The U.S. isn't on a rampage. The U.S. hasn't been on a rampage. Yes the U.S. has done some bad things. And so did Englang, and France, and Germany, and Italy, and Russia, and the Soviet Union, and CHina, and Japan, and Rome, and Persia, and every single other powerful nation in the world that also dealt with weaker nations.
It may be harsh to think of it in those terms but that is the way it has been historically. Stronger nations do have a tendency to be harsh and use strong arm tactics when faced by opposition from weaker opponents.
After all if you are the boss and someone beneath you objects to your plan AND you feel that that view point is entirely wrong as a matter of principle... do you just overrule them and use your authority or do you go down and talk it out?
In the modern world increasingly you talk it out. But that is a VERY new trend. Historically you use your authority and simply overrule them, often militarily.
Personally I think an approach right in the middle of the two is best. You need to apply military power at times. It is unavoidable in the real world. But you also don't want to leave to many hard feelings behind so you need to ballance it out with talk and not just absorbing the others, something which hasn't been done for quite awhile but which Iraq under Sadam tried to do.
I feel that the war is justified. Maybe the motivations for it are wrong. But you can do the right things for the wrong reasons, you just have to make sure those wrong reasons don't taint the process.
Just for the record I am against Bush I did vote for Gore but I support the War because it is the right thing to do. Getting rid of Sadam that is.
Most would consider me a Democrat and I probably am but I also almost always vote for several Republicans because I agree with them in areas. I vote for who I believe is best for the job, it just happens that most of the time that seems to be a Democrat for me.
