Was it because of invading Iraq and not pressing Afghanistan to clear put bin Ladin and his Al Qaeda terrorist ?
That is a war we could have won , if we had put our manpower there , and not in Iraq . We could hsve gone there after we got bin Ladin .
2006-09-11 08:19:47 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I suspect that if the US had concentrated on Afghanistan, and rebuilt the place with 1/10 of what we've poured into Iraq, Afghanistan would be the envy of the Arab world, and we would be far better off than we are today.
2006-09-11 08:24:42 · answer #1 · answered by Rockvillerich 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Much of the world disagrees with the Iraq war. They see the US as the aggressor.
I think we would have had problems in Iraq even if we had not gone in. Saddam was a problem.
I wish we had captured Osama by now. I think we are concerned that a huge force in the mountains wouldn't get anything accomplished other than killing lots more troops and turning more of the people there against us. The leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan are barely holding on against popular militant sentiment.
I hope we have special forces working on getting Osama.
Then again, toppling a dictator who both parties and many foreign nations believed was a huge threat and giving 25 million Iraqis a chance at freedom might be a better bargain than throwing large armies at Osama when special forces might be more efficient and result in far fewer American deaths.
Some people will criticize Bush no matter what. I imagine an alternative universe where we lost 10,000 men looking for Osama, we destabilized a nuclear Pakistan, and Saddam was still in power, no doubt still working on his dangerous schemes. Imagine what the Democrats would have said then! Or maybe it's the war people hate - everyone should dislike war - and they just project the hate onto Bush.
I think the Iraq war would wind down quickly if the Iran and Syria backed insurgents and sectarian terrorists stopped killing people. Why don't they get any of the blame?
2006-09-11 08:26:42 · answer #2 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because he pretty much gave up on looking for Bin Ladin (I haven't heard any news on the troops hunting him since 2003) and then went into his little vendetta into Iraq, lying to the entire country and sending off thousands to their deaths for no cause other than to finish something Daddy couldn't....and yet 2 and a half years later he can't finish it! You don't ask for help with one thing and still expect to have help for something else after you haven't completed your original task. No one respects a quitter, and I feel Bush should be impeached for tyranny.
2006-09-11 08:29:47 · answer #3 · answered by amizuno_forever 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because he has stayed in Iraq far too long. And telling us he can not find bin ladin is a crock news agencies seem to find him. Are they smarter and more resourceful than all of Bush's intelligence agencies
2006-09-11 08:23:58 · answer #4 · answered by jusme 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Bush lost respect, compassion & creditability NOT just for him but for the nation. For the 1st time in US history we are viewed as the agresser because of the PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE policy Bush started. All natons now wonder what nation the US will strke next because it's good for us. Before Bush we only responded to agression and were viewed as the peace keepers. "The country to trust". NOT ANY MORE!!! Thank you George W.
2006-09-11 08:33:16 · answer #5 · answered by chief8166 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The other nations don't back him because he lied about the reasons for invading Iraq...he swore there were "weapons of mass destruction" and there was absolutely no evidence whatsoever of any. He lied to them...and continued to lie to try and manipulate and it blew up in his face. Now Bush is being looked at as the biggest terrorist threat.
2006-09-11 08:29:39 · answer #6 · answered by auntcookie84 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I suspect this is because they know he is a puppet, doing the bidding of those who hold something over him, or who are making him rich(er).
He is either incapable or unwilling to personally make and stand by decisions.
Who wants to respect that? Who has compassion for that? What kind of credibility does that have to offer?
If this was a boyfriend question, everyone would tell the American public to dump him, he's a loser. You deserve better.
2006-09-11 08:28:55 · answer #7 · answered by sendmedaisies 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Bush took political advantage of 9/11, that is why. Conservatives saw an opportunity with 9/11 and took it.
...very shameful.
2006-09-11 08:31:17 · answer #8 · answered by p2prox 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because people can only swallow a certain amount of crap until it starts taking its toll on their stomachs. In other words, because he's like that boy from that Aesop fable, who cried "Wolf!" way too many times, except he's yet to tell a truth like the boy does at the end. Hopefully, the truth will be "Help! I'm choking on a pretzel!" and no one will believe him.
2006-09-11 08:36:36 · answer #9 · answered by Ricardo P 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Maybe today is not the day for such things. Perhaps for today and just for today we should all stop trying to bash each others political views and take a day to remember something. I don't know if anyone on here will take this to heart but, it's just a thought and a suggestion. So, if you feel like some things are more important, no matter which side of the political field you throw yourself on, please, just take today off from what typically happens on this site.
2006-09-11 08:30:52 · answer #10 · answered by PraTrp 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋