The War on Terror...why some do not get it?

Question

Much has been written about civilian casulties in this war against those who want to kill Americans.

American military forces go way out of their way to minimize civilian casulties at all cost.

The terrorist want to kill civilians and anyone else
who doesn't agree with their beliefs.

Yet America is blamed and held up as criminals!

Iraq broke the treaty they signed in the first Gulf-War over 600 times.

Yet Some say Bush had no right to go to war with Iraq.

It's clear that Iraq funded and supported terrorist groups all over the world.

Saddam said in 1992 that his dream was to see a mushroom cloud over Washington D.C.

Yet some say we didn't have a reason to invade.

Saddam used weapons of mass-destruction against it's own people and over 160 scientist that escaped Iraq said they worked on weapons of mass-destruction.

Yet some say Saddam was innocent and we had NO right to go to Iraq.

Will someone explain to me how anyone could be against ending Saddam?

I am not interested in the answers that say's they are against this war on terror because it helps their polictical party...to me that's shameful

Answer 1

Those who disagree with the Iraq war are simply suckers to the propaganda from the terrorists. Terrorists use civilian fronts to launch attacks and then move quickly so when a return attack comes, it kills civilians. Terrorists (Islamo-Facists, muslims) use this method all the time to get the press on their side to spout their false propaganda. Let's finish the job in Iraq no matter what the cost becuase if we do not, Iran will take it over and turn it into one huge terrorist camp for the muslims.

Answer 2

Sadly, the people in power have misused the initial American unity and support for the War on Terror for their own political ambitions. We have seen huge announcements of rings of terrorists arrested only to find out later that the assertion was completely wrong. There have been other such inconsistencies as well.

Yes, many of the claims against the Hussein regime are legitimate (supporting terrorism, research into WMD, etc), yet those same claims are just as legitimate against nations that we are not at war with, and even countries that we consider to be important allies. When the War on Terror was begun, the issue was couched in terms of idealism and no compromise, but obviously that is no loinger the case.

Even the President now admits that much of the intelligence used in promoting the war was inaccurate, not a crime, but it throws an air of mistrust at the idea of how the overall War on Terror is being managed. The fact that the War on Terror has been presented to the American people sounding like a political sound byte (even in such things as your above question) leaves a very bad taste in many people's mouths and makes people look at the whole enterprise with intense mistrust.

The whole concept of no bid contracts, billions of dollars for which there is no accounting, shoddy overpriced construction, basic infrastructure projects unfinished and overbudget, and absolutely no Congressional oversight or Executive accountability just makes the whole perception even worse.

I hope this does not sound like I am being unkind to you, this is just the way that many people view the whole process.

Answer 3

I've lived under the last 12 presidents.

I witnessed the appeasement and broken treaties since Hitler came to power. The US has been under attack for 30 years. We've had Presidents ignore it, as isolated incidents. How may incidents comprise "isolated"?

I was in Italy with relatives, when the Achille Lauro incident occurred. The family and I, expected war then. I departed from the Rome airport. The "next day" a bomb was exploded in that same airport.

Your generation, and past ones, have been told that wars can be fought without any sacrifice on the home front. Does anyone think that includes no sacrifices in the Military? Note President Johnson's statement that "We can have guns and butter".

Records were found in Iraq with plans to export perfume to the US, containing Serin. That amount is deadly.

We may yet see appeasement once again.

Don't you find it a bit strange, when some country experiences distress, the US is the first to be called upon to help, as just happened in the UN, regarding Darfur?

The problem, around the world, and in the UN, is "apathy".
And I don't care.

Answer 4

Your absolutely right "just me", some people just don't get it. Let me help YOU clarify things.

Saddam is an asshole, plain and simple. He is a dictator of the worst kind and is also the biggest antagonist I have ever witnessed. However he wasn't always that way, he did bring social order and infrastructure, not to mention a stable economy to Iraq. Now even though we have no solid proof that he in fact subsidized terrorist activities, being true Westerners we have the god given right to pass judgement and assume this. Now Saddam has stated his dislike for the U.S. on several occassions, this is true. However it was coincidental that his dislike for the U.S. happened simutaneously during the Iran Contra scandal when the US government was caught red handed attempting to instigate a war between Iran and Iraq in order to sell arms and munitions to fund a war between honduras and Nicauraugua. I mean the nerve of some people, hasn't Saddam ever heard of "free enterprise". Now he's out of power and thats great, however I feel that it probably would have been a more significant victory for Iraq if the Iraqi people had done it themselves. All we have done is proven once again (like Vietnam), how we like to flex our military might at the expense of thousands of young naive soldiers. Small price to pay for a defence budget wouldn' t ya say?

Other countries in the world have got to come to terms that we will not allow them to govern themselves. We are the self-proclaimed "big-brother" and will look after the best interests of all citizens involved (starting with our own). I mean, if we let countries like Iraq & North Korea develop a nuclear arsenal, well that would mean WE would be on a level playing field. That will not do, how can we dictate to the rest of the world about freedom and democracy if we can't strike fear into them? It jsut doesn't make sense. Can't these people see we're trying to help them, even if we're trying to help ourselves at the same time.




-Well put "baa baaa baaa"

Answer 5

Well for starters I believe absolutely nothing our government says in regards to who is a terrorist. They lie to push across their own agenda.
If Saddam Hussein was such a bad guy why did our government install him in to power and give him the gas he used on the Kurds?
We had no right to go to Iraq, if we were going to topple every dictator we put into power we would be in a never ending war and 90 percent of our young people would have to be drafted.
Why cant some people see what this war is all about?

Answer 6

I think you mixing up two (or three) different points: 1) The War on Terror, 2) The Iraq War, and 3) Saddam Hussein.

1) The War on Terror: The War on Terror is a war on ideology - and you don't convince someone that democracy works with the barrel of a gun. The main people fighting this particular war is the White House.

2) The Iraq war - As a Navy Brat myself, and the daughter of a Vietnam War Veteran, I know that, just like with any other group of people - It only takes one or two people to screw it up for everybody else. The troops on the ground in Iraq are the bravest bunch of people I've ever seen and had the honor to meet (the ones from my hometown). War isn't known for being peachy and rosy, it's about death, destruction, change, hope, fear, faith, integrity, cowardice, courage, and life.

3) Saddam himself. Saddam is not Iraq. He is on trial right now for murdering his own people who opposed him. Do I think we needed to have a full-scale invasion? No. A simple strike team or two to assassinate him and his major domos would have sufficed. This is specifically what the CIA does best. He is a murderous bastard that needed to be removed from power, one way or another.

Also - The White House is forgetting something - We're M-F Americans! We're tough. The simple fact that we have an opposing factor to the mainstream speaks volumes about us and our resilience. We are strong enough to demand to see all sides of any story. In most countries, Iraq included (under Saddam's rule), if you voiced an opinon opposing the government's stance, you were executed.

This fact in itself is something that Bush should be proud of; instead, he calls anyone who opposes him unpatriotic and sympathizers of the enemy.

The only thing I don't get is Bush.

Answer 7

So we invaded to get rid of Saddam? Well, that's a more honest analysis than we've ever gotten from D.C.

Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, yet the administration deliberately linked the country to that event numerous times until the "reality" that Iraq had something to do with it was created.

Hugo Chavez called Bush the devil...his conception of reality is no more valid than Saddam having a dream about a mushroom cloud over DC. Perhaps we shouldn't have backed him as we did in the war on Iran, or did we just think it was better to support both sides so they kill each other off totally?

Saddam's comments and actions in 1992 are justification for war in 2002-2003?

Saddam needed to go, no doubt, but his presence was not a security threat to the US, and if Iraqis wanted democracy they should have fought for it themselves so it means something to them. Instead they vote and live in their clannish groups and will disintegrate into sectarian violence. Since Saddam left, also, extremist Muslims have been able to torment and kill Christians to no end. Well, the end being extermination or exile...

Answer 8

First off - There is no "War on Terror"!

This "War" is merely a fraud perpetruated upon the American public by George W. Bush & Company so that his Republican corporate cronies and warmongering criminals can make tons of money at the middle and lower classes expense!

And if Saddam Hussein was sooooo bad - why did Bush and Company have to lie about the matter to get this country into war against him when he posed absolutely no threat to us at all????????????

Americans have been scammed by this lunatic over the last six years and his latest scam is to build a 700 mile "fence" along a 2,300 mile border - all the while boasting and claiming that this will protect us and keep out the illegal immigrants!

What a crock of Crap!

Answer 9

I think we have to start a bit earlier than the last decade or so. Rather than saying that Saddam dreams of a mushroom cloud over DC, we have to ask ourselves what led to terrorism. Has it ever crossed your mind that we could be guilty of all that hatred that we are facing? If you think that the U.S. governments have always been the nice ones and that we are the perfect world citizens, then you are beyond delusional. Since well more than 100 years we have behaved in the worst possible ways towards the rest of the world. Now we reap what we have sown. Our misbehaving started with Mexico, over the Philippines, Japan, our occupation assistance for our Israeli bosses, Korea, the squeezing of Middle America to the final resource grab we are executing right now in Iraq.
We are not the nice ones, no matter how nice we are to ourselves. Our prosperity depends on the backs of those we suppress; militarily and financially.

Answer 10

war on terror shd be hit them and go back
not point waiting there and try to cured a nation into democratic
the problem with Iraq war is the Muslims expecting a Korean war
to justified the topic of weapon of mass destruction or history
book will write it as a religion war in their country

Answer 11

Think of it this way.
You find a rabid dog in the backyard .
Your daughter wants to cuddle the poor thing and get it medical treatment , cure it , give it a home and call it SMOOCHIE .
While you're trying to explain things to her , how dangerous it is ect , the Dog Warden shows up .
He takes one look , knows what he is seeing and shoots the dog .

Some people are too full of good intentions to see reality and they frequently get bite .