bush needs to leave iraq alone. he killed the guy he was lookin for now he needs to bring the troops home to be with their families. it makes me so mad to think about all of the people starving here because we dont have the finances to feed them but we have it to start a war and make it last like 4 or 5 years.... idk i lost count at 1. but if you agree let me know because something really needs to be done.
2006-06-26 01:20:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
We have groups out there whose sole (and stated) purpose is to kill us. If they aren't stopped there won't be anyone starving here. There won't be anyone here unless you wear a turbin and use a prayer rug. It's kind of like the highschool bully who wants to take the lunch money you wanted to give your friend. You have to deal with the bully or you nor your friend will eat lunch....but the bully doesn't just want the money. He wants to kill you both and has said so.
The vast majority of the Iraqi people want us there and the troops volunteered to be there. I see no problem here.
'nam vet
2006-06-26 01:30:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For one thing I don't think the Posse Commitatus( I hope I spelled that right) act has been repealed.
Not to seem cynical dear but there are people starving in every country in the world. LBJ started the War on Poverty. We've spent over 6 trillion dollars on programs started in that war and there are still people starving in the US today. You say we should spend more. If 6 trillion didn't fix the problem how much would what we've spent on Iraq do?
Frankly I'm just a little ticked at both sides right now. A 2. what billion dollar budget and it's not enough to make ends meet? Do we have any CPAs at the OMB?
You can blame Bush for everything if you want to. I'm blaming Republicans and Democrat for not getting together and doing something constructive.
2006-06-26 01:37:10 · answer #2 · answered by namsaev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's not blame Bush for starving Americans. It's been a long line of Presidents that ignore the needs of the poor in this country. He is not the first, and won't be the last. If our troops leave Iraq the Terrorist will have won, this will show them that their no repussions for their reign of terror. It will also provide them with a strong hold and base of operations just like Afganistan had become. These terrorist are not just killing GIs they are also killing civilians that do not want the Taliban type regime in Iraq. If we leave now, it will save the lives of American Troops, but it will cost American lives in the long run and the attrocities these people would commit, would compete with Hitler.
Our troops need to stay the course, This will all end one day.
2006-06-26 03:24:19 · answer #3 · answered by Bill S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not agree. We have freedom here. Those starving Americans can go out and earn a living. They can apply for welfare. They have options.
Iraqi women were not allowed to be seen in public without a burkah. They were not allowed to vote, hold a job, not allowed the basic freedoms you take for granted. They (the Iraqi people in general) did not have religious freedom-another one of those things you and I just take for granted. Imagine your house being broken into in the middle of the night, your mother or little sister being raped in front of the whole family, and having no right to file charges. Imagine being pulled from your home because you dared to speak in front of a man who you weren't married to.
Even if you disagree completely with me, packing up and leaving Iraq now would leave the place in total disarray. It would be a huge disaster for that nation.
Ad Bush did NOT get the guy he was after. He got a major player, but not THE player.
The main crux of your question is that people are suffering here & need help while the Iraqis should help themselves. People here can help themselves. The iraqi people were basically slaves to this dictator. It's a good question, I hope you take my answer in the spirit is was given-not as admonishment, but as a different view.
2006-06-26 01:34:52 · answer #4 · answered by kelly24592 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many of the people who need help in the US do not need government help, per se - they need the help of ordinary people. They need the help of businesses, clerks, regular people. You can't regulate simple kindness and humanitarianism. Bush in Iraq is a different matter. He lied about the reason for going there, and invaded a sovereign state simply because he wanted its oil, and didn't like its leader (even though the US gave Hussein weapons to fight Iran 20 years ago). So, now, American soldiers are fighting not for oil, not for freedom, but for American pride, to ensure that Iraq is not the next Vietnam, or Afghanistan.
But if you are truly worried, ask yourself this - Is the American presence in Iraq saving lives? If you say yes, then that is all you need to know. The US made this situation, and now it is trying to save the lives of the very people it purportedly wanted to help in the first place. If that is the only thing it accomplishes, that is a good thing.
2006-06-26 01:30:59 · answer #5 · answered by poohmanchu3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you one of the people who voted Bush to power for a second term? what happened to the senses of people who thought that Iraq is a threat to USA?? why have the once allies of US become its adversaries? aren't saddam and laden the by-products of policies of CIA ?? well, any war is ridiculous... realising it only after years of doing it is foolishness. however, i agree with you that using the peoples money to fight a war on terror where there is none is a very shameful act, which i think is a desperate attempt to appease the ego of a war-mongering person unfit to hold the office of the most powerful seat in the world.
2006-06-26 01:35:50 · answer #6 · answered by casanova_indica 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unemployment is almost at an all time low, And there are plenty of welfare programs for those who cannot work....The USA spends more on social programs than most countries have to spent....Wake up..
2006-06-26 12:01:41 · answer #7 · answered by SFC_Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with you, Ive always wanted to know why bush is helping another country when his own country needs his help. i just love the fact that our tax dollars go to pay for this war.
a military wife
2006-06-26 12:48:50 · answer #8 · answered by Heather W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people will agree with you except those who they have some self esteem problem or benefits from war.
2006-06-26 01:28:45 · answer #9 · answered by bashar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excellent point.
Unfortunately, politicians find no profit from helping people that truly need it, so it doesn't get done.
2006-06-26 01:24:53 · answer #10 · answered by Truth Seeker 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋