by Author Name Withheld 231

Created on: August 29, 2008   Last Updated: September 07, 2008

Let me first start off by saying that the War in Iraq is illegal, which basically ends the discussion; Constitutionally, we're not supposed to be in Iraq. Congress did not give a declaration of war, therefore it is unconstitutional and unjust, by American law and standards. It's a tyrannical and dangerous move by a blundering, blustering Bush administration. In the midst of a so-called "War on Terror", which started in Afghanistan(Why did we abandon the chase for Bin Laden again?) we go barreling into Iraq; Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with September 11th; Iraq was harboring no known terrorist cells; As a matter of fact, Saddam Hussein was opposed to terrorist regimes. Hussein was an awful person, a liar, and a sociopath; I'm thankful he's gone, but Saddam was not a legitimate threat, and he was not our problem; terrorists were.

With that said, why did we go in? Weapons of Mass Destruction, right? Well, as we all know, WPMD's were never uncovered.

Next, we stay there to find Saddam, because he is the "weapon of mass destruction". We find Saddam, jail Saddam, disband his regime and kill him. Still, we remain in Iraq. Why?

We're told that there are programs for WPMDs, whether these programs are biological, chemical or nuclear remains unknown, but our Government guaranteed to us these program's did existence. These programs aren't uncovered, ever. So now what is the new reasoning behind our perpetual occupation?

President Bush tells us we have to be humane, by funding and rebuilding the roads and bridges we destroyed bombing their country, which shouldn't have been bombed in the first place. Nation building, something completely against the Republican platform, and something President Bush promised us he would never do, when he ran for office. He decided to spend our Tax dollars rebuilding Iraq, while roads and bridges here, in America, crumble and collapse.

The final reason we're staying, is because we have to train their citizens. You know, they have to defend themselves against terror cells which weren't there before this disgusting war ever started. The Iraqi war started in March 2003; we've been training their citizens ever since. How much more time do they need? Does the greatest military force on the planet not possess the ability to train these men and women, when our longest boot camp(Marines), lasts only twelve weeks? I fail to find the truth or logic in this.

We're losing lives, just to save face: We went into this war on faulty intelligence, yet we

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