2006-06-29 01:00:21 · 22 answers · asked by Martin K 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I wonder how many dead US soldiers you would have thought were 'acceptable' before we pulled out of WWII? We could just mow Iraq down and turn it into a potato field (this was suggested with Germany after WWII).
Inflamatory questions such as this do not really get to the heart of the debate.
2006-06-29 01:04:26 · answer #1 · answered by Michelle A 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
bush has made it clear that he will not pull out until he accomplishes his goals, which include stopping violence, ending many militia groups, establishing a democracy, and making sure that the citizens of iraq are safe. he doesn't care how many soldiers are dead. even more sickening are the number of deaths of the iraq citizens, the people we are suppose to be helping we are destroying even more. bush has a narrow mind, he can't see all the damage that he's done to his reputation and the country of iraq. also, if he pulls out now, people will wonder why he didn't do it sooner...or....why we left when iraq is in such horrible state. either way, he's developed a horrible reputation and lost many supporters. whats scary is that if we continue to see no development in the war and bush refuses to pull out due to iraq being unstable, this could develop into a cold war, lasting another couple of years.
2006-06-29 03:08:51 · answer #2 · answered by lost cause 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Military decisions are based on outcomes, not body count. The only time casualty figures matter is if losses are staggeringly high. Our casualty figure are not even close to being high.
The casualty numbers remain higher than they should be because all the support the insurgent-terrorists are getting from the Democrats in the US. This encourages them to continue, to attack high cable-coverage targets so they will get on CNN, to use women and children as shields for propaganda purposes.
Like with Vietnam (and this is the only comparable thing between the 2 wars), the enemy only has to carry on and let their 'useful idiot' allies in the US act as propagandists and supporters and undermine the public's will to continue the fight, and then they will have won. Not on the field of battle, but in the propaganda wars. And they are being helped by the mainstream media even moreso than the N. Vietnamese were.
To measure military conflicts solely in terms of casualties is incomprehensible. One has to consider it in context. What has been accomplished? What has that sacrifice bought us? The fact is that a great deal has been accomplished.
Iraq has been liberated, that the vast majority of the Iraqis support our actions and our continued presence. They now have a future, and their lives have been vastly improved since we invaded and ousted Saddam.
As for Iraqis being killed, they are being killed by those who oppose their new freedoms, who oppose their new self-rule, who oppose their new economic prosperity and their new hopes for the future. What I can't figure out is why so many Americans support the bad guys. Why is partisan politics more important than the fight against terrorists?
2006-06-29 01:34:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He cannot pull out now, on the basis of save face. However, even after he has gone his conscience and the faces of the dead soldiers will haunt him until he goes to his grave. What I want to know is, how come an honourable man like Bush snr. didn't counsel his son against this stupid act? I suppose Cheney has more power than we thought.
2006-06-29 01:09:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How many soldiers had to die in ww2 before we pulled out? Should Lincoln have given up after Shiloh? Or Texas after the Alamo?
The loss of soldiers should not influence the decision to end war. When you consider that over 10,000 troops DIED just training for D-D in ww2, 2500 deaths total for one war is small.
2006-06-29 01:14:44 · answer #5 · answered by lundstroms2004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush has the brains of an ashtray, he does not care how many soldiers die or are maimed as long as he enriches himself and others. He does not care about the misery and killing of innocent Iraqi's they are collateral damage to having his way. We had no purpose there in the first place, 2500 + of our own people and 10's of thousands of Iraqi have paid the price for this stupid war. Bush should be taken immediately to the world court and be tried for his war crimes. I think a fitting punishment for him would to have him beheaded.
2006-06-29 01:21:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think Bush has any criteria for pulling out if Iraq, he certainly hasn't factored in an acceptable US soldier death toll, or he would have never went in the first place.
2006-06-29 01:10:27 · answer #7 · answered by coonrapper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think Bush cares how many soldiers are killed or hurt. He's not pulling out during his term.
2006-06-29 01:05:31 · answer #8 · answered by Sully 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wanting to pull out of iraq is like wanting medicine from someone who is getting better because its too expensive.
The cost has been mostly paid already.
I dislike bush, but we have to stay the course now for the sakes of those in the country.
Anytime they dont want us there, the iraqi government can ask us to leave.
2006-06-29 01:30:29 · answer #9 · answered by profit0004 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am really sad for the soldiers who have died in Afganistan or Iraq but frankly speaking whatever Bush is doing, is doing RIGHT.
2006-06-29 01:05:08 · answer #10 · answered by yourownlove 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋