"Support the troops"

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if i remember, the battle for afghanistan (don't hear much about it now) was to find these terrorists and bring them to justice.
the iraqi invasion was based on misleading info (poor colin powell) and has become the quagmire that was expected.
iraq is an underdeveloped country sitting on massive oil reserves and is also a very strategic place for permanent u.s. bases that the saudis really want no part of.
why? because those in the middle east already fear u.s. imperialistic motives, hence the attacks on u.s. soil.
big catch 22 if you ask me.
but the current administration would rather press the 'fear' issue onto the american public, of which we eat with both hands.
i have friends in the military that were happy to go to iraq (that's what they train for), but they have recently begun to question the alterior motives of their employers.