have sought to shift the reason for the war. Original claims that Saddam was involved in the 9/11 attack, that he was working with bin Laden's al-Qaeda, and that he was planning to use weapons of mass destruction have all evaporated. Now the war is being fought, so we are told, to "wipe out terrorism" or "bring democracy to the Middle East". Where in the constitution is America obligated to do this?!? The tactics being employed have only resulted in increasing the number of terrorists, not only among massive numbers of Iraqis angry about the widespread destruction of their nation, but also among Muslims worldwide who view the American action as a war against their religion.
Everyone needs to remember that the Iraq War is an illegal, unconstitutional war that was started because of a lie, and is continuing because of more lies. So do we follow the Bush regime like sheeple just because it is the "American" thing to do? Or do we follow the constitution like true Americans always have and go against the lies, deceits, and manipulation of the Bush regime? The latter is not being anti-American, but a true American patriot.
Pakistan had more to do with 9/11 than Iraq did. So should the U.S. attack Pakistan next? After all they do have over 162 Billion muslims there and I'm sure we can find some muslims there connected to al-Qaeda in some way, shape, or form. And using the same justification the administration is now using for Iraq, shouldn't we wipe out the "terrorism" there too? Shouldn't we "bring democracy" there to help "bring them freedom" as well? What's next Saudi Arabia? ...oh, right, I forgot, they are further down the list. Iran and Syria are next of course.
In response to the Captain Moroni reference, we need to remember that this war was not an illegal, unconstitutional, foreign attack on another country based on false pretense, but a complete defensive war against an attacking Lamanite army. Also remember that Moroni and his men did not line them up and shoot them in cold blooded fashion, but tried to "pull down their pride", yet only after the king-men refused and "did lift their weapons of war to fight against the men of Moroni" were they killed in self defense. Read these verses for yourselves in Alma 51:13, 17, 18 here:...during times of war, freedoms tend to be crumpled a bit for a while - as happened with captain Moroni when dissenters got killed without trials during a time of war.
I can guarantee you this, if Iraq truly did gather an army and attack the U.S. on our soil, there would not be one soul who would, nor should, object this war as this is a true war protecting, as Moroni puts it, "our God, religion, freedom, our peace, our wives, and our children." This is in stark contrast to our current quagmire in Iraq.13 And it came to pass that when the men who were called king-men had heard that the Lamanites were coming down to battle against them, they were glad in their hearts; and they refused to take up arms, for they were so wroth with the chief judge, and also with the people of liberty, that they would not take up arms to defend their country.
17 And it came to pass that Moroni commanded that his army should go against those king-men, to pull down their pride and their nobility and level them with the earth, or they should take up arms and support the cause of liberty.
18 And it came to pass that the armies did march forth against them; and they did pull down their pride and their nobility, insomuch that as they did lift their weapons of war to fight against the men of Moroni they were hewn down and leveled to the earth.
Anyone thinking that "crumpling our freedoms" is a good thing needs to do more research on how our nation was founded and why we made our Constitution for this country in the first place. This quote by one of our founding fathers Benjamin Franklin states this clearly:
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."