Obama's approval rating back in the positive

[homer]

mrstickball said:

homer said:

1.) Was there a reason why we entered those wars? Wasn't Afghanistan funding and training the terrorists that attacked us on 9/11 or am I mistaken? If so, I believe that warranted an invasion. What about Iraq? Did we actually have reasons to believe they had "weapons of mass destruction" that they might use against us? Was Sadam Hussein cruel to his people? Would that warrant an invasion? Was it for oil?

2.) What freedoms did we lose?

3.) Wasn't the controversy here, the way the banks spent that money or am I mistaken? If so, would that be Bush's fault?

4.) Wouldn't this have to go through Congress first? If so,why aren't we mad at them too?

5.) I do not understand this part.

1. Afghanistan was indeed harboring some elements of Al-Quedia. However, did we have to occupy every square inch of the country to kill a few terrorists? When we invaded, we fought the Taliban more than Al-Quedia. We've been at war with the Taliban for ~8 years now in Afghanistan, not Al-Quedia. There would of been many easier ways to of dealt with Al-Quedia than a boots-on-the-ground invasion. I don't disagree that Saddam was a horrible person that needed to be removed, but was it worth hundreds of billions of dollars? Did Saddam have WMDs? Absolutely. That doesn't mean we should of spent so much to remove what he had (and by that logic, why haven't we attacked Iran or North Korea which have far more advanced programs?)

I did not think we were completely occupying all of the Kabul region, or close to the border of Pakistan, am I mistaken? What is our problem with the Taliban? Is there a reason we are fighting them? What other solutions were there? I guess human life has a price now? I would gladly spend all the money my country has to save a nation from tyranny and oppression. We should have invaded NK and iran. They constantly harrass us and our allies(Israel and SK) and we should not stand for it. Of course if there were peaceful ways to avoid such a conflict, I would encourage it, but there is no peaceful solution to those problems that I can think of, so it is good that I am no politician lol.