Post 13

The war in Iraq sparked after the acts of terrorism on US soil. It is hard to say whether one supports or doesn't support the war, however I believe that the US had enough reason to begin the war. The attacks on September 11, 2001 was the worst loss of life that America had ever seen in its history. Sun Tzu says that "it is a matter of life or death, a road either to safety or to ruin" (Art of War 356). As this applies to the United States, not retaliating to the attacks would have let the nation be viewed as weak and vulnerable. Attacking Iraq allowed the US to be seen as a force to be reckoned with. President Bush went with this point, as he addressed the nation, clarifying that we "will not live in at the mercy of an outlaw regime" (Times 1). Americans refused to be fearful, and, instead, became furious. In a way, Americans were "blinded by lust and wrath" (Bhagavad Gita 476), but more wrath than anything. With the amount of wrath and hatred the nation possessed, something had to be done. Therefore, a war seemed to be the solution to all of our problems.