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Thanks to Michael Kinsley for engaging the myth that to question the validity of the Iraq war is to betray the troops in the field [March 5]. Equating support for soldiers with military escalation is insidious. True support would be to remove them from harm's way. But I take exception to your affirmation that the cause - to remove a dictator - was worthy. That's just as dishonest as saying we need to continue the war to support the troops. Is the civil war that we unleashed a noble cause? Or was the arrogant pretext of imposing Western values...
...elderly Brit take issue with Kinsley? He followed the politicians' favorite ploy of having one's cake and eating it too. In the first years of World War II, the U.S. was loath to engage the Nazis in a foreign war. It wasn't until that era's "9/11 moment" - the attack on Pearl Harbor - that the U.S. woke up and realized there was a terrible war of civilizations going on. But, boy, when you did wake up, you didn't go to sleep again. In Britain we were being slaughtered, and we were mighty thankful to see the Yanks...
...sorry to see Kinsley say that President George W. Bush's motives for invading Iraq were "to liberate a country from a dictator, perhaps to find and destroy some dangerous weapons." He made no mention of securing an oil supply, establishing military bases in the Middle East and promoting neoconservative ideology. Those less altruistic motives are the elephant in the room that everyone refuses to acknowledge. The U.S. cannot withdraw troops from Iraq because they are protecting oil, military bases and neocons' egos. Janet Maker, Los Angeles...
...sorry to see Kinsley say President George W. Bush's motives for invading Iraq were "to liberate a country from a dictator, perhaps to find and destroy some dangerous weapons." He made no mention of securing an oil supply, establishing military bases in the Middle East and promoting neoconservative ideology. Those less altruistic motives are the elephant in the room that everyone refuses to acknowledge. The U.S. cannot withdraw troops from Iraq because they are protecting oil, military bases and neocons' egos...
...Vietnam veteran, I agree with Kinsley. Bring our troops home, and stop wasting the sacred blood of soldiers and billions of dollars...