It is this simple, although I value human life, there are some people who just do not need to be breathing our air. auraloffalwaffle will just never understand how badly he has to defend his right to live until he is dead.
Invading Iraq was not a bad thing, it WAS NOT criminal. I doubt he has even talked to any Iraq War veterans. I work with two on a daily basis and I know what is going on in that desert directly from those who have been there. A majority of those people want us there and want freedom.
Here is what some people do not factor in, I could take a video camera to California and video record only the drug ridden and crime laden areas. At the end, I would have hours of video which shows police chases, gunfights, arrests of criminals, gang shootings, murders, etc. Some with a closed mind would look at that and go, "Man that California is a complete hell!" But if you saw the whole picture of California, the wine farms, the wonderful sights, Golden Gate, Hollywood, Bakersfield, and all that Califonia has t offer then you would know that California's crime problem is just not that bad once you see the whole picture. This is what is occuring in Iraq, every news report shows another soldier dieing from an IED, another Iraqi protesting our presence, another terrorist kidnapping a civilian American, the fact that a there are civilian casualties of war. They NEVER show the millions of poeple who appreciate us being there, the houses that American troops are wiring up for electricity, the places where kids are going to school again, and where the women can have a chance to learn. All these things, plus thousands of others, are totally ignored by people who simply want to critiscize the issues instead of make any effort to help.
Life and death is a complicated issue, auraloffalwaffle may understand this, but he simplifies it by saying that ALL human life is precious. I disagree, there are just some people that walk our earth that do not deserve to breath our air. Osama Bin Laden for one, rapists, murderers, and many others. It is a fact of life, live with it.
Unfortunately, I am in a career where I see things first hand that most people cannot even imagine. I've seen dead people, the raped, the drugged up, the murdered, the horrible victims of crimes which should never have been commited.
Some will just never understand until they see things oustide of their comfortable climate controlled homes where there only source of information is the news which has been watered down, changed, and given somebody's perspective about how things are. auraloffalwaffle claims that we are robots who work under command, it is the other way around totally. Every opinion I have is based on personal experience.