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"I would like to say to Cindy Sheehan and her supporters: Don't be a group of unthinking lemmings," said Mitzy Kenny of Ridgeley, West Virginia, whose husband died in Iraq last year. She said the anti-war demonstrations "can affect the war in a really negative way. It gives the enemy hope."

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[_jejune]

My 10-second take on this issue:
- Preemptive defense is a shady area in international politics. A country is only supposed to go to war if it needs to defend itself. Military action is a stupid loophole.
- It would be really irresponsible for the US to pull out of Iraq now: we should be there until the country is stable.
- Unfortunately, Iraq will not be stable for awhile, if ever. Our choices are: withdraw now, civil war now; or withdraw later, civil war later.
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[zacharyisageek]

"Also, my father is a republican, hates Bush and didn't want us to intervene in Iraq in the first place."

I know a lot of people who share that sentiment.

[_jejune]

Are any of these people from the midwest or the bible belt though?

Bush isn't actually from that area - he didn't grow up there, so I have no idea why so many people feel like they can relate to him. I don't know any middle-class, ultra-conservative Christians that aspire to go to Yale... and can afford it. (Though, to be fair, I don't know any ultra-conservative Christians, period. Maybe conservative Catholics, but they don't count)

[zacharyisageek]

No, most of them are from this area, and only one of them is a conservative christian.