But why do most Americans think it's our duty to police the world. I guess possibly because it's a responsibility of the most powerful country in the world to straighten things out. We sit here and scold at the people of the past who thought that slavery wasn't a bad thing at all. In their view, they honestly believed that slavery wasn't wrong. 100 years from now, people will sit there and scold at the U.S. for honestly believing that we have any sort of authority over Iraq, or any country for that matter. I don't even care for the cause of why we're in Iraq anymore. My main beef is that the American government currently thinks they have to police other countries. So far, we as the citizens of America have been led to believe that there are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. I distinctly remember sitting in a classroom watching the Live feed of Colin Powell and Condelleeza Rice making their case for invading Iraq. It wasn't to free the Iraqis, and it wasn't for oil, it was because Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. They even presented satelite photos of several buildings believed to be related to the weapons. However, I do believe that our government needs to finish what they started. Whether it was the right thing to do to invade Iraq, is really now just a moot point. Bush has been reelected, and 1200+ Americans have died. The Mayflower Compact, the very first basis of written laws in the new world (that we know of) was written in 1620. It has taken nearly 400 years for our government to get to what it is now. How can you expect to have a government up and running in a few years. It just isn't possible. Once Bush's terms are up, I believe that an extreme democrat will arise from the mass and pull the troops, out thinking the new government will suffice.

Like it has been said, Bush's administration stirred up a bee's nest that may not be able to run from.