There are way too many sides to this argument. Some believe war is completely wrong, some think that the American Government is too pushy/nosy, and others are being fed by propaganda pushed by the media, for example the issues involving a soldier "injustly" killing an Iraqi civilian.

I agree completely.

We did what we could to drive out and get rid of Saddam and slow down terrorism (to a degree).

The fact is, there has not been any terrorist attacks on US soil since we went into Iraq. It has made our country a lot safer.

There werent any attacks before 9/11, so what? You cant possibly say its done that. There are so many things to refute that with, I feel I can’t fight such ignorance.

I’m sorry, I cannot stay silent on this any more. I agree with Lem0n, NK and Turin.

If you think that the war in Iraq has made America safe, then you need to open your eyes. If anything has kept America "safe" (for want of a better term), it has been the increased security (along with a huge amount of luck), NOT the war in Iraq!

So it’s just luck then that right after we go into Iraq, all the terrorist attacks stop in the US?

The war in Iraq has made terrorism worse, much worse, not better. There weren’t any terrorists coming out of Iraq before the war! How many Iraqis participated in 9/11? None, zero, zip. Iraq had no ties with any terrorist groups, including al-Qaida. Saddam Hussein would not tolerate the competition. Don’t even try to say that there were WoMD because none were found (and all of this bull about plans for WoMD, or that there were the materials there to make them, well then, you will have to invade many countries on that basis). When the allies went in (many believing the myriad lies told by the Bush administration) and removed Hussein, Iraq became open. The terrorists are flooding in from Iran and Afghanistan. What’s more, their favourite targets (American soldiers) are there. American soldiers are dying, and a country that was no threat at all has now become a very big threat.

When we went into Iraq, we did not secure the borders first. Many, many convoys of Hussains "stuff" were taken out before we had a chance to stop them. Guess what was in those trucks? WMDs. Do not try to argue on whether he did have them or not, it’s pointless. I think I’m more qualified to argue about that when I have a source who was in the army for 20 years, took many extensive classes on terrorism (how to counter, how to think like them, etc...), has been all over the world, and has seen first-hand some stuff about this that I am not legally allowed to release. However, I can say that Iran and the Phillipines and prolly even Sudan and Afganistan took in the WMDs when we invaded. Hussain did have WMDs and he was planning on using them.

I love America, and that’s why it makes me sick to see my fellow Americans being duped by the government and the media into believing that we are the "good guys" who rush in and save the day, then everyone cheers. Like others here have said, Americans often do rush in - then muck things up. Then the American government and media tell the public that we are doing good things over there. What we’re actually doing is making a lot more enemies.

What’s sad is, many Americans can’t understand why the US has so many enemies in the world. They want to continue to stick their heads in the sand and insist that they are doing good things with this war (and others).

It does my heart good when I see that there are some Americans who see things for what they really are.