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		<title>By: A</title>
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		<dc:creator>A</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>to this Nick fellows person.
you sound like a freshman in highschool.
protect are home?
WHAT DO YOU THINK WE ARE DOING
we are protecting americans from the terrorists in iraq.
and these people are fighting because thats what they choose, next time you voice your opinion,know something about what your talking about.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>to this Nick fellows person.<br />
you sound like a freshman in highschool.<br />
protect are home?<br />
WHAT DO YOU THINK WE ARE DOING<br />
we are protecting americans from the terrorists in iraq.<br />
and these people are fighting because thats what they choose, next time you voice your opinion,know something about what your talking about.</p>
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		<title>By: Kermit Johnson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kermit Johnson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Liberal?  Show me the mandate in the U.S. Constitution that says we should get involved in foreign entanglements. Why don&#039;t you stop listening to the loudmouths on AM talk radio and read George Washington&#039;s farewell address if you really want to listen to what a patriot has to say. He warned about getting involved in this type of foreign situation.

Liberal? We are borrowing money to pay for this war.  Did you know we are borrowing it from China?

Liberal? Nothing expands the size of government like war. It never returns to pre-war size. I thought that conservatives did not like big government. Nothing threatens our civil liberties and the Bill of Rights like war. (Conservatives used to believe in protecting us from an over-reaching government. Now they believe in the Patriot Act. If you use the words &quot;civil liberties&quot; you are accused of being a liberal.) 

Liberal?  If you really think this war is essential to our security, will you raise taxes?  If so, who will you tax?  Will you borrow more money?  If so, who will you borrow it from?

Liberal? Conservatives usually believe that government can&#039;t solve our country&#039;s problems.   Perhaps so.  How is it that we think that our government can create a better society in another country halfway around the world?  Can we really do a better job of managing three groups of people that do not want to live together?  It seems to me that Saddam did a better job of keeping Islamist terrorists out  of his country than we ever can. At least al Queda wasn&#039;t running around killing Iraqis at will.

Conservatives used to believe in freedom of religon.  Well,Christians were allowed to practice their faith under Saddam.  A poorly kept secret is the fact that thousands of Iraqi Christians have had to flee the country since the invasion. It is now dangerous to be a Christian in Iraq. 

Liberal? Conservatives used to be wary of government.  Now, if you disagree with your government&#039;s war policy, you are accused of being a liberal or unpatriotic. So, if you don&#039;t listen to government propaganda, you are either a liberal or worse.  

Liberal?  I did not know that U.S. government interventionism was a conservative value.

Conservatives attribute the fall of the Roman Empire to a similar decay of morality that we see in our country today.  Perhaps so. But they forget to mention that the fall was caused my military overstretch in pointless adventures.

There is a strong conservative argument against this war that is being suppressed by the so called neoconservatives, who are not really conservative after all.  

By the way, how do you know when we are finished?  Do we stay there until there are no more car bombs?  Do we leave when the various factions all decorate the ends of their rifles with flowers?  

Do we stay until there is well-established democracy in Iraq?  Do we want a democracy in Iraq?  Palestinian elections favored Hamas. Elections in Egypt favored the Islamic brotherhood.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Liberal?  Show me the mandate in the U.S. Constitution that says we should get involved in foreign entanglements. Why don&#8217;t you stop listening to the loudmouths on AM talk radio and read George Washington&#8217;s farewell address if you really want to listen to what a patriot has to say. He warned about getting involved in this type of foreign situation.</p>
<p>Liberal? We are borrowing money to pay for this war.  Did you know we are borrowing it from China?</p>
<p>Liberal? Nothing expands the size of government like war. It never returns to pre-war size. I thought that conservatives did not like big government. Nothing threatens our civil liberties and the Bill of Rights like war. (Conservatives used to believe in protecting us from an over-reaching government. Now they believe in the Patriot Act. If you use the words &#8220;civil liberties&#8221; you are accused of being a liberal.) </p>
<p>Liberal?  If you really think this war is essential to our security, will you raise taxes?  If so, who will you tax?  Will you borrow more money?  If so, who will you borrow it from?</p>
<p>Liberal? Conservatives usually believe that government can&#8217;t solve our country&#8217;s problems.   Perhaps so.  How is it that we think that our government can create a better society in another country halfway around the world?  Can we really do a better job of managing three groups of people that do not want to live together?  It seems to me that Saddam did a better job of keeping Islamist terrorists out  of his country than we ever can. At least al Queda wasn&#8217;t running around killing Iraqis at will.</p>
<p>Conservatives used to believe in freedom of religon.  Well,Christians were allowed to practice their faith under Saddam.  A poorly kept secret is the fact that thousands of Iraqi Christians have had to flee the country since the invasion. It is now dangerous to be a Christian in Iraq. </p>
<p>Liberal? Conservatives used to be wary of government.  Now, if you disagree with your government&#8217;s war policy, you are accused of being a liberal or unpatriotic. So, if you don&#8217;t listen to government propaganda, you are either a liberal or worse.  </p>
<p>Liberal?  I did not know that U.S. government interventionism was a conservative value.</p>
<p>Conservatives attribute the fall of the Roman Empire to a similar decay of morality that we see in our country today.  Perhaps so. But they forget to mention that the fall was caused my military overstretch in pointless adventures.</p>
<p>There is a strong conservative argument against this war that is being suppressed by the so called neoconservatives, who are not really conservative after all.  </p>
<p>By the way, how do you know when we are finished?  Do we stay there until there are no more car bombs?  Do we leave when the various factions all decorate the ends of their rifles with flowers?  </p>
<p>Do we stay until there is well-established democracy in Iraq?  Do we want a democracy in Iraq?  Palestinian elections favored Hamas. Elections in Egypt favored the Islamic brotherhood.</p>
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		<title>By: tyler</title>
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		<dc:creator>tyler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>we should finish what we started. so i agree not to withdrawl from Iraq</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>we should finish what we started. so i agree not to withdrawl from Iraq</p>
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		<title>By: Chavez Hooah</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chavez Hooah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am sick and tired of people who don&#039;t stand behind their own troops and government. The bottom line is, if we left Iraq, things would get even uglier than they are now. No, they won&#039;t like us more if we leave. No, they won&#039;t stop terrorizing if we leave. If we leave, they&#039;re just going to think that they&#039;ve won this war and guess what? They play off of the &quot;fact&quot; that they beat America, and draw in more support to their cause. Think about it. This article makes more sense than all of your mindless, liberal bullshit combined. Think about it.

Oh, and by the way: you want the troops to come home and spend the rest of their lives with their families? Let me tell you something. Our military is volunteer. VOLUNTEER. Do you understand the meaning of this word? They understand why we can&#039;t leave. Oh, and they&#039;re over there fighting to protect their families. They&#039;re fighting to protect your dumb asses. If you don&#039;t stand behind them, please, feel free to stand in front of them. Because God knows this country doesn&#039;t want you if you don&#039;t support it. You rally for peace, to leave Iraq, to make love not war; if you hate America so much, then leave.

Another thing, it doesn&#039;t matter what you think we should do about the war, because it&#039;s not up to you. That&#039;s what Congress is for, people.

And for God&#039;s sake, learn how to spell. You&#039;d think that because you know &quot;so much&quot; about this country, you&#039;d be able to spell correctly. Go back to second grade.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am sick and tired of people who don&#8217;t stand behind their own troops and government. The bottom line is, if we left Iraq, things would get even uglier than they are now. No, they won&#8217;t like us more if we leave. No, they won&#8217;t stop terrorizing if we leave. If we leave, they&#8217;re just going to think that they&#8217;ve won this war and guess what? They play off of the &#8220;fact&#8221; that they beat America, and draw in more support to their cause. Think about it. This article makes more sense than all of your mindless, liberal bullshit combined. Think about it.</p>
<p>Oh, and by the way: you want the troops to come home and spend the rest of their lives with their families? Let me tell you something. Our military is volunteer. VOLUNTEER. Do you understand the meaning of this word? They understand why we can&#8217;t leave. Oh, and they&#8217;re over there fighting to protect their families. They&#8217;re fighting to protect your dumb asses. If you don&#8217;t stand behind them, please, feel free to stand in front of them. Because God knows this country doesn&#8217;t want you if you don&#8217;t support it. You rally for peace, to leave Iraq, to make love not war; if you hate America so much, then leave.</p>
<p>Another thing, it doesn&#8217;t matter what you think we should do about the war, because it&#8217;s not up to you. That&#8217;s what Congress is for, people.</p>
<p>And for God&#8217;s sake, learn how to spell. You&#8217;d think that because you know &#8220;so much&#8221; about this country, you&#8217;d be able to spell correctly. Go back to second grade.</p>
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		<title>By: Davi GG</title>
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		<dc:creator>Davi GG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, just to tell all the americans that the vision of your country after bush command, its anwfull, and discasting almost for ALL the rest of the world.

Mostly entire europe think that EEUU are the biggest problem in the world, like a cancer, your model of society is dying, and all your &quot;western film like&quot; attitude its like when you see the taller and fat and of course ugliest boy of the high school class that he`s always pushing every body to feel someone himself. 

Maybe its just because you dont have any real cultural roots,only 300 or 400 years and feel such a kind of mental problem.

Its funny to see how the yanki people have let the war industry to vamp all your country, even near to an economic disaster, and they let you believe something funny as &quot;the problem of trash credits&quot;. 

Dont be silly about to be or not to be, its just MONEY.

and finally 8 million its the direct casualties, if you add all the dictators you have supported in the last 100 years you get ¡¡¡ 37,8 million¡¡¡. 

your country its a terrorist country, and you president must be juged as war criminal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, just to tell all the americans that the vision of your country after bush command, its anwfull, and discasting almost for ALL the rest of the world.</p>
<p>Mostly entire europe think that EEUU are the biggest problem in the world, like a cancer, your model of society is dying, and all your &#8220;western film like&#8221; attitude its like when you see the taller and fat and of course ugliest boy of the high school class that he`s always pushing every body to feel someone himself. </p>
<p>Maybe its just because you dont have any real cultural roots,only 300 or 400 years and feel such a kind of mental problem.</p>
<p>Its funny to see how the yanki people have let the war industry to vamp all your country, even near to an economic disaster, and they let you believe something funny as &#8220;the problem of trash credits&#8221;. </p>
<p>Dont be silly about to be or not to be, its just MONEY.</p>
<p>and finally 8 million its the direct casualties, if you add all the dictators you have supported in the last 100 years you get ¡¡¡ 37,8 million¡¡¡. </p>
<p>your country its a terrorist country, and you president must be juged as war criminal.</p>
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		<title>By: TopSecret</title>
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		<dc:creator>TopSecret</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If we leave Iraq, that means all soldiers died for nothing in Iraq !!!!!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If we leave Iraq, that means all soldiers died for nothing in Iraq !!!!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Isaiah</title>
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		<dc:creator>Isaiah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree. Everyone always says we&#039;re losing so many soldiers over their, it&#039;s a pointless effort, and they deserve to be at home, not fighting elsewhere. However, people often don&#039;t even know why we&#039;re still their. We are helping support Iraq right now, stabilize their government and make sure it won&#039;t fall apart as soon as we leave. Remember Korea; when America brought our troops home, North Korea instantly took advantage.

Also, if we leave Iraq now and their new found democracy, now all the soldiers that did die, have now died in vein. To add to this, other nations might find us as unable to finish the job, that we&#039;re not weak, possibly leading to even more attacks on the U.S, not only killing soldiers, but innocent by standers. 

Bottom line, we started this job, and we shouldn&#039;t leave until it&#039;s finished</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree. Everyone always says we&#8217;re losing so many soldiers over their, it&#8217;s a pointless effort, and they deserve to be at home, not fighting elsewhere. However, people often don&#8217;t even know why we&#8217;re still their. We are helping support Iraq right now, stabilize their government and make sure it won&#8217;t fall apart as soon as we leave. Remember Korea; when America brought our troops home, North Korea instantly took advantage.</p>
<p>Also, if we leave Iraq now and their new found democracy, now all the soldiers that did die, have now died in vein. To add to this, other nations might find us as unable to finish the job, that we&#8217;re not weak, possibly leading to even more attacks on the U.S, not only killing soldiers, but innocent by standers. </p>
<p>Bottom line, we started this job, and we shouldn&#8217;t leave until it&#8217;s finished</p>
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		<title>By: Mister</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mister</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Im a little shocked at the comments being posted. Did people even take time to read the article and understand it? This article makes so much scence, its not even funny.

People say that the troops need to be home with their families....I swear I hear people say that everytime the war is being brought up. Well, I say that they wouldnt exactly be known as a US Soldior if they werent serving their country at all, no matter what the reasons may be. The troops have what most americans dont have today....and thats NATIONALISM. Nationalism is what keeps them going. They have faith, and I support the troops in Iraq.

People really need to understand this, and face reality here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Im a little shocked at the comments being posted. Did people even take time to read the article and understand it? This article makes so much scence, its not even funny.</p>
<p>People say that the troops need to be home with their families&#8230;.I swear I hear people say that everytime the war is being brought up. Well, I say that they wouldnt exactly be known as a US Soldior if they werent serving their country at all, no matter what the reasons may be. The troops have what most americans dont have today&#8230;.and thats NATIONALISM. Nationalism is what keeps them going. They have faith, and I support the troops in Iraq.</p>
<p>People really need to understand this, and face reality here.</p>
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		<title>By: RtodaJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>RtodaJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gangster has very good points but when was WW3?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gangster has very good points but when was WW3?</p>
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		<title>By: Steven</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In response to Ehsen,

Hitler managed to kill Over 11 million people just in concentration camps over a 12 year period. So when you put our 8 million killed in perspective I think you can say we are saving the world.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In response to Ehsen,</p>
<p>Hitler managed to kill Over 11 million people just in concentration camps over a 12 year period. So when you put our 8 million killed in perspective I think you can say we are saving the world.</p>
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