Opposer's of the war:?

Question

Don't you think that the people in Iraq deservea chance to live without fear of the government?

Only part of the people don't want us there. Many people thank us for being there, many children thank us. If you saw that, if you saw a child appreciative of you for being there than you would understand why it is important to be there.

It is true that the US is in Iraq for other reasons than the Iraqui people. We went in to remove a Future threat to the american people. But understand that the president can not pull the troops out. We got to remain there for those people. Oh and we are in many parts of africa... the media just does not publicize it as much.

Ask yourselves this question, wouold you want to live in Iraq when Sadam was leading it?
Do you know that Sadam's brother tortured many athletes for not performing up to the rest of the world?

Answer 1

The libs will say that the Iraqis had it better before we invaded.

Gee, no tv, no water, no food, sandy land to till, no electricity.

raped by caddle prods and worse, acid baths, death squads, oh yeah- WMD's used against their own people.

Nice place to live alright.

Answer 2

all people in the world should be able to live without fear of their government. the problem in this case is that the US government has done a terrible job of managing the situation and making it possible for the iraqis to live without fear. maybe it's time to give someone else a shot at it?

and since when is it the job of the US to remove governments of other countries so the citizens there can live without fear? a noble cause if it really worked that way, but that's not really why the US went into iraq and you know it. if that were the reason, there should be US troops in most of the african continent, and parts of asia and eastern europe.

US government went into iraq out of self interest, not to help the people of iraq. there may be some recognition now that if we pull out there could be disastrous bloodshed, which would look really bad for the US. but please. there is not an ounce of empathy from the US government towards the people of iraq.

Answer 3

All people deserve to live a life free of fear of the government. Unfortunately the type of government the Muslims fear most is one that is not a Muslim based government. The USA is not going to allow for an Islamic controlled Sharia law government, even though that is what most Iraqis want. The USA is trying to sell air conditioners to the Eskimos on their plans to build a better national government in Iraq. We got rid of Saddam, now we need to get out and let the people of Iraq figure out how they want their government. After they are finished if we are not pleased with the results and find another threatening government in place, then we go remove that regime. We keep doing that until we get a regime we are satisfied with or until they decide to leave the USA and its allies alone altogether.

Answer 4

A majority of Iraqis were safer under Saddam than they are now. Saddam was a bad person, but he had the country under control. Everyone knew what was going to happen the second Saddam was gone. The Shiites, the Sunnis, and the Kurds were going to fight. Saddam, while you may not have liked his policies, kept this from happening, through fear. I am not a Saddam apologist, but I have to believe that the US didn't think their decision through at all. A revolution must come from within. Otherwise, it is just an invasion of a country. If the people decide, let them revolt. Otherwise, it is not our duty to decide what is best for the entire world.

Answer 5

Yes they do.

What I do not like is that the US government picks and chooses it's battles based on financial gain.

We didn't put a tenth as much effort into Somalia as we have in Iraq.

In the Sudan, the government is killing its own people but it never even makes the news here.

Personally I hardly heard of Rwanda until the movie came out in 2004.

In the early 1990's, ethnic cleansing was taking place in the formor Yugoslavia and to the best of my recollection, the US hardly lifted a finger.

The reason why we decided to fight in Iraq and ignore everyone else? Personally, it sounds like the goverment is in it for the oil.

Answer 6

Yes they do deserve it - but they're worse off now then when Sadam was in power. At least then they had stability, now all they have is chaos, civil war and the threat of a regional war with Iran and the US with them in the middle.

Answer 7

I think people everywhere deserve to live without fear of their government.

I don't think replacing one oppressor with another helps the situation.

I also think people deserve to live, which is why the mass murder of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis was wrong, just as the atmosphere of oppression in the US promulgated by the current administration is wrong.

To the answer above: electricity was more reliable under Hussein, it's the Americans who brought rape-by-military forces to Iraq, hundreds of thousands murdered, millions homeless, food-less, waterless, etc. Entire cities destroyed by us. Thousands of torture victims created by us, and very little hope for the future. Yup, we done a heckova job there.

Answer 8

Yes. But the invasion could have waited. But I know that the run-up to invading Iraq was wrong. We never finished the job we set out to do in Afghanistan and as a result of BushCo's impatience, the Taliban is making a resurgence.

Answer 9

i think they're much more afraid now than when saddam hussain was still around. I know he did some pretty bad stuff, but at least their houses were still standing. Anyway, why does america have to interfere with other countries issues? Why do we have to "liberate" countries, and why does our liberation tactic mostly consist of killing the people we're trying to "help". The war in iraq is certainly not to help Iraqi's, as a matter of fact it was planned even before the bush was in office by the PNAC.

Answer 10

I think the people deserve the right to live without the fear of American oppressors telling them what they should do.

Answer 11

Yes, but the question is whether they are capable of running the country in a fair and democratic manner.

The answer is no.

They are not even truly one people. The shiites, kurds and sunnis all consider themselves seperate entities.

It is becoming apparrent that this will not work.

I'm conservative, but believe that our young men's lives are worthy of one purpose - the defense of the US constitution.

This begs the question - why are we there?
Conservatives will answer - to stabilize the region to prevent future terrorism.
Liberal will answer - oil
Both are wrong.

We've lost over 2500 for something other than those - and it scares the hell out of me to think of what that underlying purpose is.
As a Christian, I can see this all coming to one thing. One world government. The mid east is a rogue source of power and must be brought under control for that to happen. This is exactly what we're seeing.

Thanks for the question.