Do you put your hand over your heart during the National Anthem?

[CajunBlazer]

214. One more time only

At the time that "W" was building up troops in Kuwait preparing for the invasion of Iraq I told everyone I knew that attacking Iraq would be a huge mistake. Even if Hussein had chemical weapons (weapons of mass destruction) it made no difference because he was totally contained and his country was being savaged the world's sanctions.

I was most worried about what would happen if and when Hussein was removed from power and no longer able to prevent old hatreds between Sunnis and Shias from boiling to the surface. In my blog cajunscomments.com I referred to deposing Saddam as "removing the evil stopper from the evil bottle". Once removed there would be no forcing the evil genie that would emerge back into that bottle. However, no one was listening. The lies were being told and the war drums were beating at a fervor pitch.

I am a Vietnam era war veteran. Years earlier I had bought into the domino theory and originally believed that unless we did something to stop it, all of Southeast Asia would fall to Communism. However, I was young and naive, and I was wrong. The Vietnam War was a travesty and one of the biggest mistakes in American History.

However, while I am no fan of war, I hate it as only a veteran can, I know that sometimes you have no choice but to fight because enemy deprives you of that choice. If you don't understand that, then there is no hope for you.

Now I am truly going to bow out of this portion of this tread. You can post whatever you wish because I won't be reading it. Enjoy yourself.