[mykalberta]

With respect to men and women that serve/served in Canada's, US, GBR, Australia, and Japan military. No matter what you may think the agenda is, it isnt for you to say or do anything about it. That is the responsibility of the Congress and the US Senate and the overseeing governing bodies of the respective countries.

WW2 is a prime example, why would/should the US go in there - Germany never did attack or make any meaningful action toward the US, why use Japan's attack as a precurser? Why should American soldiers die for the lives of European civilians? The why does/should not matter to soldiers, only the order.

Nukes might have been the media precurser to war in Iraq, but establishing a ME beach head outside of Saud and destabalizing Iran/Lebanon/Palestine/Syria, Putting a scare into NKRP and China and drawing Arab fighters to Iraq to fight men and women trained to kill rather than those going to the US is far more important. (with respect to EMS/Fire/Policeman - you are NOT the first line of defence, you are at best a soft deterrent (cops dont prevent crime)). It ticks me off everytime some says some NYFD or PD or whatever is the first line of defence - please.

Yes, 20K is a drop in the insignificant bucket. It should have been 200K with a General that hasnt lost his balls in Vietnam (I am thinking the guy sent in to NWO after Katrina) - someone who knows that wars are won based on the deaths of the enemy and the submission of its civilians (ala Germany WW2), not media blips on CNN and not CNN bitching about civilian and soldier casualties - those are important but should not even be on the radar for decision making.

No war has ever been won based on comprimise and this one wont be either. The downfall of the US as a power came when Isreal refused to do what was necessary to exterminate the pockets of Lebanese resistance. They should have drove in tanks to the outskirts of town, bombarded the **** out of them then moved in and if you are holding anythign more than your dick in your hands, you are killed (why bother with Beirut - never understood it - get the Aiport, Seaport and major roads but why the buildings - peculiar). When Isreal refused to do what was necessary, the downfall of the US as we know has begun. If Isreal, of all nations cannot do what was neccessary, the US has no hope.

The simple reason for the war in Iraq is this - it is a direct response/result of the inability/catagoric FAILURE of the CIA/NSA to comprimise the governments/organizations of the ME (Osama, WTF its been like 5 years, why is he or is sons still breathing). That is why you establish a beach-head in the ME - because your security organizations cannot do it covertly.

MYK