Hey, I saw you post this on another blog about home schooling and I wanted to send my response to you in case you didn’t check back on the other blog.
TheKytiKat said:
“I think the nation has forgotten who started this. People think it started with 9/11, it didn’t. there the WTC ’93, the Khobar Towers, the USS Cole, Embassy bombings..”
Actually, the nation chooses to ignore who started this. We were screwing up the middle east LONG before any of those attacks. In 1953, we helped overthrow Iran’s democratically elected leader and installed the Shah, a brutal tyrant who killed thousands of his own people and allowed US corporations to take 60% of Iran’s oil profits. The Iranians overthrew the Shah (our puppet leader, essentially) and in retaliation took American hostages.
For years, the U.S. denied its involvement in the 1953 coup, but in March 2000, then Secretary of State Madeline Albright admitted, “In 1953 the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran’s popular Prime Minister, Mohammed Mossadeqh. The Eisenhower Administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons; but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran’s political development. And it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in their internal affairs.â€
We supported Saddam Hussein. We supported Osama bin Laden when he was in the mujahadeen. It’s time we stop interfering in their affairs. It’s the reason they attack us. It’s the reason they hate us. And most importantly, we have made a LOT of mistakes, funding and supporting people who later became enemies!
TheKytiKat said
“I’m a military wife also, so it’s my husband, my friends’ husbands, and my friends who are going over there to defend our country, and to defend Ron Paul’s right to say what he wants to say about the war on terror.”
I have the greatest respect for our servicemen, but this war is not about defending our right to say what we want. Honestly, World War 2 was the last war where we actually fought to defend our liberty and freedom. Our freedoms and liberties are not at stake.
The only people infringing on our freedoms are our own government! Look at the Patriot act. Warrantless wiretapping. Executive orders. Our freedoms and liberties are being restricted by our own government, not terrorists.
“Why then, are they so anxious to surrender our freedoms with legislation like the Patriot Act, a repeal of our 4th amendment rights, executive orders, and presidential signing statements? With politicians like these, who needs terrorists? Do they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us?”
Hey, I saw you post this on another blog about home schooling and I wanted to send my response to you in case you didn’t check back on the other blog.
TheKytiKat said:
“I think the nation has forgotten who started this. People think it started with 9/11, it didn’t. there the WTC ’93, the Khobar Towers, the USS Cole, Embassy bombings..”
Actually, the nation chooses to ignore who started this. We were screwing up the middle east LONG before any of those attacks. In 1953, we helped overthrow Iran’s democratically elected leader and installed the Shah, a brutal tyrant who killed thousands of his own people and allowed US corporations to take 60% of Iran’s oil profits. The Iranians overthrew the Shah (our puppet leader, essentially) and in retaliation took American hostages.
For years, the U.S. denied its involvement in the 1953 coup, but in March 2000, then Secretary of State Madeline Albright admitted, “In 1953 the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran’s popular Prime Minister, Mohammed Mossadeqh. The Eisenhower Administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons; but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran’s political development. And it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in their internal affairs.â€
We supported Saddam Hussein. We supported Osama bin Laden when he was in the mujahadeen. It’s time we stop interfering in their affairs. It’s the reason they attack us. It’s the reason they hate us. And most importantly, we have made a LOT of mistakes, funding and supporting people who later became enemies!
TheKytiKat said
“I’m a military wife also, so it’s my husband, my friends’ husbands, and my friends who are going over there to defend our country, and to defend Ron Paul’s right to say what he wants to say about the war on terror.”
I have the greatest respect for our servicemen, but this war is not about defending our right to say what we want. Honestly, World War 2 was the last war where we actually fought to defend our liberty and freedom. Our freedoms and liberties are not at stake.
The only people infringing on our freedoms are our own government! Look at the Patriot act. Warrantless wiretapping. Executive orders. Our freedoms and liberties are being restricted by our own government, not terrorists.
“Why then, are they so anxious to surrender our freedoms with legislation like the Patriot Act, a repeal of our 4th amendment rights, executive orders, and presidential signing statements? With politicians like these, who needs terrorists? Do they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us?”
-Ron Paul