Is America trying to impose democracy on Iraq?

Question

and if they are, isn't that an undemocratic act? YOU WILL BE LIKE US!

Answer 1

XXXXXXXXXXX American is trying to impose peace XXXXXXXX

Answer 2

George Bush Sr knew that Saddam was a stabilizer for a country made by imperial powers in a region of different peoples(see boo-boo's of past history... though at the time it seemed a good idea by the colonial powers)! And so stopped short of removing our man Saddam(he had FULL support and had previously been US ally) after he reacquired Kuwait(historically part of the major portion of Iraq) AFTER our signaling it was okay- oops...

G Bush Jr., for whatever reason, decided to dispose of Saddam.

And he is trying to impose democracy- yes. And yes it seems to be an undemocratic act. So is torture, violation of Geneva convention, subverting the will of Congress, etc. But no one said it would be easy. Or that governments and politicians would be logical or fair(see life).

Real politic vs ideal politic is the last term(s) I heard to describe why Countries perform actions that contradict beliefs(also see organized religions).

No not a Democrat(well sometimes vote that way BUT it's been a while), yes an American(3rd/4th generation), AND a six year veteran of armed forces(1984-1990). Most of my instructors PhD
thanks to the wonderful military program of encouraging and providing educational opportunities via private educational means
(University of Maryland, City Colleges of Chicago, Embry Riddle , University of... well you get the idea).

I have no doubt US will be leaving... as now that we're there we should stay and fix what we broke AND what was broke from the past. But politically speaking... ain't gonna happen.

Last but not least, sacrificing liberty for security ensures that eventually you have neither. Bin Laden NEVER expected the overwhelming support he received from both the US government and its people in damaging the democratic way of life.both here and in the Mideast. Hearts and minds folks.

Answer 3

Dodger Bluefan said "no, its give the people of iraq a choice" which made me giggle like a fool.

Democracy IS choice.

They have 'installed' a democratic government, but looking at the turn out of people at the elections I don't think you could say that they are 'imposing' democracy.

There always will be an insurgent element who would feel that it's being imposed, but these are the people that will lose so much when Iraq finally sorts itself out.

Answer 4

unfortunately they are trying!
which is a big mistake as far as I am concerned!!
They are trying to change this country into a form of state that it and all the countries in the region have never experienced. It took the western world 19-20 centuries(after greeks and Roman democracies) to develop their state system. It would be foolish to believe that you can change people straight from an authoritarian dictatorship into a straight out democracy without the chaos that they currently experience! They have been taught to believe and fear their leaders for so long and now they get nearly total freedom. That's nearly impossible

Answer 5

America at any cost itself wanted to rule Iraq, for oil.
And for this purpose America wanted to divide Iraq into THREE parts. Sunnis, Shiyats and Kurdish. In this division not only Iraq will be divided but Iran and Turkey will also lose some Kurdish populated territories.

Thus America along with U.K., Israel and other alliance wanted to impose their own rule on the rest of the world.

Answer 6

I don't think George and Co had much idea of what they were trying to do, or how to do it, apart from looking tough, and lashing out for 9/11 on any half-plausible excuses because Saddam had successfully made Dad Bush and USA look foolish and impotent. The best excuse offered was concern Saddam might pass WMD's to terrorists, but the UN inspectors were fairly well convinced there were no WMD's, soon to lodge their report to the UN, and Young George leapt in pre-emptively before the excuse could be discredited. Democracy sounds good, but one form of it is mob rule. People have to be willing to negotiate, exercising restraint for the sake of democratic processes and institutions, before it can work. That's a discipline usually abandoned when any political group secures domination and feels free to act as it chooses. When the Lebanese government (with the experience of both occupation, and civil war behind it) tried to practice that discipline over recent years dealing with Hzbollah, the US and Israel jumped on them for "harboring terrorists", ignoring the fact that Hzbollah had strong civil support for getting rid of the previous Israeli occupation, and supplying many social needs from schools to hospitals - whatever else one might say about Iranian Shia ambitions. Sadly USA, which has done so much good in the world, is prone to simplistic, myopic, idealogical conveniences when it comes to foreign affairs, especially in the Middle East wheere it has now lost all credibility as a mediator for a just peace (which only USA could achieve). I don't hear George Bush (whom I distinguish from America) criticising Israel for kidnapping most of the democratically elected Hamas government of Palestine. So what price, the "democracy" currency? American administrations, like most great powers in the past, have shown they only favour the form of democracy that suits them - even if it's a dictatorship, so long as it's "friendly".

Answer 7

yep, instead of imposing. they should have listened to what the people wanted, but as america screws democracy in its own nation (dubya gettin re-elected twice).. it will screw with the democracy of iraq too, and thats what it did....

its the main reason theres a civil war in iraq, they did not believe in the screwed democracy the way the americans imposed

Answer 8

AMERICA fought to give democracy to Pakistan ,and when they choose the president ..US don't like it.
So they going to SET UP A DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ(one day)
but president will be American representative
Same thing all over the world where US,FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY

Answer 9

America certainly is trying to impose a democracy that can not work. They have started a job that can not be completed and have ruined a country.

Bring home our boys!

Answer 10

They are trying to impose democracy, but it is not successful. Why? Because people have to desire democracy. Like in EU, where ex communistic countries desired to crash communism. Democracy cannot be forced but rather it has to be born from people itself.

Answer 11

America is trying to impose democracy when it has no idea of democracy itself.
When you impose anything on anyone they most likely retaliate,and you can see the consequences ie Iraq.