You're right, Beast, Saddam was a wanna be but he had potential to become more. If you'd pay attention, I was talking about the region and those wonderful Islamic fundamentalists who'd like to see the rest of us dead, they're the real threat and Iraq was just the small tip of a large and dangerous iceberg. And when you think about it, who thought Hitler was a serious threat in 1932? Your grandpa probably thought he was a saint.

We're dealing with some truly evil and deadly people over there and all you can think to do is paint your own nation as a ship of fools and it's leaders as the evil empire. You're the fool if you think we can doing anything but fight these people because if we don't do it now, we'll end up doing it later with a much greater loss of life. I don't like to fight, I don't want to fight, but we will not be given that choice by those who believe their way to salvation is to kill all who do not worship their version of Allah. In the US the Baptists and Methodists have softball games while in Iraq, with the backing of outside Islamic groups, the Sunni and Shia blow each other and us up. What does that tell you about who we are fighting? This isn't just about Iraq, it's about everyone in the region, and ultimately, the world. We cannot stand down now or it will be hell to pay later.

Sincerely,
Quasi Churchill