Serious question, if you support the Iraq war: Why?

Question

I know there's a lot of smartass answers flying around, but I am truly curious for anyone who does support the Iraq war: why?

When the Bush team clearly stated there were WMDs and there were not, then he made a joke of it. Halliburton (Dick Cheney's ex-company) gets no-bid construction contracts to re-build what parts of Iraq Dick Cheney orders destroyed. When Cheney and Rumsfeld are part of the Project For a New American Century that states explicitly that oil should be controlled by the USA. When there is no proven link between Iraq and 9/11. When Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bush all did not participate (or did in a most peripheral way) in actual military service, yet still are gung-ho about war.

How can you support this war on any level, economic, moral, political, self-defensive, etc.?

I've made clear what I thnk, I would be very curious to hear what others think without a lot of smart-assery. Thanks and though we disagree, I wish peace upon you and your family.

Answer 1

Here is a rational argument for the Iraq war:

1) We couldn't monitor Saddam Hussein perpetually. At some point, our attention is going to get distracted, and he would have reconstituted his weapons programs. Look what happened with North Korea. If we're not watching these devious little countries every moment, they can do great harm.

2) WMD's: you may disagree with this, but I firmly believe Saddam, with the help of the Russians, removed his WMDs to Syria. Read the link below. It is quite a compelling argument.

3) Saddam was getting around the Oil For Food program restrictions by bribing the governments of France, Russia, and Germany. Sanctions were supposed to force him to comply with the 17 UN Resolutions. However, he could have continued indefinitely under this arrangement. He was literally buying the "no war" vote from these countries.

4) Saddam was a threat to his own people, and his neighbors. Every week, the Iraqi military was shooting at our planes patrolling the No Fly Zone, which kept the Kurds safe.

5) Saddam's links to terrorism? How about the fact he was giving $25,000 to the families of suicide bombers? Or the fact that Al-Zarkawi was in an Iraqi hospital, a guest of the government?

6) We can't make the UN act responsibly, but we had a duty to keep the institution from becoming totally irrelevant. If we let Iraq defy 17 UN resolutions, how many other countries would ever take the UN seriously again? It's like when a parent tells a child to go to bed, but the child knows he can just stall indefinitely. If the UN isn't taken seriously, it might as well disband.

7) Economic reasons for intervention: Saddam Hussein and his family were using as Iraq like their own private piggy bank. He was stealing the Iraqi people blind. The economy of Iraq would never support the population and raise people up from poverty because Saddam and his evil clan were taking it all themselves.

8) Moral reasons for intervention: Saddam was a brutal dictator. You should see films of his rape rooms, his tortures (real tortures.... cutting off hands, etc. By comparison, Abu Ghraib under our control was like Frathouse pranks)

9) Political reasons for intervention: democratic countries never wage war against one another. It's a fact. Find two democratic countries that have warred against each other. Doesn't happen. Therefore, we are creating the seeds of peace in the Middle East by making democracies out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Countries all over the Middle East are now clamoring for democracy. See the link quoting Walid Jumblatt: The Berlin Wall Has fallen.
"It's strange for me to say it, but this process of change has started because of the American invasion of Iraq," explains Jumblatt. "I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people voting three weeks ago, 8 million of them, it was the start of a new Arab world." Jumblatt says this spark of democratic revolt is spreading. "The Syrian people, the Egyptian people, all say that something is changing. The Berlin Wall has fallen. We can see it."

10) Self-defense reasons for the intervention: better to fight the war on terror overseas than among the burnt out ruins of U.S. cities.

Answer 2

I was 50-50 going in. Saddam was a tyrant, but the invasion of a country, when you know there are ulterior motives, oil, lean on Iran, didn't seem like reason to invade. But when Bush said Saddam you and your sons must step down or be invaded, well, he crossed the Rubicon (sp) You don't make that threat and don't back it up. At that point, I knew we are going. I believed he had WMD's and that he was a threat to other countries. It turns out , they had small programs that violated UN resolutions, but nothing that was a real threat. I believe Bush got some CIA information, but cherry-picked it for the result he wanted.

Let's face it, they haven't conducted the war as well as it should have been. Need more boots on the ground. No bids contracts.

What I hope for is sovereign Iraqi government that can defend itself and is a representative republic, with a system of checks and balances. And we shouldn't with draw until we are certain it is going to work, or not. And it depends largely on the Iraqi government and people. If it works, hen maybe it was worth it. And we may not know that for many years after President Bush has left office.

Answer 3

No, i do not help the conflict or wars more often than not. i do not help it really because, it replaced into meant to were a little while period challenge. The U.S. military has overstayed it really is welcome. The purpose replaced into to locate the suspected Chemical,organic and organic and nuclear guns,which never existed (making the full element seem even a lot less justified) and to remove Saddam Hussein until eventually a sparkling celebration replaced him. That already got here about a at the same time as in the past. So,why are the individuals nevertheless there ? for sure,to wrestle Al-Qaeda dudes who're taking images at them. Iraq is now worse off then at the same time as Saddam replaced into in power. little ones now could commence operating in the previous like age 12, because the economic gadget took a nostril dive and the mothers and fathers are both unemployed,lifeless or suffering to get by ability of. the project is almost the very similar as at the same time as Germany lost WW1 and the Deutsche Mark grew to develop into valueless,unemployment and desperation rampant and a guy named Adolf Hitler entered the Political scene. Now, the customary Iranian chief can take earnings of the project. attributable to the yankee led militant invasion of Iraq. at the same time as the yankee military leaves. That total region will develop into like Iran and their united Islamic military will swell previous some thing the international has ever considered. If the yankee military continues to be to confront Iran instantly. that's going to be the authentic starting up of WW3.

Answer 4

I aggree that we may not belong in the middle east. My theory is look at the US's position on a map with our allies and the countries that we are in right now with marked red. The US is in two countries on either side on Iran. If Iran decides to do anything with weapons of mass destruction or other stuff like that, the US is in a great position. I think that what you said about the link between Iraq and 9/11, there isn't any really strong link except terrorists were in Iraq. You need to rember why we went to war with Iraq in the first place.

Answer 5

I partially agree with you in the idea that we may not belong over there. Personally I believe the US has enough problems right here in our own country to keep us occupied rather than going all over the world fixing every other governments mistakes.

My support goes out to my fellow servicemembers who really don't have the option to pick just how far we want to support our elected government. It is really hard to be asked to spend years away from your loved ones, especially when you see that your fellow citizens don't even support you. I know a lot of responses to that will be "well than why did you join than, I didn't make you" well my answer is if me and those who share my profession didn't, who would?

Answer 6

I do not support the war, or any war for that matter. I do support our troops that are doing a job that they were trained for and ordered to do. We cannot deny our troops the support they deserve because of our disapproval of the political agenda.

Answer 7

NO I DO NOT SUPPORT THE US TROOPS AND/OR STAND FOR THE FLAG. I BELIEVE THE USA MILITARY IS RACIST BECAUSE THEY IS MESSING WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THEY HAVE ALREADY DID BLACKS WRONG AND STILL IS.

THEY NEED TO LEAVE IRAG PEOPLE AND AL QUAIDA

THE AMERIKKKA IS THE MOST RACIST COUNTRY EVER!!!!