Iraq

I've heard many people criticizing the Americans for being in Iraq. No, I don't approve of everything the Americans do. However, it's easy to sit back in Canada and criticize. The fact is, most Canadians have forgotten (or never realized in the first place), now much the attacks on Sept 11, 2001 hurt the Americans. America is now dealing with the fact that a hostile force is willing to kill large numbers of civilians, unless the Americans let a small group violent Muslims impose their ideas wherever they want to impose their ideas (including on their fellow Muslims who lack such radical tendencies). Likewise, America is constantly living with the fact that the only reason why these terrorists did not use a nuclear bomb on New York City is that they didn't have one. Am I happy if the Americans seem to act high handed, unilaterally or play a little fast and loose with some civil rights? No. Would I do the same thing in the same circumstances? Absolutely. It's easy to sit in Canada and criticize the Americans, but I think it is a poorly thought out complaint.