Does anyone here still think the war in Iraq was a good idea?

Question

What good do you think will come of it, and how is that worth all the bloodshed?

Answer 1

For those of you who say it's for freedom, I'm very sad that you honestly think that's why we're fighting this war. First off, it's not our places as a military force, a nation or a people to go to another country and force them to be like us. That's not freedom, that's just as bad as totalitarianism.

I don't know what we're fighting for, but I'm not pretneding that I do and I'm certainly not throwing out ignorant comments that we are fighting a war for the freedom of a nation's people. The Bush administration doesn't care about the people of Iraq; they hardly care about what US citizens want. I'd put money on the idea that we're there because of some economic issue. War is a multi-billion dollar industry, afterall; and we were in a severe recession. But I honestly can't say.

I never thought it was a good idea to get involved, but there's not much you can do about it when the president has the ability to make the military go into combat and Congress doesn't do anything to make him pull out. The Congress is just as much to blame as the Executive.

Answer 2

It was NEVER a good idea. There was never any point to it.

It was very clear from the beginning to those who read the news from multiple source and keep an open mind that there was no connection between Al Qaeda and Iraq. Iraq was no threat the US. Just yesterday Bush admitted this.

Oops... He said there was a connection before the war. Is he hoping that everyone will forget what he said before the war started.

People need to remember recent history. The press will not do it for them. Otherwise, people will not be able to vote intelligently if they just vote based on what they hear in the media the last few weeks leading up to the election.

Answer 3

100% yes
I don't think it was ever intended to last this long and that's a sad part of it,, the fact is we will always be there,, in one form or other,, we are still in Korea, we are still in Kuwait,, we will be in Iraq and Afganistan for always.

For those of you who still think the war was over oil and gas,, it's not, for those of you who think it was just catch Saddam or Bin Landen,, it's not,, it's about bringing a better life to a people who have lived in fear for years. It's about giving children schools to go to that aren't half full of guns and bullets or rockets. It's about giving women the right to go to school or speak,, or go out of their houses when they want. It's about clean water and food, and human rights.

And really the bloodshed,, more people both innocent and guilty die every year in gang fights and drug wars than have in the war.

Answer 4

Iraq used to have:

Strong President who ran the government in a mainly secular manner.

Comparative stability and becoming more so.

No ties with terrorism, and an antagonistic relationship with Jihadist organizations.

Strong infrastructure and growing economy.

Not to say Saddam Hussein was great, but he may have been our best ally against terrorism in the Mideast.

Now Iraq has:

Destroyed Economy

Weak Government, which for years to come will not have the trust of its citizens due to its origen and ties to the U.S.

Daily violence, and the peaceful population is fleeing as rapidly as they can

Terrorist recruitment and an influx of guerrillas.

I think it's possible that if this situation isn't resolved (I don't know how to resolve it, but what we're doing now isn't the answer) it will become a nation with the infrastructure for war, a weak central government, and an organization of terrorists stronger than the central government. It could be like Taliban Afghanistan, but bigger, meaner, more powerful. America's worst nightmare, in just a few years.

Did Bush want it this way?
We really have to figure out if Bush let 9/11 happen through incompetence or through deliberate inaction, or as part of a deal.
Could Iraq be al Qaeda's payment for the hit?




In response to above post, Schools were safe in Iraq before we invaded, and women had more rights than they do now. I talked to a soldier who told me he had to shoot schoolchildren on their way to school with a sniper rifle in Iraq. I think they were better off without our help.

Answer 5

You are asking the wrong people. If the Shia Marsh Arabs or the Kurds, or the Kuwaiti prisoners of war, or the inmates of Saadams torture camps had access to Yahoo answers you may get an informed answer.

Unfortunately you will probably get a load of white middle class live at home with the parents kids from safesville USA whose biggest problem in life is Burger King or Macdonalds.

Answer 6

Others have answered this question well. I just want to say that anyone that claims to have used a sniper rifle to shoot children on their way to school is a liar pure and simple. Another example of the voracity (or lack of) of the anti-war crowd.

Answer 7

Absolutely.
No Saddam.
No Uday or Qusai.
No mass murder.
No more WMD's to worry about (they were there for the non believers - Clinton and Kerry both said they were)
No rape rooms.

It should have been done in 1991 (my only beef)

Answer 8

Yes and how about that we ousted a murderous dictator and his family and rooting out the other terrorists who come to fight...how about no terror attacks on our soil for the last 5 years...also it shows that we are done taking their crap.

Yes, well worth it

Answer 9

Never thought it was a good idea, and basically Iraq has been destroyed. Even if they can get it up and running with our help, it will crumble to pieces shortly after we leave. Definitely NOT worth the lives of the sons and daughters of poor and middle class families. I would mention the sons and daughters of the wealthy... but they aren't participating in this farce.

Answer 10

i forget where it is in the bible but all of this is very clearly mentioned, i was always pretty mutual on the war- i think there is more going on there than what they want us to know, and i also think there is diffrent reasoning behind the war. soon there will be one worldwide goverment which is what BUSH is trying to do while still in office.