War may be wrong, but isn’t it worth liberating people tortured by their own tyrant leader?

“The needs of many outweigh the needs of the few.”

If it takes 200,000 American lives to save 20 million Iraqis, then we have done our job, and those men and women shall be honored for the heroic act of liberating the people of Iraq and providing them the God given right of Freedom from oppression.

Toni Smith, a Manhattanville College senior, turns herself away from the American Flag during the singing of the national anthem at her college basketball games in protest of a war with Iraq.

This is her freedom provided to her by the representation of that flag, but anyone who turns their back on the American flag, for any reason, is a hypocrite.

I think this will speak for itself. Premium gas for my car just hit $1.77 per gallon. Compared to the rest of the country, this is still probably cheap, but in Montana, the cost is obviously a little higher….

A sign at a business establishment in Philadelphia, PA:

WE WOULD RATHER DO BUSINESS WITH 1000 AL QAEDA TERRORISTS THAN WITH A SINGLE AMERICAN

This sign was prominently displayed in the window of a business in
Philadelphia. You are probably outraged at the thought of such an
inflammatory statement. One would think that anti-hate groups from all
across the country would be marching on this business… And that the
National Guard might have to be called to keep the angry crowds back.

But, perhaps in these stressful times one might be tempted to let the
proprietors simply make their statement . . . We are a society who holds
Freedom of Speech as perhaps our greatest liberty . . . And after all, it is just a sign. You may ask what kind of business would dare post such a sign?

ANSWER:

A local funeral home.
(Who said morticians had no sense of humor?)

This morning, June 20 2004, I received an email from someone that pasted in this joke with a comment:

If you had a relative in the US military who gave their life in Iraq, it’s very unlikely that this would be amusing:

Of course, I had to reply, and here it is:

Excuse me, but I have two cousins who are officers servicing in the coast guard, one in Iraq. My two brothers served in Vietnam, my father served in Germany and Turkey during the Cuban Missile Chrisis, six of my uncles served in either Korea or Vietnam and my grandfather and his four brothers, all immigrants to this country, served in WWII.

Giving your life to a cause such as the freedom of an oppressed people is one of the greatest gifts you can give, and every single one of my family members who served in the armed forces would agree with that statement, and I am sure those men who died in Iraq felt the same.

Now, I suggest you read the joke again to get it’s full meaning…. beyond the first line.

Thank you for your apology.

At a small terminal in the Texas Panhandles, three strangers are awaiting their shuttle flight. One is a native american
passing from Oklahoma. Another, a local ranch hand on his way to Ft. Worth for a stock show. The third passenger is an Arab
student, newly arrived from the Middle East.

To pass the time they strike up a conversation on recent events, and the discussion drifts to their diverse cultures. Soo
n the Westerners learn that the Arab is a devout Muslim. The conversation falls into an uneasy lull. The cowpoke leans back
in his chair, crosses his boots on a magazine table, and tips his big hat forward over his face.

Finally, the Native American clears his throat and softly he speaks, “Once my people were many, now we are few.”

The Muslim raises an eyebrow and leans forward, “Once my people were few,” he sneers, ” and now we are many. Why do you
suppose that is?”

The Texan shifts his toothpick to one side of his mouth and from the darkness beneath his Stetson says, “That’s ’cause we
ain’t played Cowboys and Muslims yet.”

If the War in Iraq was about U.S.’s conquest of oil, it would be far easier for the U.S. to sell Iraq military equipment in exchange for the oil. This war is really about empowering an international organization with the ability to maintain international peace and order.