First of all, I have not heard him make that statement, but if I did I would have judged it as a mistake on his part. That certainly would not prevent him from accepting Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior.
If your response about him lying to us is concerning weapons of mass destruction I think he was as suprised as the Army was that we haven't found any yet. But, Iraq is a huge country where lots of things are buried. Was Saddam building WMD's? I don't know, but the evidence certainly points to the fact that he was trying to. If you look at the countries supplying him with arms for the oil.
As far as killing goes, it is a horrible thing. It was necessary to prevent the spread of the take-over of the world by pure evil in WWII. It was necessary for us to have a free country in the 1700's. It was even worth holding this country together in the civil war.
Today, it is worth giving the majority of the population of Iraq their own free government where they can walk the streets without having to worry about a husband or wife disappearing to a torture chamber in the middle of the night. Or whole city of Muslims destroyed by horrific poisonous gas--against all rules of military use--because of their beliefs. Or that they might have wanted to see a different government rather than a cruel one.
Is it hard? Yes, it is. We are having to deal with insergents and IEDS, but considering the size of the country, there is less risk than you realize. Do the Iraqis want us there? Yes, most do, in fact we are training their own policemen and military militia to keep the peace and help get rid of those who try to murder them. It is the Iraqi government that the terrorists want to destroy. They cannot stand freedom of religion in a country so close. Most come from Syria and Iran.
At least suicide bombing is a self limiting factor. When the bomber dies, they don't get to repeat their terror.
How about the horrors that occurred in Iraq, people who would lie in bed and disappear before morning only to be seen later missing fingers and toes and whipped into submission? ...and the ones who did not return at all? Do you think they would be grateful to the Americans?
You have to remember that the media can only get people to watch if they show something contraversial. So, in doing this they show much of the negative and very little of the people who are so happy that they will even give their lives being policemen in a state where terrorists are attempting to kill them.
President Bush has also done an excellent job of breaking up the terrorist organizations and keeping them on the run. It amazes me that we haven't had another attack. This means that the military is doing their job. If another attack comes it will not suprise me because it is amazing they have stopped it from occurring again anyway.
You don't think that the terrorists will quit simply if Bush is out of office?
Believe me, the fringe group of hyper-muslims will stop at nothing to destroy our freedom of religion and attack Christianity.
If you will notice, it is Christianity that is under attack from everywhere. But, why should this surprise us, the Bible tells us this will happen.
These fringe muslims have a history of destroying civilizations that do not follow their ways. What a way to convert people. Mandate it and kill them if they don't change.
We are hated for our freedoms. Americans have forgotten the sacrifices of the past for those freedoms. The soldiers have done their duty and joined up voluntarily without the draft. We must be PROUD of them. They have put themselves in harms way.
Are there some that have gone awol and gone to Canada? Yeah, a few, but not nearly anything close to a percentage that puts a black-eye on those who follow orders. The news media would rather talk about those few in Canada for days on end than the ones who have voluntarily joined up to go and help with Iraqi Freedom.
I am PROUD of our Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and other services that have given their lives, limbs or just hard-hard work. When you bad-mouth their commander-n-chief, you bad-mouth them and most don't like it. I for one respect him and his troops.
</font>[/QUOTE]Why do you believe that Bush is a born-again Christian given his actions in office and the statement he made that Christians and Moslems pray to the same god and Moslems have their own way to heaven?