Will the war in Iraq end with the next president's inauguration?

Question

like how nixon ended the vietnam war?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, it won't. The one thing that Bush has been right about so far is when he said that if we left, Iraq would become a breeding ground for terrorists. He put us in an unwinnable situation. We'll never rid the world of extremists, and there will always be a threat of terror. To think otherwise is foolish. We're in a catch-22 now, where if we leave, we just gave a nation to terrorists and if we stay, thousands of troops are killed every year.

Answer 2

Not the same. Even though it is not true that Vietnam was winnable (because there was nothing to win), Nixon managed to get out without making America look like a total loser. We will not be so lucky this time. The whole world sees that Bush has lost and that anti-American terrorist organizations set the agenda in Iraq, as well as Afghanistan.

In the long run, it might not have been such a big deal except Bush also lost America’s dignity and honor. It’s one thing if people are just mad at you – it’s something else if they do not respect you.

You cannot win back respect, you have to earn it. America likely will never regain the level of international respect, admiration, and trust that Clinton passed on to Bush.

It took more than 200 years for America to become the unchallenged economic and political world leader. The opportunities that existed were almost beyond imagination. It only took Bush a few months to damage it and a few years to destroy it.

Answer 3

Nixon did not end the Vietnam war. The civil war in Iraq will last 5 years or till one side has won control the oil wealth. A planned withdrawal to a safe distance is the only option for our service men. The Iraqis are 75 percent ready now to take over security. Bush has not told America that truth.

Answer 4

Sadly, no. Especially if another Republican is elected. Or if Bush again alters the Constitution to keep him in office beyond his term.
Silly, for anyone thinking that any outcome at this juncture would be a victory. And it is much too late to appear as simply humanitarians, especially with Bush considering amending the Geneva Convention Treaty to allow torture of anyone they "label" as having ties to terrorism in any form.
Don't you remember 2003 when Bush said after only one month in Iraq. The war is over. This is not Vietnam. It was supposed to be quick and clean. Three years later, we are no closer to the end than we were in 2003.
To the man/woman who has been there way too many (5)times, and going back again? Your little one deserves to have you at home, for Christmas. You deserve to have a Christmas with your wife and child. They grow up so quickly. I don't want you to miss some of the best years of your life with him. Be safe. Come Home. Very Soon.

Answer 5

No. I do hope not. Also, it's reconstruction....... I hope you're not as ignorant to believe that we are still fighting Saddam. Ya know that whole trial thingy... yeah that's Saddam - the guy we found in a hole. The begger turned prideful bastard (again).

Iraq must be a success. We must be humanitarians and save those people from the horror in the Middle East.

This has nothing to do with the Vietnam War or Nixon.

Answer 6

I don't think so.

In order to pull that off, the next president would have to campaign on a cut and run agenda - and win.

That's not going to happen - if America's security and defense become the primary issues in 2008 - and the left keeps up their rhetoric about human rights for the terrorists, scare tactics about our civil rights and how bad and nasty profiling is - the democrats are doomed.

I truly believe that most Americans are not willing to allow the Islamic terrorists any sort of victory.
And any sort of victory would just convince them that their murder and maiming of innocent men, women and children is a successful tactic in their quest for a one world government under Islamic Law - and we, and the rest of the world, would be right back to square one.

We have to defeat these psycho dirt bags once and for all - and whether you agree with Bush's policies or not - we have confronted the enemy and we must not relent. We cannot give them a base of operation and a new found boldness!

Answer 7

You didn't finish grade school did you? The war is not about Iraq, unless we can continue to get all these muslim nutcases to go there so we can kill them, the war will go on for twenty years or more regardless of who is president. The president will only help determine how it comes out. Do you really want some idiotic Kerry/Clinton/Gore president who pulls out of Iraq so that all those thousands of terrorists can concentrate on coming here instead?

Answer 8

Highly Doubt it, and I'm military serving in Iraq again in October but would love it if it would end. I've been to Iraq 5 times since the war and in the last 5 years haven't had a christmas with my wifey and son. the last time I ad christmas with my son, he was 4 :(

Answer 9

No. As wrong as the war Iraq is we can't just turn our backs and leave. We need to develop a decent strategy and get the government of Iraq to stand on it's own.

Answer 10

Doubtful