Opinion of the situation in Iraq and, more specifically, public perception of such opinion have fallen into the trap of a false alternatives fallacy: you are either hawkish, inane with a facade of interest in national security (pro-war, still support invasion) or rational (anti-war, against invasion). I am not saying that I support this war or even our invasion; like many, I find our reason for being there to be oil rather than national security. This massive disdain for our presence over there is metamorphosing into a feeling that Saddam Hussein should never had his American-created power revoked, a notion I disagree with, I feel that he should have been removed from power just as many human rights advocates do, and I also agree with Dr. Schulz's argument that things would be very, very different in Iraq if we went into the country for the advancement of human rights. My opinion about Iraq can be summarized in this statement: the Peace Corps should be in Iraq, not the Marine Corps. However, I do believe that we should have had presence in Darfur from the onset of the genocide, an action that would have certainly ended it. I believe that we need to establish a military presence in Africa so we can be prepared for the possibility of another event of similar kin. We need to forward the cause of democracy on the international front, not practice subservience to obstinacy.