"Sixty percent of Americans oppose the war in Iraq. The latest polling of Iraqis indicate that 80 percent want the U.S. to leave and a majority believes that Iraq will be more stable without the presence of U.S. troops. Many intelligence reports indicate that the war in Iraq has radicalized more European Muslims and strengthened terrorist recruitment efforts throughout the world. And yet given these facts, the Bush Administration refuses to consider a policy aimed at a timely and responsible disengagement of our military from Iraq. Instead they insist on staying a course with no end in site. They insist on staying a course that has been riddled with catastrophic mistakes. They insist on staying a course that is costing the American taxpayer 8 billion dollars a month. They insist on staying a course that is counterproductive in our efforts to eradicate terrorism. They insist on staying a course where the death tolls are increasing by the day, one that has taken the lives of over 2,600 of our own and is now claiming the lives of 100 Iraqis per day.
Compare this against the backdrop of the war in Lebanon. The United States and virtually all other members of the United Nations Security Council continue to push for an end to the war between Israel and Hezbollah. The lead taken by the United States to end the violence and to stop the loss of innocent lives has been applauded. The Bush Administration is moving with speed and deliberation to end the one war, but not the other. Those who speak of ending the war in Lebanon, to stop the loss of more lives, are seen as skillful diplomats. Yet those who dare speak about ending the war in Iraq are labeled by Bush's henchmen as unpatriotic defeatists. The American public opposes the war in Iraq. The Iraqi population opposes an open ended occupation of their country. The International community opposes the war the Iraq. So, why the dichotomy of the two wars?"
-- John Murtha
2006-08-15 00:38:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Coming from a war veteran, he is right on the money, we have and will do more harm to Iraq by staying there and trying to install a puppet government then if we pull out and they install a government that they want. It is going to happen someday anyway as they are in the middle of a civil war and with us there or out of there they are going to have it. Yes, I do agree with Murtha.
2006-08-15 00:46:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course 80% of Iraqis want the US to leave. They want to get on with setting up their government and hopefully someday leading peaceful lives again. (By the way, the vast majority of people in Iraq _are_ leading peaceful lives now. That just doesn't make for good headlines.) They know that the US won't leave until this happens, so wishing for the US to leave is the same as wishing for democratic government to take root with a strong, just police force and Army to keep order.
Murtha isn't right about a damned thing except for knowing what will get his name in the headlines.
2006-08-15 02:16:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There isnt a war in iraq, that ended years ago, so no he is not correct. Just some stupid terrorists left
Should have we been there in the first place thats the real question.
IMHO, we should have bribed saddam and let him deal with the terrorists, mass killings of terrorists under a country that doesnt give a hoot about UN resolutions or anything might have woken them up...
I am sure for 200,000,000,000$ we could have persuaded him to kill someone else other than the kurds... Muhahaha Goodbye Guitanimo bay, hello Iraqi prison torture facility where the US has nothing to say about what they do to you over the period of several months before you die.
Bye bye bad terrorosts!
2006-08-15 00:47:14 · answer #3 · answered by profit0004 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO he is not.
When will you realzie you can not appease evil? Whoever said the right choice will be easy or popular? Its usually the opposite and im glad our president dosn't lead our country based on polls and what the liberal media crys about non stop.
I know maybe we should take this 8 billion dollars a day you mention and double the welfare benefits for americans or give more to illegal immigrants???
And you mention radicalized european muslims...I dont suppose our liberal media and comments by a few people like murtha have anything to do with it right?
2006-08-15 01:45:35 · answer #4 · answered by k_bar_in_my_hand 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The challenge of a soldier and the guy of a soldier are 2 very particularly some issues. The challenge in Iraq is undesirable! the infantrymen are stable! (Please repeat this till you already know) ask your self this question. have been each and every of the infantrymen on the rebellion component of the yank Civil conflict undesirable human beings? of path no longer, yet their reason became into unjust. challenge = reason. Soldier = individual. challenge would properly be and in maximum cases is undesirable! yet, individual in military is experienced to be a soldier and take orders of government above them who additionally make challenge. infantrymen do no longer make challenge. infantrymen do and die for challenge. 2 particularly some issues. stop the horse @@@@.
2016-10-02 02:42:11 · answer #5 · answered by kucuba 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok so we leave then the new Iraqi government is taken over by another terrorist regime. If we leave Iraq is going to be another Lebanon with a weak central government constantly warring within itself.
2006-08-15 00:44:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Right now, John Murtha is the smartest man in Washington.
2006-08-15 00:50:12 · answer #7 · answered by St. Hell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An opinion can be valid, but never correct. The world is not that black and white.
2006-08-15 00:41:45 · answer #8 · answered by CrispyEd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-08-15 00:44:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋