First Iraq had WMDs They killed 5,000 Kurds with poison gas. In a Post 9/11 world if you were president what you do? Virtually every member of congress said Iraq had WMDs, What would you do? Your CIA and every allied secret service said Iraq had WMDs, what would you do? The UN passed 17 resolutions demanding that Iraq get rid of their WMDs, what would do? Hussain through out the UN inpectors, what would you do? Rather than wait for Hussain to use the WMDs Bush took a proactive approach, and formed a broed international coalition and removed one of the wordls most viscious dictators. Say what you will about Bush's actions, If Hussian released another gas attack I think you would have been the first one to call for his impeachment. By the way small amounts of poison gas were if fact found In Iraq.. Don't believe me. Chack it out on "Wiki leaks WMDs in Iraq"

crissx09, It's me again, being a pain. The use of "Therapeutic Animals" in treatment of many conditions not readily seen by the general public dates back at least to the Roman Army. There are many service animals other than dogs, too and none of them can legally be denied access to anywhere the disabled person, veteran or not, wants to go. The federal law leaves the "burden of proof" in reverse from the normal America system; a place denying entry must prove that the person doesn't NEED a service animal.

Currently, I have friends, mostly disabled vets because I am one, that have dogs, cats, miniature horses, various birds and one guy that has a "Service Fish." In his case, he hardly ever takes the fish out for a walk, so we'll drop that.

If you saw me, and for some reason I wasn't wearing my eye patch and didn't have my oxygen tank with me (no longer possible, BTW), You would probably think that I was "normal."

But, I have no left lung (since 1968), I've been wound 3 times in service to the nation, I've had two heart attacks, I've had two strokes, I've had two broken backs (one from a bad "jump" in the service) six cancers in the last 43 years (Agent Orange) and a few other minor discomforts. I am still 6'2" and 225 pounds and in reasonable shape for someone that will never see 75 again.

One look and most people would assume that my "hobby" is throwing people off of roofs of tall buildings - instead of 40 DVAMC medical appointments each year. I should and could have a service animal for my heart condition, my eye sight and a really HUGE case of (medically controlled) PTSD from, they say, my enjoying killing people for a living through the 1960's. I like to eat fish, not feed them and I'm allergic to most all animal hair, so I can't get a K-9 "buddy." I did have one, about 1975, but the state made me pass him to a larger and better (for him) home. I still miss him - he was a full-grown Alaskan male wolf.

I hope all that helps with the discussion.
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There's a big difference -- in this case, the police were called in, and they immediately corrected the situation. The system worked, everyone's happy.

And in the motel owner's defense, the veteran had no obvious injury, and clearly didn't need a "seeing-eye" dog, so it reasonable for them to be skeptical when he claims to be a veteran and needs to be with a dog (that was in the car at the time). It sounds just like a guy with a pet trying to get around the "no pets allowed" rule.

The surge worked, despite tremendous political pressure against it.

This Administration even tried to take credit for how Iraq was turning out - as a stable democracy - when Obama pulled our troops out to fulfill his campaign promise just in time for his re-election.

So the ONLY reason your last statement is true is because Obama's actions and non-actions in Syria and Iraq managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory - unless their claim about Iraq being a success story of this Administration were all false.

So which is it??

He's said lots of things that weren't true:

"If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. Period."

"If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan."

He promised that, unlike Bush, he would not have any lobbyists working in his administration.

He said he would close Gitmo, first thing, as President.

"The only involvement I had with Acorn was doing some stuff with the justice department."

"The public will have 5 days to look at every bill that lands on my desk"

"I won't sign any healthcare bill that adds one dime to the deficit"

There are dozens more, but you get the idea.....

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.



It is a real shame. It really isn't that large of a document, try to read the Constitution, you may learn something. Lots of us really find Article X very interesting, just one sentence really.

Do go off into it has been done before land. Just because you made stupid statements, and got away with it don't make it right or you smart. Read the document before you make a fool of yourself.