CHESSNOID

I was against both the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.  I still am against them even today.  I remember I was definitely a minority view, but there was no real evidence back then to indicate they had weapons of mass destruction and the Bush administration seemed to be unreasonable with its time line demands.

All my friends and coworkers gave me the stink eye and made it clear that they felt I was being unpatriotic.  We had just elected a President in a controversial election who had limited experience and showed his ignorance whenever he spoke.

I really couldn’t understand the true nature of why our government wanted to invade these countries.  We indeed were attacked on our own soil on 9/11 but all the so called hijackers were from Saudi Arabia (it is now known that some of these alleged hijackers are alive and living in other countries).  Why wouldn’t we retaliate against that country?  Furthermore, Iraq claimed they didn’t have weapons of mass destruction and they posed no threat to the United States.

So really, what was our true purpose for attacking those countries or better yet what was our government’s ulterior motives?  I would have to guess money based on documentaries I have watched.  The  most convincing one is “Iraq for sale: The War Profiteers” which you can watch online now. I embed the video below for your viewing pleasure.

I like to think most of the American people are sick and tired of the lies the government feeds us.  Electing Obama has not made any difference when it comes to politics.  I believe many of his once loyal supporters are finding that out.  The economy is not better, the wars are not over, and President Obama and his administration have not helped the average American get into a better situation.  As a matter of fact, his performance thus far is no better than President Bush.

Why bring all this up?  Because there are many similarities that seem to be playing out in President Obama’s freshman year exactly like President Bush’s first year.  He has to make a decision to either increase ground forces in Afghanistan which he has postponed for a few weeks or months.  He must also decide what action to take against Iran since he has now called them out.

These countries are non threats to our country. If you disagree, then watch any Ron Paul video and he will educate you. So the debate is have we learned from our mistakes from 8 years ago?

New York Times:

WASHINGTON — To many Americans, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell’s February 2003 speech to the United Nations on Iraq’s unconventional weapons was powerfully persuasive. It was a dazzling performance, featuring satellite images and intercepts of Iraqi communications, delivered by one of the most trusted figures in public life.

Then a long and costly war began, and the country discovered that the assertions that Iraq possessed illicit weapons had been completely unfounded.

Now the United States’ confrontation with Iran over its nuclear program is heating up, with the disclosure last week that the Iranian government is building a second uranium enrichment complex it had not previously acknowledged.

The question is inevitable: Is the uproar over the secret plant near Qum another rush to judgment, based on ambiguous evidence, spurred on by a desire to appear tough toward a loathed regime? In other words, is the United States repeating the mistakes of 2002?

Antiwar activists, with a fool-me-once skepticism, watch the dispute over the Qum plant with an alarmed sense of déjà vu. And some specialists on arms control and Iran are asking for more evidence and warning against hasty conclusions.

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This time, too, the dispute over facts is narrower. Iran has admitted the existence of nuclear enrichment facilities, and on Tuesday it acknowledged that it was building the plant underground, next to a military base, for its protection. Still, Iran disputes claims that the plant is part of a weapons program.

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“The administration is making inflammatory claims about another country’s W.M.D. program and intentions without providing any evidence,” he said.

Gary Sick, an expert on Iran at Columbia University, said that ever since 1992, American officials had claimed that Iran was just a few years away from a nuclear bomb. Like Saddam Hussein, the clerical government in Iran is “despised,” he said, leading to worst-case assumptions.

“In 2002, it seemed utterly naïve to believe Saddam didn’t have a program,” Mr. Sick said. Now, the notion that Iran is not racing to build a bomb is similarly excluded from serious discussion, he said.