[always confused]

as a vet (us army ret) i might be a little hawkish in my views. our country has a terrible record of action in that region of the world. go in, take a few hits, and withdraw. anybody that thinks the local baddies haven't paid attention to this is dreaming. and don't forget they get the news too. they are very aware of the lack of support we give the military, political bickering, and are willing to wait a bit to get their way .. .. causing just enough trouble to keep things stirred up. did we go in for oil? WMD? create a foothold for democracy? because saadam ****ed bush off? UN sanctions? at this point i don't think it really matters. what matters is we did go in. if we follow or recent record and leave without 'closure' it will be to our harm.