Should we stay or pull out of Iraq?

Question

Should we finish what we started?

tell me what you think, and tell me why.

Answer 1

I think we should pull out. We were after bin Laden first, right? Then Iraq had WMDs (which were never found, then later denied.) We've wasted enough of our resources over there when they should be used here in GROUND ZERO FLINT. And other suffering places.
Where are the flower-power children? Have they turned into chickens over the years? The Vietnam Conflict and Mr Bush's Invasion are growing more similar every day.

Answer 2

Pull Out. Our time is done there. The Iraqi Troops situation they are selling,thats alot of bull. Only ONE unit out of NINE is ready and took over a small area. There is still TONS left,and they are not in any hurry.
They love us being there and getting blown up.

Why on Earth is Bush still sending Troops over to Iraq when Mahdi {Iraq's vice president} said it himself that Iraq is not in a civil war, and doesn't need more U.S. troops."The Americans made many mistakes, and Iraqis had to support that". It has a constitution and elected government, and thus there is no need for an international conference.""Our options as Iraqis are that we don't have an exit strategy or any withdrawal timetable,"


If they have no Timetable,or even care to push harder to get us out,then why stay? Were NOT wanted. We caused more chaous than anything from being there.


Yes Goombull...Here is a list of some of the reliable info good ole Dubya" tried to sell us.

First we were told that Saddam had WMD, and that he even was working on a drone which could deliver a nuclear weapon to America. Rice said that we shouldn't wait for the mushroom cloud. Bush said we had to strike preemptively before a nation became an imminent threat. After WMD were not found, we were told we were bringing democracy to the country, by ridding it of a genocidal tyrant. Next, we were told that we were fighting terrorism over there so that it would not come to the United States. Then Bush and Cheney tried to associate Saddam Hussein with the 9/11 terrorists, so we were in Iraq to strike back at the 9/11 terrorists. Then we were told we were fighting to establish a "new Middle East" but that was not really defined, except as a place of modernity and "freedoms".. As of today, per Bush's most recent speech, it seems as though we are in Iraq fighting a global war on radical Islam. Who knows how long we get lied to,and what the next reason will be.....Do what Barbara should have made Bush Senior do-PULL OUT BUSH!!!
GET US OUT OF IRAQ!!!!!

Answer 3

I wish it was simple. Believe me, it would be nice not to go onver there again.

Unfortunately we have to finnish what we started. On Sept 7 2006 we handed over their Armed Forces Command to the Iraq Ministry of Defense. (It did not make any headlines as it is not "new" to the bias media) This is a huge step and the day after there were several attacks accross the country in an attempt to disrupt the process.

We are doing so much there it isn't even funny. Notice how there is no footage about the infrastructure of the Iraqi government being operational, they are in control of their armed forces, their power consumption is almost double what it was pre-war, and the health conditions have improved ten fold. There are medical officers and civilian medical personnel volunteering to deploy in support of the country to get health care to the populace. The Media does not want to report this, it would mean saying that bush is making a difference as a result of his so called "illegal war".

What the media also does not say is that 90%+ of the insurgance is NOT Iraqi's. They are Saudi, Pakastani, Iranian, and Sudan. Makes it a bit difficult to say we are being fought because the Iraqi people don't want us there when they put that kind of information out.

Don't take too much credit in the Media or those that are biased against the war...

Answer 4

Actually the US is between a rock & a hard place. The only way they can get out is to set up a phony Gov't under a strong man favourable to US interests. If this person is not inplace before the pullout, than Iraq will have an extremely violent bloodbath of a civil war.
Personnelly, I do not believe there are any plans for a withdrawal. They are building 14 basis in the country.

Answer 5

Would people in the US like it, when the US government is run by other country?

The US invasion to Iraq was at first for Bin Laden, then after Saddam, and now?

If OIL is what the US after, just let the Iraqi run their government and buy the oil from them, let Iraqis lead the way, as what they believe in and what they want!

Finish what US have started immediate and let Iraq be a Democratic Country.

If US is still in Iraq, means that US is running the TYRANNY!

FINISH THE US OCCUPATION AND RETURN THE IRAQIS VICTORY

Answer 6

We have to stick around until the local government can handle it's own security. The fact is that they face an insurgency, which is a social movement. Their troubles might lessen once we have left, since we are what they seem to be fighting against. In an insurgency, you can kill their leaders, but they will still fight. This shows it's nature as a social movement. The Iraqi government may well be able to engage this movement in constructive, peaceful ways once we are gone. But we can't leave until Iraq's security forces can police it's own territory with some effectiveness. We should pull out of Iraq, but not entirely and not right now. We should slowly withdraw until our troops are just advising the Iraqi military, eventually doing that from outside of Iraq. We should make a show of lessening our troop levels to the locals so that they see we are in the process of leaving. Our presence is actually contributing to instability as some insurgent groups use our presence as an excuse for their actions, but we cannot leave all at once or the country could fall into civil war. As we slowly lower our level of presence, hopefully things will begin to get quieter which would allow us to withdraw even further.

Answer 7

We need to stay. We need to finish what we started. The media does fail to mention that the Iraqi forces we are training are doing quite well.

They are 130,000 strong at the moment. They have even foiled a few attacks. They have taken control of several regions that the US used to control.Of course the US turned the regions over so the people can learn to defend themselves. In the long run in the history books people will look back and praise what the US did.

Answer 8

We need to stay. My husband is returning from a year long deployment to Iraq this coming week. I am thinking of those families whose soldier is never coming home. If we were to pull all of our troops out of Iraq...what kind of message would we be sending to those families? We owe it to those who were lost to complete the mission.

We also owe it to the Iraqi people who are trying to make Iraq a better place for their families. Those who have had the courage despite the threats of retribution from the insurgents.

Answer 9

Stay in Iraq and make sure that the Iraqi Army and security forces can handle the job themselves and then do a gradual downtime until we are sure that the terrorists
have been eliminated.

Answer 10

I think that the political leaders, the people who have been in war before, and the people who spend thier lives researching politics and studying it have an upper-hand on making that decision. I trust those that have been to war, have been over there themselves, and understand all of the pro's and con's...that is why they are who they are and that is why they live in places like the white house. I don't feel stupid saying that I dont know all the sides to the story enough to make such a decision, just honest.....