I support the war. Am I wrong?

Seems everyone is debating this war from a different premise. Everyone has their own “truth” that they’re “certain” of. I have my own truths for sure, but I don’t claim to be certain of them. The reality is, none of us knows for sure what’s true and what isn’t. All we have is words from govt and words from media. Both sources are suspect even in the best of times, and it’s that much worse when it comes to wartime.

I understand we were lied to in 2003 about Iraq. But that’s armchair QB stuff. At the time of invasion, several govt intelligence agencies all believed Iraq had WMD. They either truly believed that, or it’s the greatest lie ever told and managed to be kept secret by thousands of people within those agencies for quite a while… until it finally came out.

Maybe we are being lied to again. I’m willing to entertain that thought. And if that thought is proven true, I’ll join the crusade against this war and I’ll help scream from the rooftops how wrong it is.

But until then, I am willing to support the effort, and I base that support on some things I am willing to accept as truth. Those things are as follows:

• Iran has a strong desire to obtain a nuclear weapon, and to use it, if acquired.
• Iran’s nuclear enrichment capability was destroyed last year.
• The material Iran had already enriched may not have been destroyed.
• Iran will never stop trying to acquire nuclear weapons under the current regime.
• Iran has been rapidly building up its conventional weapons arsenal.
• Iran, at some point soon, will have a large enough arsenal of conventional weapons to prevent anyone from stopping them from rebuilding their nuclear enrichment capabilities.
• Israel was going to bomb Iran with or without us.
• If we didn’t participate, our bases in the ME would have been hit, and therefore, we’d still be heavily involved.
• Iran does not need the ability to strike the US mainland with any weapon to cause great harm to the US

Until proven false, I’m willing to accept all the above as truth.

Based on that, I am supportive of the war effort. I’m cautiously optimistic of the outcome. I’m cautious because it’s the middle east and those people are irrational and barbaric. You just can’t predict how they’ll behave. I’m optimistic because the man pulling the strings plays to win. He doesn’t play to “not lose”. He’s egotistical, and his entire legacy rests on this outcome.