Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube
To this, though, I have to say rubbish. We're supporting several dicatorial regimes in Africa, IIRC. Are we supposed to say one oppressive dictator is bad, and another isn't? What's the difference? Oh wait.. we didn't control Iraq. But we do now.

Your view is a little idealist. Bush is the next worst thing to a draft dodger, he's lived his entire life in opulence being groomed for a position of power, and his cabinet is filled with very wealthy and greedy people. Altruism is not this administration's bag.
I will quote another of my posts in response:

Quote Originally Posted by Divinus Arma
A service member's duty is only this:

"I _________do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

As a U.S. Marine, I am the enforcement arm of American policy. My leaders, who are elected by the people through the constitutional process, know better than I how best to achieve the strategic aims of national security. Whether that be in Iraq, or elsewhere, but not somewhere else, is not up to me.

If my leaders decide that invading one country while ignoring a different country is what bests serves our national security, than so be it.

I do not pretend to have the facts, knowledge, and resources to make this type of decision. My responsibility, my duty, is to follow orders, and bear faith that my nation has elected the best individuals to decide military policy, whether I voted for the individual or not.
Which terrorists we decide to face down at which time is a matter of strategy. I am sure we have plans for them all. Our leaders do what will preserve the Nation. Whether you agree with their strategy is what is the real debate. But I will not violate my own thread restrictions any more with further debate. I concede the final word on our individual debate to you, if you so choose to post.