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Originally Posted by mrnoodle

1. We shouldn't be in Iraq, and the common Iraqi doesn't want us there. Instead, we should all come home and send out individuals to find Osama bin Laden. Once he's caught, the books are balanced for 9/11, and we can resume our pre-9/11 lives

That's not accurate, but even if it were, it's better than "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
"I am truly not that concerned about him."

2. Without catching bin Laden, terrorism can't be eliminated, we just have to wait until it goes away.

No, terrorism can't be eliminated at all. It will never go away. But catching bin Laden is important.

3. We're just trying to get oil, anything said to the contrary is just a Bush 3-card monte game.

There is also the point of pride, with his dad's history. And also the desire to set up a military staging point in the area.

4. Terrorists aren't enemy combatants, they're criminals who should be shuffled through the justice system with the full legal rights and representation of any other criminal.

Are you talking about terrorists here, or people accused of being terrorists?

5. If we would stop doing things to make terrorists mad, they wouldn't bomb us any more. Terrorism doesn't exist unless bred by oppression (specifically, Jew-American), poverty, and lack of opportunity. No one really believes all that jihad nonsense -- they just need to know someone loves them.

There will always be a few terrorists. Oppression increases the numbers. If we actually do what they say we want to do, people on the cusp will join them.

7. We "support" our volunteer military by saying their mission is unjust, their actions in theater are criminal, and their volunteerism is actually ignorance that they are simply pawns for an evil madman.

1) Troops aren't responsible for what the mission is.
2) Individual troops are responsible for criminal actions, but not as responsible as people who ordered them to commit them.
3) Their volunteerism is noble, but it is being exploited. Most volunteered before they knew how they were to be used. As for others, there are any number of reasons to volunteer, including a desire not to let someone else go in your place.

If a man is born and raised for no other purpose than to serve his God by killing infidels wherever he finds them, do you really think that a roomful of people with powdered wigs can legislate him out of doing it? Really?

There's nothing you can do about someone raised that way. You have to decrease the number of people who are willing to raise their kids that way.