they just had common enemies.  They had very little contact with each other and didn't perform joint operations.  So at least that point in the original post is valid. IMHO.

Japan's role in tying up a lot of Russian troops was their main part of the cooperation.  That the russkies went through them like a hot knife in '45 is true, but they did make Stalin leave a couple of army groups out east...

wow- I thought you handle was a penile reference!  Glad to see it was a description of mental depth.  

Just giving you shit over a pretty fun but useless post.  This is a complex situation and will require complex work to undo.

Whatever.  Think I care what you think?  I am unemployed AGAIN, wound up owing the IRS $7k the first time I was laid off because I didn't pay the proper penalties, it was $9K by the time I got remployed.  People who owe MILLIONS of dollars settle for THOUSANDS, yet they made me pay every gd penny.  Now we are spending BILLIONS of dollars to support people who hate us.  Eventually, we will have to pay that cost.  And the BILLIONS don't even matter when it comes to the loss of life of those dying over there - not to mention those that are seriously injured.  Bush declared the "job finished".  Unless we pull out, it will just go on and on and on, just like Viet Nam did.  Maybe leveling one of their cities seems harsh, maybe you have a better answer?

[put nuclear inspectors in Libya,
   Iran and North Korea
]

WRONG

not one single inspector is in North Korea, as a matter of fact its estimated that N.Korea now has over 6 Nuclear bombs. Perhaps bush didnt learn from pakistan. a 3rd world country with nukes WILL sell them.

and as for the inspectors in Iran, bush didnt do that; the UN did.

You're entitled to your opinion, but you'd be wise to not reveal how you arrived at your opinion if it's based on so many inaccuracies.

1) Your point about violence in American cities being greater than in Iraq points out two things:
  a) You aren't counting Iraqi deaths
  b) We should be spending money in America to fix our internal
     problems rather than sending it to Iraq

2) Germany declared war on us in WWII.

3) In the Korea War the US was acting as part of the UN

4) In Vietnam, the US was trying to support an existing political
  regime, not overthrow one.  (That would be Panama & Grenada
  ....think Ronald Reagan)

5) Clinton sent troops to Bosnia with the participation of
  UN and NATO nations (that was one of the complaints of the
  conservatives!)

6) The reports about Osama's whereabouts were never from credible
  sources and the one missle attact that Clinton ordered was
  criticize by the Conservatives (who didn't like anything that
  Clinton did)

7) If you consider regime change to be "liberation" then you're
  correct about the 2 countries that Bush as liberated. But
  since neither has been turned over to credible local governing
  groups, you'd have to admit that the job is far from over
  and not necessarily likely to end in success!)

8) There are no weapons inspectors in Iran or N. Korea (and there
  won't be anytime soon), but he did get Libya to agree to be
  less beligerent (although at a heavy cost of elevating its
  trading partner status). Bush did capture Hussein.

9) The Janet Reno remark is foolish.  She was trying to avoid
  bloodshed while Bush was unleashing it. And it's open to
  debate whether we've "taken" Iraq or it's taking us.

10) The Hillary remark is also foolish. She eventual found the
   billing records...Bush will never find the WMDs.

11) The Ted Kennedy remark just shows that nobody relishes a
   scandal as much as a neo-Con.

12) We should have taken more time to count the votes in
   Flordia. A fruitless exercise when the Governor
   (and Supreme Court)has already decided the outcome.

13) Morale in the military is the lowest its been since
   Valley Forge.  Talk to the reservists who were sent to
   Iraq for a year...then 18 months...then 2 years...

14) Finally, the myth of the liberal press should be reserved
   for a call-in to Rush, Sean and O'Reilly whose programs
   dominate the airwaves crowding out any protest of the
   repetition of drival (represented in your post).

Wake up...

- Trilby

Great response! I love the logical support of your position you offer here, Mr. Moore.

Do you think the Iraqi majority is behind these attacks or the foreigners who flooded over the border with a chance to push their agenda safely (and I may add cowardly) away from their own families.

So do you really think these suicide bombers give a crap about a city in Iraq getting leveled? I'm guessing they don't.

Of course the suicide bombers don't care.  However, the rest of the population will have an extreme interest in at least making an effort to stop them.  Also, in these cities are likely "safe houses" and the places where the bombs are made and prepared.  If you lived in Iraq and saw one or two cities completely leveled AS PROMISED, don't you think you'd be extremely unlikely to let a suicide bomber set up shop in your neighborhood?

Sure, it is cold and heartless.  But we have tried the "be a good neighbor" approach and that has not seemed to work.

Finally, it is clear that a lot of U.S. companies are making huge profits at the expense of both the Iraqi people and their own employees.  It is a shame that Iraqi's can not find work, yet a U.S. citizen can go over there and make $80,000 a year,  (Personally, I would not go to Iraq for a MILLION dollars A DAY!)

That pretty much invalidates the point that we attacked Germany when it was Japan who perpetrated Pearl Harbor.