HOW IS THE WAR IN IRAQ PROTECTING OUR FREEDOM? Is "fighting for our freedom" just a cliche to gain suport???

Question

this is a serious question.....
i keep hearing people say that the war is to protect our freedom... and yet it seems to have nothing whatsoever to protect the freedoms in the united states....
If the purpose is to liberate Iraqis from a tyrant, why is that not given as the duty of troops.... and yet everyone says "protect our freedom"
WHY?
If you can not explain your answer... do not answer, Please....

Answer 1

That line is what's known as a "jingo". They're huge in politics, they are statements that make you feel an emotional connection but they can't be disputed. You can't argue with the line "Support Our Troops, Not The War", if you try to you are either A) not supporting the young men and women who put their life on the line for the greater good or B) you support a war that has cost over 2500 Americans their lives as well as the security of the middle east. Either way, if you are in a position where you need support and approval (ala Politics) you cannot argue with that line. You can't argue that the War in Iraq isn't "protecting our freedoms", why? Because then "If we don't fight them there, they'll fight us here."

It's all a big mess that is common in politics, ever asked yourself what it means to "establish democracy"? Isn't Democracy the right of a people to rule itself by including the entire population? How can one people do that for another people? It's a jingo!

Answer 2

inspite of the actuality that both are twisted falacies meant to lie to by using posing as information, "They hate us for our freedoms" makes me balk each and each and every time. that is an same warped good judgment as an abusive husband who says that the abused spouse cries and hates him because she's jealous of his helpful career... (of direction not because of something he's done). searching at a number of the solutions, the trash communicate has apperantly worked on some people. not a marvel on account that this type of propeganda has been shown helpful interior the previous: Herman Goering (Hitler's chief deputy) on the Nuremberg trials stated: "of direction the people gained't want warfare. yet in spite of everything, that is the leaders of the country who ascertain the coverage, and that is continually an straight forward count to pull the people alongside even if that's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can continually be further to the bidding of the leaders. that is straight forward. All you may want to do is tell them they're being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to larger hazard". Chilling...

Answer 3

What they mean by 'protecting our freedom' is that we're trying to stop the influence and spread of communism and oppression. The idea is that if these things affect part of the world then they either directly or indirectly affect us. We also have an image to up hold. Being the biggest kid on the block means we have taken it upon ourselves to police the world. And others have come to expect that of us. And others want to kill us all. Terrorism. If terrorists can waltz into our country and cause destruction as they did in New York then what's to stop them from invading our country, conquering, and setting up a new government. It is our duty to prevent this from happening. We won't wait for them to come here. We have to get them while they are still over there.

Answer 4

First off, there was NEVER ANY PROOF OF WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRUCTION!!!!! Bush was just running his mouth to make himself look all mighty and great. Frankly I don't believe a word that comes out of that mans mouth. I do my research and pay attention. Fighting to protect our freedom, i do have to say that i do not believe war is protecting our freedom. Yeah, we have SOME freedom but there are so many things that aren't so freedom like. Like, freedom of speech, if we speak or go on strike to speak our minds, the cops are called and we get chased away or get put in jail.
We can just as easly protect our so called "freedom" in our own country. We don't need to go over there and fight.

Answer 5

Good question! You should see the movie: Why we fight - by Eugene Jarecki. I think they used american patriotism to gain support for this war. They tell us that they are evil doers and that we need to liberate them. It all seems these are just phrases to gain support. After all they found no connection in Iraq to 9/11.

Chenney is the Chief of Haliburton. This war in Iraq has made that company billions of dollars. Its all about money and greed. War is profitable for the United States. Its sad but true. Eisenhower warned against what he called the Industrial military complex.

Answer 6

It's a cliche,and definetly one to arouse nationalism,because nationalists will fight anything and pay any cost without complaint,just the way Bush wants it.

The reason we are in Iraq is about oil.Even if Iraq became a democracy,which will happen no time soon because of cultural raesons,the US has no duty,and no real reason to play police officer
to the world.

Why havent we learned from Vietnam??

Answer 7

We are trying to build freedom in the Middle East because free countries don't attack each other. I don't know if it will work or not. We have a long way to go and there is always a chance of failure but there was a fa lure when we brought peace to Germany and Japan.

Answer 8

We are fighting them over there, so we do not have to fight them over here. Why you ask, Al Queda is using manpower, and money to try to prevent the U.S. Military from succeeding. This is men, and money they cannot spend training and planning terrorist attacks here in the U.S.. If we give up there, they will continue to attack us here, and eventually if we continue turning the other cheek, they will take over, and the first thing that goes is the freedoms we all enjoy. I think most people don't see it that way because they beleive it could never happen to us.

Answer 9

When was the last time there was a terrorist attack on US soil AFTER 9/11?

The reason is that if we were not to fight this type of opression in other countries then at what point here in the US do we fight it on our soil?

When the black flag of Islam is flying over the White House??

Answer 10

There are several factors we went to Iraq. Unfortunately, the liberals can only focus on one at a time.

Yes, fighting in Iraq is protecting our freedom. The governement of Iraq gave sanctuary, aid, funding to terrorist organizations, INCLUDING Al Qaeda.

Saddam for years ignored the U.N.'s orders, and continued to play games. He had weapons of mass destruction. He played games with the inspectors, like 'hide the weapons', for over ten years.

The reason some countries, such as France Russia, did not support action against Iraq was that they had oil contracts with Iraq. So if someone wants to make an argument about a war for oil, point out to them, that is the only reason the U.N. did not sanction military action. Because some countries did not want to jeopardize their oil supply.

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Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi-- DEAD -- was named as the link between Iraq and Al Qaeda.believed to be a close associate of Usama Bin Laden and Saif Al-Adel. A poisons expert; ran a poison and explosives training cam
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Husam Al-Yememi--CAPTURED--a top deputy of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi who is believed to link Iraq directly to Al Qaeda
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Muhammad Hamza al-ZUBAYDI--CAPTURED--"One of Saddam's most ruthless war criminals" -Clinton Admin
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"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. HE HAS ALSO GIVEN AID, COMFORT, AND SANCTUARY TO TERRORISTS, INCLUDING AL QAEDA MEMBERS. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002