Fathers of two slain soldiers speak out during Capitol anti-war protest

This war was never about oil or gas prices. This was about getting rid of a threat to us. Saddam posed a real threat. After 9\11 the rules on how we deal with threats had to change. We had been playing with Saddam for ten years trying to solve the problem of his W.M.D.s diplomaticly. It didnt work. After 9\11 we could no longer tolerate that threat. As far as what has been accomplished, we have had no other terrorist attacks, Iraq and Afganastan are no longer the threats they were, and Al-Qaida is in shambles. So yes we should be there, yes we are winning, and yes the world will be safer once we win this war on terrorism.

#2 the only interest in the mideast at the present is still oil and gas. Saddam was the man who kept Iraq under control. When he was in power, the US wasn't concerned about how he ruled. To this day the US wouldn't care, if it wasn't chicken little Bush crying the sky is falling - WMD's. The US wouldn't have thousands of soldiers dead, or missing body parts trying to put their lives back together. The issue of taking care of their medical care is something Bush doesn't want to address. The mideasterners, obviously were fed up with being taken advantage of their resources, hence 9/11. So don't fool yourself, the US has created a mess internationally.

I can't believe the people who think we are there to steal the oil, and think Iraq has been wronged by the USA. Sure if all goes well and a better country emerges from it we will buy as much oil from them as we can at the going rate.Better them than Chavez. As for the people of Iraq hating America for giving them a chance for democrary or the government of their choice, I guess only time will tell but I was working in Detroit when the invasion began and the Iraq's who live in the city of Deerborn, Mi. were dancing in the streets and praising America for trying to give them a better country to return to. And last but not least the ones who say Iraq didn't have anything to do with 9/11 all I can say is Germany didn't have anything to do with Pearl Harbor either

No, I don't know what those fathers go through every day, or the millions of other fathers, mothers, sisters, and brothers that have lost families to war since America's birth.(By the way, America gained her independence as a result of war...and lots of blood shed and lots of family members left behind)

And let's not go into how the United Nations screwed up in getting Saddam to dismantle his WMDs. They screwed up to the point that Saddam could have walked all of those WMDs to Syria or Saudi Arabia, leaving us nothing to find of course.

If anyone hasn't noticed it yet the way we fight war now is different than it has ever been. Conventionally you'd fight someone who attacked you first. This day and age, though, with weapons so powerful that a single one can erase a city from the map in the mix you can't simply wait to be attacked. Waiting that long is too late. We are not in a world now where we can wait until we are attacked to take action on a threat. The cost would be much higher than this war has been thus far. So far it seems we haven't decided to just sit and wait and see which group of terrorists cares to turn one of our major cities into moonscape. I hope we don't wait and pay a horrible price before we see what stares us in the face.

GOD BLESS ALL OUR TROOPS!!!!!!BRING THEM HOME that said ANYONE who thinks we are at war for any other reason than greed ,is a complete and udder moron, all the companies in charge of supplies and such are all Big BUSH backers! get real people this is how W is paying them back and your children are dying for it! NEVER put an oil baron in the white house no matter what party!

Note to #10, "udder" moron ? Indeed.