Walt Ruppar | Consultant - IT Specialist, Digital Media Architect, Developer

A repost from the FreelanceG33k…

Do you feel the need to hit Afghanistan hard as all holy F#@k? I sure do! But before you think I’m all pro-war and what-not, think again… I would like nothing more than World Peace and to end fighting everywhere.  War is serious business and should NEVER be a first response, even if attacked first.  With that said, I feel like exercising some freedom of speech and the power of the Internet after watching/listening to Obama’s address to the Nation last evening.  If you are reading this and you have comments either way, feel free to comment/respond, however please do so in as civil of a manner possible, else I may not respond (or your comment may be removed depending on how foul you decided to be).

I really liked the way Obama started his address, and I’ll paraphrase…

On 9/11 we were attacked by the Taliban, whom were based in Afghanistan… For the 1st time in history, the UN backed a full on attack in retaliation to this un-warranted attack resulting in the loss of many innocent American lives… So the USA, and other nations did attack Afghanistan, but then some stoopid fcuk with his Daddy’s agenda refocused the US forces on Iraq and pissed a lot of Nations off in the process.. Using the ‘fair and balanced’ Fox News the previous administration convinced many of our fellow Americans that we were chasing Bin Laden and the Taliban who were hiding in Iraq (we were not. it was ’cause Bush Sr. told W to go get Saddam and finish what he failed to do… oh yeah and the oil). Well, we’re getting the hell outta Iraq ASAP and gonna finish what we, with the support of the UN and its’ forces, started.

As scary is it is, do I think we should be going back into Afghanistan? Hell Yes! We, along with the other UN member forces, need to finish what we started. Furthermore, we must do it under a well-defined time-table that ends when Obama’s term ends, if not before. Why by the end of his term? Very important… So the next administration can not pull any more wool over America’s eyes and get us into another Iraq. If it wasn’t for wanting to remain on US soil to protect my family, I would be active army right now…

Peace first, but if someone needs an ass-whoopin, by all means give it to ‘em!

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