Several reasons we should be or not be in Iraq is because...?

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Opinions needed! Thank you!

Answer 1

we kill arabs.. thats good....
may hurt camels.. thats bad

oh a for all you liberals screaming human rights for all.... remember what sadam has done to his people

Answer 2

1.) it keeps the insurgents and terrorist there, keep it in their lands and not ours.
1.a) soldiers are trained to fight in wars average American citizens are not.
2.)Help Spread democracy, Democratic nations are less likely to support Terrorist than the theocratic ones.
3.)Sadam Hussein needed to be removed, although it is in question as to which terrorist networks were talking to him. According to the 9-11 commission report there were the beginnings of talks.
4.)He had set up plans in the Clinton administration to assasinate President Bush.
5.)If we leave Iraq then the Muslim Fundamentalist will think of us as severely inferior and they will believe that we will definitely need to be destroyed.
6.)To Show the world both that we can over come and succeed, the right thing can show through and by our diligence that we are the best darn country in the world.
7.)WMD have been discovered and have been removed from that country.
7a.) Interesting fact that Iraq had Nuclear scientists but man where did all of their data go.
7b.) Interesting also that once the data disappears, Iran's ability to research further and their ability to build facilities increased drastically.
7c.) Those who believe that what is being found for nerve gas is to old. Search google for Nerve Gas and look up Binary Containment. Makes that stuff last forever.

Answer 3

The loudest (but weakest) argument is that "we're fighting terrorists over there, so we don't have to fight them over here." First, there isn't a lot of proof (either way) that what we're doing has any significant impact on what terrorists outside Iraq are doing. Or for that matter, on what terrorists inside Iraq are doing.

It's sheer speculation (might be true, might not) that the insurgents fighting against US forces in Iraq would suddenly start attacking US cities if the US left. More likely, they'd continue their own civil war without interference from us. And those terrorists who are planning on hitting the US or Europe probably aren't spending their days planting IEDs along Iraqi highways. They're already overseas planning their attacks.

So, it's highly debatable whether our presence in Iraq is having any effect toward stopping other terrorist attacks outside Iraq.

The other arguments all center around nation-building, helping Iraq establish a new government, bring democracy to the region etc. But even if those might be valid goals (and that too is debatable), the methods we're using are hideously inefficient, and apparently ineffective.

Let's look at it from a cost-benefit perspective. How much money (tens of millions) and how many lives (dozens) did it cost for the US to invade Iraq and topple Saddam's government . How much money (tens of billions) and how many lives (thousands) has it cost for the US to remain in Iraq and try to force them to set up a new government. Which, by the way, is nowhere close to being ready to take over their country.

What we should have done is pull out after "Mission Accomplished" and allow Iraq to set up whatever government it wanted. If we didn't like the results, we go in, topple it, and tell them to try again. We could have done that 10 times and still spent only 1% of the money and lost 1% of the lives that we have so far under the current plan.

So, regardless of the goals, the means we're using to accomplish them are highly wasteful of both resources and American lives. And from any perspective, stupid means are not a good way to achieve any goals.

Answer 4

Try this.

1. We defeated Saddam in the Gulf War.
2. We allowed him to sign a peace treaty.
3. Part of that treaty stated he must allow weapon inspectors in to see if he had anything he should not.
4. He refused to honor this.
5. This voids the contract.
6. The war was back on.
7. We decided to take him out.

For all you antiwar people, here is one legitimate reason for being there. The rest is not relevant.

Here are some other reasons

1. Terrorists sole mission is to wipe us out. Either we kill them or they kill us. PERIOD.
2. The UN has shown it is not on our side. They are a socialist entity that wants to destroy us. They hate the Israelis. Proof of this is they published on their website where the Israelis were and what weapons they had in Lebanon.
3. We have a right to exist. If Israel disarms, they are dead. If the terrorists disarm, there is peace. Who are the good guys?
4. Saddam gassed the Kurds in the North. These are chemical weapons that he supposedly never had. Hmmmmm

These are more than adequate reasons why we are there. FACTS, JUST THE FACTS

Answer 5

Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Plus, we never finished the job in Afghanistan.

Iraq could have waited until after we dealt with the Taliban and brought Bin Laden to justice. Now we're stuck in countries and losing in both.

Answer 6

Here's an interesting article about 7 facts you might not know about the Iraq war. It sums it up better than I could. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14657.htm