Will those who voted for Bush as President admit that the invasion of Iraq was a huge mistake?

Question

Billions of dollars and many casualties of war later Iraq is a mess and Osama Bin Laden (who was principally responsible for 911) still has not been captured. It has now been proven and documented that we also were led to war on lies about WMD (weapons of mass destruction). What do you think? Is this an impeachable offense for Bush?

I have read some of the answers to my questions. For those of you who advocate invading a soverign country who has done nothing to us (blood for oil), remember that war really solves nothing. We have killed innocent people. If those people hold onto their hurt, pain and hatred they may retaliate against us and the cycle continues. It never ends.

Answer 1

HRMM. Can you tell me what UN Resolution 1441 was?

I'll give you a minute to think about it.
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It said that this was Iraq's LAST CHANCE to stop kicking UN investigators out.

What did they do?

They kicked the next team of investigators out.

Hrmm. Yeah. I know the UN is worthless and all, but SOMEONE has to stand up for them and follow through with what they say they are going to do.

Answer 2

Mistake? Yes. He should have gone in the day he was inaugurated.

Saddam had both the capacity to make WMDs AND actually used them on the Kurds in 1991. Did they magically disappear at the time of the ceasefire? I doubt it. Moreover, both Democrats and Republicans have speculated that chemical and/or biological agents were responsible for Gulf War Syndrome.

The whole WMD thing wasn't a "lie" until President Bush said the same thing everyone else was saying all along. Yes, some sources have stated that there are no WMDs. Others say there is reason to believe they are there and we haven't found them yet. Still others reveal that they have been found, in at least small numbers. How a reasonable person in the position of the president makes credibility determinations among different sources and advisors, I do not know. Neither do you. A reasonable choice can still be wrong in retrospect.

Also, our agreement in 1991 to a ceasefire was conditional. One of those conditions was that Saddam had to prove he did NOT have WMDs. The burden of proof was on Saddam, not on Bush.

I do not think Bush did anything impeachable. Impeachment is for high crimes and misdemeanors. Even if you consider the invasion unwise, bad policy is not a crime. As for "lying" I do not believe Bush told any deliberate untruths. Even if I believed he gave false information, which I do not, I could not be sure he did so knowing it was false. Lingering doubts at most, but given the conflicting information that would be the case no matter what he said.

Finally, even if we assume he lied, lying is not in itself a crime. At no point did Bush give any statements under oath. (That's the part that got Clinton).

Answer 3

I knew we would eventually invade Iraq since we didn't "finish the job" during the first Gulf War. I voted for W. Operation Iraqi Freedom was a mistake because it took the moved the majority or our troops out of Afghanistan. Operation Iraq Freedom was a mistake because we had no exit strategy or really no strategy after we kicked out Saddam. Making Iraq a democracy is a noble yet ulitmately foolish pursuit. Time may prove to show otherwise, though not in the immediate future.
No one has the balls to impeach Bush. I am not sure why, but it might have something to do with the fact that the House and Senate are both controlled by the Republicans. I am a Republican and am not happy with how the country has been going. I don't like giving up freedom for security. I don't like how the deficit is out of control. Bush's economic policy is worse than a drunken liberal's. We need real fiscal conservatives in power, not these Bush-bots who want to "stay the course" and waste our time with non-issues like flag burning and gay marriage ammendments

I fear everything might swing too far the other direction the next election, whatever that means. We'll still be stuck in Iraq either way.

Answer 4

first of all, they DID find WMD's. I know you may not know that, but that's what you get when your only source of news is CNN or ABC. Try watching the Foxnews channel or worldnetdaily.com.

It's funny, the broadcast networks and CNN refuse to report on stories that show they were wrong for the last three years.

Also, there are certainly disadvantages and downsides for going into Iraq, but I'm not sure it wasn't the right thing to do. To say it was a huge mistake ignores how horrible life was under Saddam and how he terrorized over 50 million people for decades.

I did vote for GW. I wouldn't do it any different knowing what I know today.

With the exception of his whacked views on illegal immigration (he's an "open borders" guy), I totally love what he has done in so many areas of his presidency, and I totally support him.

I don't support or agree with his stand on illegals (Karl Rove actually was one of the speakers at the La Raza convention last week, what a ridiculous joke! (they are a bunch of hispanic racists that want to make the US Mexico, if you didn't know who they are - here in California the educated people know who they are and what a danger they pose to our country and way of life).

Btw, for those on here who think our economy is bad, for the past few years this has been the most amazing economy in history, far better than under Clinton (when it was supposedly amazing).

Answer 5

Oh my gosh, girl. You are so dead-wrong and misdirected and confused. You do NOT have your facts straight or the truth. It's so sad that most american's think this way, too. Just goes to show how dependent and ignorant most people can be and how they just play "follow the leader" instead of figuring things out on their own.
The invasion of Iraq has saved THOUSANDS of lives. We have done so much good there that none of you can even imagine it! Stop wasting your time getting boiled up over things you don't understand or even know all about. It's a waste of time and is making our nation look bad to other countries.
I've lived outside of the US and if you could hear what the world says about our people you would be so embarressed. We ar falling apart. We are weak. We do not stand as "..ONE nation, under God, indivisible, for liberty and justice for ALL".

I respect President George W Bush with all my heart because he is such a great man and a hero to our nation and to all others. He does not back down because to him the "popular" vote doesn't matter, but what does matter is what good is vs evil, what right is vs wrong, and he believes in an all-powerful God and stands up for what he knows and believes is RIGHT.

Our nation has fallen and we are becoming worse all the time.

One day we will not be our own any more. Mark my words.

Answer 6

Are you from America, let me see some identification. I think a lot of people get on here and try to sway people's opinions, where are you from, France? Go headbutt Chirac the coward. I didn't vote for Bush, I drank it, but I didn't inhale it.
America needs to get back to the business of supporting America before we destruct from within, don't you know all politicians need to get smacked around a little?
They are all lazy, greedy, and take advantage of the American "little man" Work two days a week, have lavish parties and dine on $100 dollar lunches, etc..........Don't just blame Bush, they are ALL wealthy crooks. We need to put America back together-supporting our own, when the politicians see us United, then maybe our own poor will get to eat, the American voice would be much louder. The poor will always be with us, but they shouldn't have to dig their next meal out of a dumpster. Look at the division in Iraq, this is the problem, we don't need that here. Sorry, got carried away, did I even answer your question?

Answer 7

Bush is the worst thing that happened to the United States of America after the Civil War and 9/11.
He was voted though so Americans who voted for him should take a moment and reflect on the Biggest mistake they ever made....too bad it costed so many young american's lives.

On the other hand Bush is cashing in with oil futures..so he probably doesn't give a ....about

Answer 8

I voted for Bush. The war in Iraq was a mistake.

EDIT: Regarding the other things you said in your post. Bush sucks, and so do the democrats. If we had spent the money we spent in Iraq we could be completely independent form foreign oil by now via coal liquefaction to produce synthetic fuels. But no, it was blown on some failed country building crusade under the pretext of of a farce.

Answer 9

Do you not know what is going on? The war with Iraq ended. We are still there to keep terrorists from taking over the place while Iraq establishes it's government. I just hope it is worth it in the end.
What documentation are you talking about? The editorials in the NY Times.

Answer 10

ur so wrong, maybe this will make u understand y we are there

The soldier whispered softly,
I barely heard him speak.
"We are all that stands between
these monsters and the weak."

The sun beat down like hammers,
not a cloud was in the sky.
The air ran thick with dust,
my throat was parched and dry.

With microphone clutched tight
and a cameraman in tow,
I ducked beneath a fallen roof,
surprised to hear "stay low."

My eyes blinked several times
but in shadows I could see
the figure stretched near rubble
just steps away from me.

He wore a cloak of burlap strips,
all shades of grey and brown
that hung in tatters till he seemed
to melt into the ground.

He never turned his head or
took his eye from off the scope,
but pointed through the broken wall
and down the rocky slope.

"About eight hundred yards,"
he said in whispered words concise,
"beneath the baggy jacket
he's wearing a bomb device."

A chill ran up my spine
despite the sweltering heat,
"You think he's gonna set it off
along that crowded street?"


The sniper gave a weary sigh
and said, "I wouldn't doubt it,
unless there's something this
old gun and I can do about it."

A thunderclap, a tongue of flame
the stillness abruptly shattered
while citizens who walked the street
were just as quickly scattered.

Only one remained. Dead!
He lay crumpled on the ground;
A threat to those nearby
was ended in a single round.

And yet the sniper had
no cheer nor hint of any gloat,
instead he pulled a logbook out
and quietly he wrote.

I said, "I could put you on TV.
That shot would make a story!"
But he surprised me once again,
"I got no wish for glory."

"Are you for real?" I asked in awe,
"You don't want fame or credit?"
He looked at me with saddened eyes
and said, "I don't think you get it."

"You see that shot-up length of wall,
the one without a door?
Before a mortar hit,
it was a grocery store."

"Don't be thinking that bombing
a store is the only thing that's cruel;
See the rubble across the street,
it used to be a school."



"Little kids played soccer
in the field beyond that road;
They never gave a single thought
that a car would just explode."

"As bad as all this is, though,
it could be a whole lot worse,"
Shaking his head, he swallowed
and his words became a curse.

"We fight this war on foreign land
on streets that aren't our own.
I'm here, today, 'cause if I fail,
the next fight's back at home."

"I will not let my Safeway burn,
my neighbors dead inside;
Don't wanna get a call from school
that says my daughter died."

"I pray that not a single child
will know the things I see
nor have this kind of slaughter
etched in memory."

"So put away your trophies
with their words of fleeting fame,
I don't care to make the news
or hear them say my name."

He glanced at the camera,
and his brow began to knot.
"If you're looking for a story,
just give this one a shot."

"Why not tell our folks at home
about the good we've done,
how when they see Americans,
Iraqi kids come at the run."

"Tell 'em what it means to folks
right here to speak their mind
without the fear that tyranny
might be a step behind."

"Describe the miles they walked
to have a chance to vote
or ask a soldier if he's proud;
I'm sure you'll get a quote."

He turned and slid the rifle
into a drag bag thickly padded,
then sadly looked at me again
and with these words, he added.

"Maybe just remind the few
to whom they all may speak,
that we are all that stands between
these monsters and the weak."



Written by Michael Marks