The war in Iraq?

Question

A lot of people say we shouldn't be in Iraq, and complain about all the money we've spent on this war. I don't agree we should be over there, but If I complain why, i'd complain about all the American soldiers that have died before I complain about the money. What do you think?

Answer 1

I definitely care more about the loss of human lives and utter chaos that we have caused. Iraq as a nation is suffering a catastrophic civil war because of our incompetence and underestimating the enemy.

The money issue does irritate me. Mainly because the Bush administration sends us into a war, then the Senate wants to cut the estate tax. Cheney alone will save up to $60.7 million with this tax break. Send us into war, then make the little people pay for it. You know, the people making $5.15/hour.

Answer 2

People should always be valued more than money. The loss of even one life for this illegal war is tragic. I pray humbly every night for our Soldiers and anyone else involved in this madness. War is evil, period.

I know that we shouldn't be over there, because Iraq was not an immediate nor imminent threat to the United States. Hell, it was barely a threat to any of its neighbors. The massive stockpile of WMDs that we were warned about was based on a fog of lies. That so-called discovery of over 500 chemical weapons involves materials that are so old that their effectiveness has been severely diminished.

The only threat now in Iraq is the endlessly growing tension that fuels the insurgency and sectarian war. Face it, the Bastards lied to us, even after top advisers warned them about the invalidity of those controversial "findings". Despite all the wariness over the Pre-Iraq War Intelligence; BOOsh and his band of minions still used these things to deceive the public, the world and Congress in the march towards the inevitable war.

I honor the sacrifice of every man and woman that has given their life over there, because whether or not a war is illegal, it doesn't diminish the true heroic nature of what these people were willing to give to serve and protect their country, family and other loved ones.

Only when soldiers have purposely committed distasteful atrocities has their sacrifice been scarred, but those people don't represent even half of our brave men and women. No more than the terrorists represent the overall arab population in general.

Yes, there is a hell of a lot of money that has been wasted over there that could've been spent on improving education, strengthening Domestic Programs or even creating a Universal System of Healthcare Coverage. The reality is this, the War will create a debt that our grandchildren will be paying off...that's the money loss issue, but the lives that have been lost can never be repaid except for in our hearts, thoughts and prayers (for those who pray).

Answer 3

The "complaints" that I have are how Liberals want nothing but surrender for our nation and deferment of our national interests to the U.N. to continue doing nothing about those that threaten our national interests. America is guilty, we're the bad guys. Look, war should be repulsive to everyone, but I support what our troops are doing and why they're doing it. Removing Saddam from power after he FLOUTED every one of the UN resolutions, was the right thing to do. For 10 years he did this, and the world was saying "stop" -- including the Liberals. Saddam could have come clean, but he didn't. The inspectors that could have verified that he didn't have any WMDs are the ones that he kicked out. In the meantime, who was lighting up our aircraft (that means they were about to shoot at us) patrolling the no-fly zones? For 10 years we were taking out radar sites and G.W. decided to put a stop to this, and I wildly applaud him for doing so. Now, I realize we didn't find significant amounts of WMDs (the ones that inspectors weren't allowed to verify), but what the Left did was disgusting to me. They simply reversed their original SUPPORT for going into Iraq, and exploited the WMD issue for a power grab that has the gullible believing that the war was a mistake. No, no, no, it wasn't a mistake. We are (still) fighting for a new, democratic country free of Saddam's evil. His Sunni cronies who are terrorists, not soldiers, refuse to get with the program and prefer to use violence and criminal methods rather than the vote to force their opinions on the rest of the country. They must be stopped, and that's what our military is doing. If you think our soldiers are dying in vain, the ones that have VOLUNTEERED for this cause, then you have pity for the troops rather than support for them. I want them to come home for a different reason -- victory.

Answer 4

Almost always, people complain about both at the same time. "Money and treasure" Even that cheapens the lives, but how else should a person give the 2 main arguments against our continued participation/occupation.

Answer 5

just yesterday i read an anticle on how bush is not pulling the troops out of iraq during his final term. i though the bastard refuses to admit he made a mistake. but i was wrong. bush doesnt consider it a mistake in that the invasion and war is a big failure. bush considers it a success in that there is still lots of money to be made for his family, friends, and cronies as this article suggests.

so remember the iraq war is not about bring freedom and democracy to iraq - its about bringing war profits to bush and his friends, and from that point of view its a great success

Bush's uncle benefits from Iraq war spending

Los Angeles Times
Mar. 23, 2006 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON - As President Bush embarks on a new effort to shore up public support for the war in Iraq, an uncle of the chief executive is receiving $2.7 million in cash and stock from the sale of a company that profited from the war.

A report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shows that William H.T. Bush collected a little less than $1.9 million in cash plus stock valued at more than $800,000 as a result of the sale of Engineered Support Systems Inc. to DRS Technologies of New Jersey.

The $1.7 billion deal closed Jan. 31. Both businesses have extensive military contracts.

The elder Bush was a director of Engineered Support Systems. Recent SEC filings show he was paid cash and DRS stock in exchange for shares and options he obtained as a director.

William Bush, 67, SEC filings show, exercised options on 8,348 shares of Engineered Support Systems stock Jan. 18, 2005, about two months after the stop order was issued. He collected about $450,000 in cash.

Bush, known in the president's family as "Uncle Bucky," joined the company's board in 2000, several months before his nephew became president.

The Bush uncle heads a St. Louis investment firm and is a younger brother of former President Bush. Three bucks a gallon in the States (and a quid a litre in Britain) means colossal profits for Big Oil, and that makes Dick's ticker go pitty-pat with joy. The top oily-gopolists, the five largest oil companies, pulled in $113 billion in profit in 2005 -- compared to a piddly $34 billion in 2002 before Operation Iraqi Liberation. In other words, it's been a good war for Big Oil.

As per Plan Bush, Bahr Al-Ulum became Iraq's occupation oil minister; the conquered nation "enhanced its relationship with OPEC;" and the price of oil, from Clinton peace-time to Bush war-time, shot up 317%.

Answer 6

They need Saddam back at the end. No body can stop this mess but him :)