I Am Wavering In My Support For The War
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:26 pmAlright, here's my story...
Back in 2000, I was fairly liberal and was angry at Bush for 'stealing' the election from Al Gore. So I hated Bush from the get-go. In 2001, after the terrorist attacks, Bush's approval rating sky-rocketed into the 80-89% range while I blamed him for 'letting' 9/11 occur. In 2003, when we were preparing for the War in Iraq, I was against invasion. I felt that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction and we were going there for 'hidden reasons'. However in 2005, I changed, I became 100% pro-Bush and pro-Iraq War. I realized that we should support the war and our president rather than tearing the nation to threads. I became that way also because he admitted we went in on faulty intel and pulling out without a stong democratic government would be a mistake. I supported his change in strategy that was done a few months ago. However in the recent weeks, my support has wavered. My brother is going to be recalled into the Marines this October, if not before, and will likely be sent to Iraq. For those of you un-familiar with miltary recall, it is where the miltary can force any person who was in the military back into the active service up to 4 years after they became civilians again. To me, this practice is just like the draft and should not be allowed. Also, I've given Bush's new strategy time to work, and it hasn't made any dramatic changes in Iraq. In my opinion we've been there long enough, it's time to force the Iraqi government to take charge, and it's time to start making plans for troop withdrawls today. Now you can call me a flip-flopper if you wish, I do not care, as it is true.
Back in 2000, I was fairly liberal and was angry at Bush for 'stealing' the election from Al Gore. So I hated Bush from the get-go. In 2001, after the terrorist attacks, Bush's approval rating sky-rocketed into the 80-89% range while I blamed him for 'letting' 9/11 occur. In 2003, when we were preparing for the War in Iraq, I was against invasion. I felt that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction and we were going there for 'hidden reasons'. However in 2005, I changed, I became 100% pro-Bush and pro-Iraq War. I realized that we should support the war and our president rather than tearing the nation to threads. I became that way also because he admitted we went in on faulty intel and pulling out without a stong democratic government would be a mistake. I supported his change in strategy that was done a few months ago. However in the recent weeks, my support has wavered. My brother is going to be recalled into the Marines this October, if not before, and will likely be sent to Iraq. For those of you un-familiar with miltary recall, it is where the miltary can force any person who was in the military back into the active service up to 4 years after they became civilians again. To me, this practice is just like the draft and should not be allowed. Also, I've given Bush's new strategy time to work, and it hasn't made any dramatic changes in Iraq. In my opinion we've been there long enough, it's time to force the Iraqi government to take charge, and it's time to start making plans for troop withdrawls today. Now you can call me a flip-flopper if you wish, I do not care, as it is true.
