Iraq soldier speaks out for McCain

I agree with this soldier's ideas. I read what Saddam had done to his own people, and how he had doubles all over the place to make sure there were no dissenters. He was truly an evil man and the people of Iraq were not used to democracy until the President sent the troops to stop another 911 from happening. I suspect those 'weapons of mass destruction' had been taken apart and place in various locations and had the Marines and the Army not got over there, someone would have attacked and killed a lot of Americans on American soil. I cannot understand why if a bomb kills some Iraqi children, then the world mourns and says America is terrible, but if a bomb from a terrorist kills American children in a classroom, they would not care

I believe that it is his personal opinion, and I know some others who feel the same way he does. But when I hear from Iraqi bloggers speak about their neighbors lamenting about "the American occupation", and see polls saying alot of soldiers actually support pulling out of Iraq...I feel like one soldier's wrds, though respected...are not enough for the full picture. I think some people in Iraq truly do feel that things are better there now. But many do not. Unfortunately, since most of us are not statistics crunchers, haven't been there to Iraq, to get the full scope...it's hard to make a fully objective decision on which side to take. I won't say it was a mistake to get rid of Saddam. But I will say our reasons for doing so weren't right, nor were they true (Saddam didn't have any real connections to 9/11 and was only the monster he was, because we'd been meddling in Iraq...and the Middle East in general for years...but I digress, because I don't like to focus on shoulda, coulda, wouldas). The question now is, what more do we have left to sacrifice with our military severely depleted and with the growing hostilities with other countries all over the world? I understand wanting to be a hero for those less fortunate, believe me, I do...I've been known to be self-sacrificing myself, though not to such a great scale as the soldiers on the ground in the middle east. But I get it. The thing I've learned though, is that you can't help anyone if you hurt yourself in a way that harms your capacity to do good.

His words have to have a dramatic impact.

WOW!! That is the first thing that comes to mind. I have to admit that what he says makes sense. It really does. I have to agree that Iraq is probably better off at this point than it was back in 2002. I actually agree with him, at least in principle. I have supported the war from the beginning and still do, though I also believe that the Iraqis have to learn to stand on their own feet at some point in time. Still not totally convinced about McCain, though. Course I am not convinced about Obama either! LOL.

It's been passed around a lot this week, I received it on several email groups that I'm on, and someone posted it here already as well, I believe. I absolutely love it.