Three questions, three answers (1)

The "Bring-The-Troops-Home-Now" group has arrived in Washington with a letter for the President containing the following:

We still have questions for you:

What is the “noble cause” for which you sent our country to war?

How many more lives are you willing to sacrifice?

What are you going to do to end the war?

No, I’m not the President. I didn’t even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. However, I will answer these questions.

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Read the post for the full answers, but in summation:

the first picture shows Cindy Sheehan openly dissenting her Government’s policies. Notice the smiling faces? Notice the embraces of fellow Americans, arm-in-arm, joined in solodarity against a policy they feel is wrong. Most importantly, notice the lack of Government stormtroopers snatching her up, throwing her in prison, chopping off her hand and branding her forehead with a black cross? That’s what happened to the guys in the second picture, courtesy of Saddam Hussein. You see, the very existence of Sheehan’s protest is perhaps one of the best examples of why this cause is noble. Only in a free country can a person carry on as she has and receive absolutely no reprisal whatsoever from her Government. Is this not a principle worth defending? I think so.

Why Iraq: Iraq is one of the places that's provided infrastructure and support for terrorism.

The fact that Saddam Hussein offered refuge to one of the leaders of the group that perpetrated the 9-11 attacks demanded that we ( the West) apply a certain amount of scrutiny to the country of Iraq as a possible threat. And scrutinize we did.

Everyone thought Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Everyone knew Iraq was in violation of multiple UN resolutions demanding full disclosure and compliance with inspections.

Once in Iraq, the truth of what sort of ruler Saddam Hussein had been became available. Unfortunately, the attitude held by the anti-war movement, and by radical extremists on the right such as Pat Buchannan, seems to be one of, "I've got mine. Screw you."

I know it’s bad to answer a question with a question, but I’ll ask Sheehan and anyone else who disagrees with this war anyway.

How can we feel free here in the US, (and we are, as exhibited by the protestors) while a gathering storm looms a few thousand miles away with the sole intent of destroying us? Is the concept of defending freedom ( for ourselves and others) not a noble cause?

I have heard Sheehan say that “This country is not worth dying for”. How sad.

Those who support affirmative action don't like minorities who oppose affirmative action. These minorities are accused of "having achieved success, and now wanting to pull the ladder up after themselves". That seems a good description of the isolationist who wants us to leave Iraq (and other basket-case countries) to their own sorrows.