How come Bush is having a hard time in Iraq?

Question

In late September a high level intelligence report was released that said the US occupation in Iraq has spawned a new wave of Islamic radicalism and increased the global threat of terrorism. Mr Bush is really embarrassed over being wrong about the war.

Just days later, a new book by acclaimed journalist Bob Woodward, "State of Denial", rocked the White House with allegations that it was hiding the truth about the war in Iraq. The Republicans are feeling ashamed over the war.

Answer 1

Why do you think Bush is having hard time. He is perfectly fine and things are working as per hsi plans. He got passed a bil lof some billion dollars for Haliburton.
Behind all these fiasco and blowing up do any news channel cover what is happening to oil fields in iraq. are they in production. what exactly is haliburton doing... naah....
it is a mistake to think him a fool and clueless. Actually he is making a fool out of us. I think things are working as per his plan.

I dont understand what it takes people to understand that IRAQ war never about terrorism or 9/11. It was other way round 9/11 and terrorism gave them the oppurtunity to carry out personal agenda.Teh war is just about OIL money thats all.

Series of Events.
We were told that iraq has WMD and it has none. Period Mr Bush u told a lie. Nobody wants to hear anything else. The message should be u told a lie and u should be punished.

Its our soilders having hard time. Bush hasnt been on ground for an hour.

Answer 2

The U.S. has 100 years of experience dealing with such "terrorists." They were called Indians. Andrew Jackson invaded Florida (which at the time was owned by Spain) because of terrorist attacks made by Indians that were coming up from Florida. Out first foriegn war was over terrorism in like 1803, fighting Muslim pirates in now Lybia. That lasted on and off for 12 years. Meanwhile the Europeans would have rather paid the ransom than fight the pirates.

I think there is a lot of holding back. After all, in WWII over 42 million people were killed in 8 years of fighting. That was over 1/4th of the world population at the time. It was three countries against the world. One battle lasted about a year between the Germans and the Russians which killed about 2 million soldiers. The Germans lasted till they had 14+ Soviet divisions and 3 American divisions in Germany. Japanese held out till the second nuclear bomb. That's serious dedication. No hearts and minds were won even with all the propoganda. Those that wanted to fight were killed. Even in other wars, whole cities were destroyed and every man woman and child was killed (several of those wholesale destruction stories can be found in India's history). That's how the rest of the world fights. The modern U.S. politicans would rather see warfare as a police action where soldiers play cops.

The U.S. will still move out fairly quickly since they are turning over land to the Iraqis as quickly as possible. Over 75% of the land will be turned over to the Iraqis by the begining of 2007. The U.S. will probably be exiting Iraq sometime at the end of 2008.

Answer 3

He's having a hard time because he didn't go in with a plan. The clean-up and reconstruction teams should have been 30 minutes behind the army, and they should have recruited help from anyone they could, Baath party or not, to get services back up and running, to prevent looting, to maintain order. He didn't have enough troops for that, so what the Iraqis saw was us sweeping through, destroying buildings, killing non-combatants, then abandoning them.

Running Saddam out of power was not the definition of 'Mission Accomplished.' A stable, secure, rebuilt Iraq was the proper definition. And Bush was too dense to see that.

Answer 4

There's nothing to be ashamed about. Britain still substantiates the intel that Saddam tried to obtain Yellow Cake from Africa no matter what Joe Wilson says.
And I refuse to close the book on whether Saddam had WMD's or not.
Sattelite Photos of flatbed truck convoys moving into Syria just before Baghdad was hit have still not been investigated for some reason.
In my opinion the only reason were having any difficulty in Iraq at all is due to International opinion and political correctness causing our troops to operate with kid gloves rather than doing what needs to be done.
Wars used to be won swiftly and decisively.

Answer 5

I actually don't think Bush is embarassed about the war. I think he and his adminstration misjudged what the reaction of the Islamic world would be and how incompetent any Iraqi government would be. Right now the police has been infiltrated by radicals, the shites and sunnis are bent on killing eachother, the radical Islamic factions are getting young (mostly) men to blow themselves up. The US military is doing an excellent job just keeping a lid on this cauldron of violence. But Bush ignored military calls for more troops. General Siseki, a decorated 3 star amry general estimated at least 500.,000 troops were needed. It was ignored.
This war was on Bush's agenda from the beginning of his first term. 9/11 gave him the excuse and the support to act. What will history tell us...

Answer 6

A monster may be somewhat plenty. i do no longer understand the guy. Any way he's not by myself. The president does not write rules or vote for their passage. He can in basic terms sign or veto as he sees extra healthful. He could additionally impression. great huge funds interest like the pharmaceutical businesses, scientific lobbyist and conservative think of tanks have all contributed to the election coffers for the two the Democratic and Republican events. the desire to denationalise each and every thing government different than the militia at the same time as increasing the funds on huge funds supply aways to the very rich is in the back of most of the government decrease back in necessary centers. seem at S-CHIP, the money for infrastructure like bridges and levies, and help to even help the veterans getting back from his war. a lot of those element are being decrease at the same time as the biggest deficits ever produced are popping out of Washington. You bypass parent.

Answer 7

Bush should be ashamed because he was a damn idiot to start up the war in Iraq....all he's managed to do with that is be the reason why thousands of innocent people have lost their lives...its time to stop this insanity and bring the troops home.

Answer 8

not to be offensive, he did not realize the culture differences. see they are like Indians here in the us. you can call them Indians but in truth they have very different agendas, and views on how they want to be governed. also, by not finishing the situation in Afghanistan, now what has happened some of the radical countries like n. Korea are now challenging the us only because it is unpopular and difficult to fight on several fronts. If you look at every nation that has been a world power, you see a pattern, 1. fighting wars on several fronts,
2. morals decline
3. violence in the nation
4 removes God
5. that nation falls or is taken over by its enemies.

Answer 9

he has a big ego and can't admit that our troops are losing the war in iraq. it's a shame that troops are suffereing attacks every 15 minutes in iraq. The violence seems to be getting worse, if you can imagine that happening. innocent iraqis are losing their lives. it's really really sad.

Answer 10

All I have to say is this: Bush's lies to create an illegal war in Iraq have killed thousands. Is that good enough for you?