My Response to RW Relative Who Supports * 's "War On Terror"

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Tue Sep-21-04 01:38 PM
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My Response to RW Relative Who Supports * 's "War On Terror"

Edited on Tue Sep-21-04 02:04 PM by LibertyChick

First of all, I want to thank all of you, my DU family, who patiently have listened to my rants about relatives who constantly harass me with deranged e-mails about how, "if I had children I would support Bush", among other things. Below is my latest response to another e-mail from a semi-sane relative who insists on engaging me in discussions about why I should support Bush. As I knew it would, the latest beheadings led them to e-mail me again as to why * is correct and Kerry is wrong.

Here is my response (excuse my typoes):

Dear XXXX:

Well, I want to make something clear. You seem like a reasonable person, so let me try to explain my position on this. It's long, but please bear me out:

I in no way support terrorism, terrorists, I denounce anything like
beheadings, torture. One can be both against terrorism, *and* this war, a war that George Bush created out of a lie. Because you must remember: Iraq had NOTHING TO DO with 9/11. Even Bush finally, after reams of evidence came out that there was no connection, had to reluctantly admit that. Again, I am all for attacking the people who committed the atrocities of 9/11. Iraq, Iraquis, the Iraq people, the entire country, had nothing to do with 9/11.

George Bush used the fear and anger of 9/11 to push forward a war that HE wanted for whatever reasons, and I suspect oil. Bush talked about going to war with Iraq during his campaign, *long* before 9/11. He is using 9/11 for his own gain, and nothing else. He is despicable for doing so.

There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. If Hussein had had WMDs, he would have used them most certainly during this current conflict. There were WMDs at one time, but they were all destroyed during and after the Gulf War. The last time the UN documented him having WMDs was in 1988. Those weapons were supplied to him by President Ronald Reagan, to use against Iran. He abosolutley gassed the Kurds and Iranians. He is evil, don't get me wrong. But he posed no IMMINENT THREAT to the US. This is the critical point.

So far, the Iraquis cannot be proven to have ever tried to harm the US. Yet, we have invaded their country, killed almost 30,000 people, most of whom are innocent civilians, women ,and most disgustingly of all, CHILDREN. Over a quarter of a million have been permanently maimed, wounded, lost limbs, lost their entire families. All because of Bush's lies.

So, Bush took a country that was not training or sponsoring terrorism, Iraq, and turned it into chaos that is NOW a breeding ground FOR terrorists and terrorism. When you kill people's children, make them live in garbage, burn them alive, and let them die because the hospitals cannot even treat them because the hospitals have been blown to bits, you bring about the same
anger YOU would feel if that happened to your children and family, and YOUR loved ones.

Let's look at some history of what really happened. 9/11 was perpetrated by 15 Saudis, and four Morrocans. NOT ONE IRAQI. Not one. Not a single one. The leadership of Al-Queda, the people who planned 9/11 and paid for it, were also Saudis and Egyptians. The person who is leading the terrorists in Iraq is a Jordanian, Al-Zaqari. The terrorists in Iraq are not even Iraquis. They are people who are Jordanians, Iranians, and Syrians. They
entered Iraq because we, the US , were not guarding the borders but guarding the oil wells. Which tells one a lot about the *real* reason Bush wanted a war with Iraq.

Now there are millions are angry Iraquis primed to be recruited as
terrorists against the US, because of the anger they now feel against the US. Osama bin Laden, who WAS behind 9/11, ordered a fatwah (holy war) against Hussein! We just did Osama bin Laden's own work for him, because of Bush.

Osama bin Laden, sworn enemy of the US, also was a sworn enemy of Hussein. This is all true.

George Bush did not inherit this mess. He made this mess. As much as you hate Clinton, he and his administration started many programs to contain terrorism and seek out Al-Queda and kill its leaders.

Did you know that George Bush canceled many of those operations when he came into office? That is true also. Bush did not inherit Iraq. He made Iraq. So, Bush cancels the programs that were hunting down and containing the very people who struck us on 9/11. After 9/11, Bush opposed setting up a department of homeland security. Bush opposed an investigation into what went wrong on 9/11. Bush did not allow the inspectors from the UN to finish their inspections of Iraq because of "imminet threat". Bush has changed his reasons for why we went to war each time his latest reason for war was proven false. He abandoned the chase of Osama bin Laden when bin Laden was cornered in Tora Bora in a 10-mile square area. How? Bush pulled out the Delta Forces and sent them to the Gulf to start invasion of Iraq. Thus,
thanks to Bush, bin Laden is still free, and probably still planning another attack on the US. THIS IS WHY I SUPPORT KERRY. I am *against* terrorism, against those who plot to kill Americans.

John Kerry, many times before we invaded Iraq, said we must first target get Al-Queda and bin Laden, then worry about Iraq. We could have a wait-and-see attitude about WMDs there.

Let's look at it this way. Pakistian is supposedly, an ally of the US. However, all of the Islamic fundametalist schools that teach hate against the West are in Pakistan. What is Bush doing about this? Nothing. All of the major terrorist organizations who sponser suicide bombers in Israel actually have offices in Syria. Hezbollah, the group that sponsored the bombing and killing of 221 American Marines during Reagan's Administration, still operate in Damascus, Syria.

So, since I am against terrorim and those who attack the US, I am NOT for Bush. He is a dangerous person who has let the real terrorists go free. So far, all that Bush and his "advisors" have said about Iraq and WMDs has been false, and everything Kerry has said for the past two years, has been proven to be true. Even other Republicans are taking Bush to task for his incompetence and lies.

And I don't even want to think about the poor Americans and their loved ones who died for Bush's many lies. These poor people wanted to defend our country, and were brave enough to do so, and were paid back by dying over lies from Bush. While Bush cuts their military benefits.

So, in a nutshell , this is why I cannot support Bush. He is a liar. And tens of thousands of innocent people have died for his lies. And tens and thousands more will die if he stays in office.

Sorry this is so long, but these are complex issues, and I wanted you to see that I have thought this out very much. I would prefer a PResident who knows what is right and does it, than a liar who is always wrong and innocent people die as a result of it. I don't want to be in danger, nor do I want other Americans to be in danger because we have a President looks for terrorism where it is not, and abandons the places where it is.

Anyway, I hope I have made my positions clearer with this. Again, I *DO NOT* support any form of terrorism.

Love, XXXXX

Any and all suggestions would be appreciated, as I anticipate a flurry of e-mails in response to this one.

Thanks.