Are you a pacifist?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

[TwilightGardener]

1. Not a pacifist, prefer not to go to war, but will support it when necessary.

[onehandle]

2. Which is called a 'Dove' according to Wikipedia. That would be myself as well. nt

[jefferson_dem]

3. +1.

n/t

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

4. FWIW, that's my answer too.

And I've always thought that Afghanistan was the front we needed to be on, not Iraq. I'm just happy that he's defined a timeline and objectives for success.

[TwilightGardener]

5. Feel the same way.

[rebel with a cause]

13. Ditto.

I have always been against an unjustified war, but like most of America I did not oppose the one in Afghanistan. My problem was that after having done a study on Johnson and Vietnam, I saw Afghanistan as just an excuse (a training ground) for bush to use to attack Iraq. And that is what he did. Iraq was the unjustified war.

[Orsino]

6. Other. Mostly a pacifist...

...who acknowledges the right to self-defense, and perhaps even the defense of others.

One who sees all war as failure.

[treestar]

7. Not a pacifist but prefers not to go

If there is any other way.

We didn't need to start Afghanistan at all, but in Oct. 2001, only a tiny minority was against it.

I'm against it for "helping." If Saddam Hussein is a country's President, they are stuck with him until they through him out themselves.

[Sebastian Doyle]

8. I don't oppose all wars. I oppose DUMB wars.

But unlike the guy I stole that quote from, I actually mean it.

Because everything after August 1945 has been DUMB wars.

[murdoch]

9. I am an anti-imperialist hawk

I am a hawk - against empires, like the United States. I hope countries like Cuba, Venezuela, Nepal, and workers movements around the world push any American, Israeli or European empire out of their countries, by whatever means necessary.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

10. Enjoy your visit from Agent Mike! (nt)

[Clio the Leo]

11. Good poll. NT

[optimator]

12. war is for defense only

and Obama's war is not for defense.
It is preemption.