Reply #21: It wasn't in self defense [View All]

[jeanpalmer]

Neither the people of Afghanistan nor its government ever attacked the US. It was a war of aggression. Afghanistan offered to turn over Bin Laden if the US proved his involvement in 9-11. If a small number of people not connected to the government attack another country, it's hardly self defense to attack the other country without trying to secure the extradition of the suspects. There were other motives involved here, one of them being that Bush was caught asleep and he had to do something dramatic to maybe escape impeachment. He ignored working through the law, as he was required to do, and launched an attack to deflect attention from his own failures. That's not self-defense. Maybe defense of his political ass, but not real self defense.

The bombers did some of their planning in Germany. Did we have the authority to bomb Germany, in self defense?

I don't like the word games Kerry is playing. If he can't see by now that it's time to shut that thing down, he's off track. It sounds like he's willing to seriously consider sending more troops. Shame on him. He ought to be leading the way to shut down that war and use the money for health care. It's damn shame Democrats are using our money to wage war and are not offering real health care reform.