What does everyone think of George W Bush and the war in Iraq?

Question

I live within Australia but am watching mr bush with intrest, it looks to me that the war was the wrong thing to do, I mean where are the WMD's? none there, Wheres the govt? existant but only just, Wheres the terrorists? everywhere within the place and I feel that america is causing some of the problems in the world atm.

So my question is what does everyone think of bush's decision to goto war in the 1st place? why did the rest of world follow him? cause thats what PM's Howard and Blair did and How long do you think it'll be until the americans are forced out of Iraq by the Iraqies and will they comply if asked to get out? Personally I think not but what do you all think about it?
esspecially americans.

cheers,

Mitch
Launceston, Tasmania
Australia.

Answer 1

I think Bush is an evil and stupid war monger. And frankly I'm embarrassed to be an Australian whose leader just blindly follows Bush at the drop of a hat. The sooner we get rid of Howard and Bush, the better.

Answer 2

Being an Australian and also having friends that Iraqian that have family in Iraq (and I know that they are not Terrorist) I am well against the war in Iraq. Mind you I am against war full stop... Mr Howard should take a hard look at what he is doing to our country by following Mr Bush. We are in line for a terrorist invasion and everyone is against other people from different countries. I ask you all a question. How many of you will torment someone for being different?? How many of you will walk on the other side of the road if a Muslim person was to walk pass you??? (yes I have seen it happen here in Australia and no I'm not Muslim I'm Christain) We should be striving for a more peaceful way of stopping wars. I want my children to grow up in a place full of life and hope not one where you don't know if you are all going to be blown up within the next few years because one president decides that the rest of the world is not good enough for him and presses the little red button.

Answer 3

Well, the bad part is that I don't think that we can win the minds and souls of all Iraqi's, we are just giving them a chance at democrocy, trust me, the world is a better place with "saddam Insane" in custody, as far as WMD ? Syria would be a good bet, don't forget that we had to explain to the U.N. (nest of spies, and crooks) for 6 months why we are going into Iraq, that gave the Iraqi's plenty of time to move the equipt. into Syria. Don't forget that saddam insane said that he had WMD's AND WOULD USE THEM AGAINST THE U.S. !
Iraq is a place where plenty of nasty people hang out, looking to do harm to the U.S.. The U.S is over there right now F-ing the bad guys up BIG TIME ! This disrupts the organization of terrorist training camps in the area, in short "We got the bad guys on the run". I watched from my house 30 miles away as the world trade center burned, and people I knew were killed, so 9/11 has that extra meaning to me. This is'nt atime to fight with each other but, pull together because we are the "UNITED" states !

just my 2 cents !

Answer 4

To all who believe there were no WMDs, learn some history. Back in the 1980's we supplied the Iraqis with various WMDs of the time to fight against the Ayatolla Khomeini after he overtook the country by force from the Shaw of Iran in 1979 and the subsequent US hostage crisis. Iraq was given not only poison gas, missiles, and various other munitions, they were also given intelligence, assistance, and technical information on successful war tactics to fight our "secret war".
Fast forward to the 1990's
Saddam Hussein was an ruthless expansionist dictator who if left unchecked could have thrown the entire region into worse turmoil than exists today. While killing all who opposed him, he eliminated the voices of reason and dissention of "his plans" for "his territory". Had he taken Saudi Arabia, not only would the regional oil supply have been subverted, he would have had the resources to involve other very strong world powers like Russia and China against the United States to make him a threat worldwide.
Now, we cannot just "leave" Iraq. The power struggle between neighboring enemies, theocratically motivated radicals, and warring tribes in the region would threaten the stability of the entire continent and possibly the world.
President Bush is a brave man to stand against all public opinion to keep America and her allies as safe as possible against the many threats to world security that most of us are not even aware of. We will never know how different the world would be today had he not shown such concern by pro-actively facing down those who have announced their intentions to destroy us and our way of life. I doubt any knee-jerk liberal president would have done a better job. (and we'd have paid even higher taxes)
Those who weren't even old enough to vote or didn't get actively involved in the political process are now buying into sound bites by the liberal media of the "poor job Bush is doing". I've seen the poor job liberal presidents have done for our country.

Answer 5

I don't have the energy or the time for a long answer right now, but I will try to sum up my feelings.

Saddam was a brutal dictator but he was also a stabalizer for the region because of the rivalry with Iran. He kept the religious nuts in check since nobody did anything without his consent, and he was not religious. At the start of the war, I questioned what was going to replace Saddam, of course Bush thought democracy would. In a place like Iraq, democracy will only breed anarchy. Bush did not think this thing through very well.

Answer 6

I think Bush is ok, because:

The war was not all about existing WMDs. Iraq was in breach of a number of UN security council resolutions, which mainly involved Hussein's refusal to disclose information about the WMD program we KNEW he had in operation. Hussein brought it on, and he has the UN to thank. Unfortunately, the UN was too lily-livered to do anything, except hold "dialogues." They also wanted to continue the "insepctions," which were a joke from the day the incompetent boob Hans Blix took over. Typical UN. So the decision to go into Iraq was the correct decision.

I know that many nations protested, among them Russia, Germany, and France. As it turns out, those three nations protested a little TOO loudly. After our incursions into Iraq, it was revealed that those three nations had indeed supplied Hussein with technology and other materiel by which he might continue his WMD program, all for handsome sums paid to each nation. So when those nations protest about the war, don't think for a minute that it is out of humanitarian concern. Their interest all along was the MONEY. Their hypocrisy isn't that surprising, nor is the behavior of their willing accomplices in the worldwide media.

Love, Jack

Answer 7

Bush had no just cause to go to Iraq and declear war. PM John Howard and Tony Blair, were sheep and I think are starting to see the error in their ways. The Iraqies wil never competly force the Americans out, they don't want to go against one of the biggest countries in the worl. and the Iraqies don't have enough firepower to resist the Americans.


I have managed to prove in an assignment in the first paragraph that the Iraq war in unjust and should never have happened.

Answer 8

Well I personally think this war is rediculous and pointless. Mr. bush was too busy doing who knows what to notice he invaded the wrong country. And alog with probably everyother fellow american I don't respect George Bush at all, I think he shouldnt have been re-elected and am counting down the days until he is out of office. In my opinion we need a president who was NOT from a wealthy background and has actually been around this country to see what is going on. There are horrible things going on everyday that he probably has no clue about. And the only reason we're in Iraq is for oil, that simple. Also I agree with the person above me (non hippie comment) but bombing for peace is like ******* for virginity, its moronic!

Answer 9

I live in America and I don't think that it was the right thing to do, look at the rest of the world now Bush has stirred up that whole continent over there and now they are all at war with each other!! GEEZ!! What kind of war on terror is this? It seems like there is more terror being created! I think the end of the world is coming!

Answer 10

Australia,England,Italy,France,Russia,All of Europe,All of the Middle-Eastern Countries,All of South America,All of the South-East Asian Countries,All of China,And North America,including the US,and the rest of the FREE WORLD!Needs to come to the aid of Israel NOW!!And put these TERRORIST OUT OF BUSINESS!!The REAL crime here is not what the USA is doing,but rather the rest of the world is not doing to help end once and FOR ALL this conflict!Why does the rest of the world sit back and let TERRORISM PREVAIL?If you want to do something about it,then stop looking at US,and get busy helping us now!!Lebanon included!!Don't wait until it's too late and say Gee,I wished we could have helped,but it's too late.In oeder for the world to have PEACE the world has got to want PEACE and do whatever it takes to secure that PEACE.And not wait until the TERRORIST have won and say,we didn't get involved so leave us alone and ye'ah our women will wear those stupid outfits and yes we will pray towards whatever you want us to pray.GET BUSY!HELP US NOW OR PAY LATER!!

Answer 11

I think if Bush had a better presence in the war it would be a better media event.

Like General Patton with his silver plated pistols. If Bush had a pimped out Humvee and gold plated Glocks to lead the Army into battle America would be more pro war.

Go big Red Go