The war is as bad as ever. ( Thanks to Bush and Company ) The war cannot be won and more and more Iraqi men and women are being killed everyday. It's "NOT" better now than it was 3 years ago. Shame is coming.
2006-09-30 06:14:13 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I dont know how to answer that question but that is a good question.
2006-09-30 06:30:00 · answer #1 · answered by black_collar_boy270 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Some things are better, some things are worse. Even if the country eventually descends into full-blown civil war, the people of that region have taken their first step towards self-rule, which wouldn't have happened for a hundred years (if at all) without US help. And most US servicemen and women have done their jobs admirably, stuff like Abu Ghraib grabs media attention because it's so far from normal.
I think most military personnell will say that giving the Iraqis a chance was something to be proud of- even if the plan from Washington wasn't well thought out, even if ultimately things wind up being worse off when we leave. The blame for that lies with the man in the oval office, not the men & women on the ground.
2006-09-30 13:30:00 · answer #2 · answered by C-Man 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Right erudite, they should be more like you. A bitter, angry little person who becomes all anti-Military and does their best to convince the world how evil the people of the Armed Forces are.
These men and women have every right to be proud of who they are, and I hope they continue to feel proud for serving for the US, as well as trying to make Iraq a better place. (And before you try to turn my words into something else, no, I'm not referring to any Military member that has done illegal actions while serving in Iraq)
Every vet isn't like you. They don't turn against the Military because they served in war, and then forever run their mouth about shame coming to us all and eating crow, or any of the other weird crap you always say. It's sad that you are continuing to carry around guilt and anger from your time in Vietnam, because it wasn't your fault that you were sent there. Bnd it's a little twisted that you want today's Military to feel that same anger and hate that you do, and that you often try to turn other Americans against our Military. I guess your goal is to get the American people to give our Iraqi vets the same horrible reaction people gave you and the rest of the Vietnam vets when you guys came home. You are just an unbelievably terrible person.
2006-09-30 14:07:33 · answer #3 · answered by Naples_6 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure - too bad you didn't live in Iraq as a Kurd during the tyrannical reign of Saddam Hussein. Maybe some first-hand contact with a deadly biological agent would change your mind, as narrow as it is, about what we are trying to achieve there. You obviously think the world and the Iraqi people were better off with him in power. We should have wiped him out during the George H.W. Bush presidency, but misinformed bleeding heart idiots like you made that impossible. I have a good friend that served there. He would love to hear your views face-to-face.
2006-09-30 13:35:42 · answer #4 · answered by Darryl L 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How can you have the audacity to say that, when in your own question you answered it for your self. Anyone who served this country in a war, regardless of which one it was, should be proud. Do you think that when you serve, you think for yourself, or do you do what is ordered of you? You should ask how Bush can look in the mirror after this and think that he is a good president (which he obviously thinks since anyone else who knew he was a bad pres. would redeem themselves from that shame asap, by resigning.) The people that he sends, they are likely from a lower income family and need the help for college so they can get out of that, they take care of their families and yours. ANY SHAME THAT MAYBE BROUGHT UPON US IS THE BUSH ADMINISTRATIONS SOLELY. They lied to get support, went against the rest of the world, and found nothing.....yet we are still there DICTATING to the Iraqi people how things will be....hmmm.
2006-09-30 13:36:10 · answer #5 · answered by girlnoladrea 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You Know what zero dite I hope to meet you some day so i can see what a pathetic and worthless individual you truly are. I read your bio and you hope people read what you wrote and you hope for some recognition after your death but you know its probably not going too because after all you are a zero dite and you probably live a pathetic and useless life and if this offends you in any way I hope so Oh and one other thing why don't you visit a V/A hospital some time and tell those wounded they should be ashamed really why not take yourself to a funeral where they might be putting to rest a fallen soldier and ask there familys if there ashamed no sir I think your guttless and you should be ashamed
2006-09-30 13:42:22 · answer #6 · answered by soldierof the 82ndAirborne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shame huh...id like to know what you stand for if anything at all..I bet when you look in the mirror you see a cowardly person with no heart for anyone including those who are only doing the jobs they were sent to do...And thier families as well...
Do you think they enjoy being there...You need to reexamine your moral...and thank a soldier for making your life as easy as it is right now...No matter how young or old they may be...without national security we would be slaves to another country...
2006-09-30 13:34:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's pretty easy for the military man or woman - no matter where they served - to look in the mirror and proudly say that I have sacrificed for my country and put the interests of the nation above my own.
2006-09-30 13:23:19 · answer #8 · answered by picopico 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Because of all the good things he has done. Just because he was in Iraq doesnt mean he did anything wrong. I am proud of him. Its people like him that allows you the freedom to try to make hime feel bad. Shame on you!
2006-09-30 13:25:07 · answer #9 · answered by mnwomen 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Are you serious? Me as military person myself have done a lot of great things for Iraq but its the media the perceives iraq as "we've done nothing than f uck up." If you ignorant people only knew the half of it...
2006-09-30 13:29:58 · answer #10 · answered by si2high 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Individual servicemembers do not determine foreign policy. Individual servicemembers follow orders and execute them to the best of their ability. Individual servicemembers swear to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. If you are a servicemember and ...
(1) You followed the orders as they were given, with no allowances made for personal profit;
(2) You were fair to every local national you came in contact with, and treated them in accord with the rules on civilians in the Geneva Conventions;
(3) You conducted yourself in accord with the rules and regulations of your service branch and those standing orders given by CENTCOM;
(4) You conducted yourself with professional courtesy under garrison conditions and bravery if under fire;
(5) You saw wrong at your level (fraud, waste, and abuse of government or Iraqi resources, mistreatment of local nationals, mistreatment of other servicemembers) and you stood up to challenge it.
If you conducted yourself according to those basic guidelines, you can be proud of serving in Afghanistan or Iraq, or anywhere.
2006-09-30 13:17:32 · answer #11 · answered by Nat 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋