K.I.A? Major battles won or lost? Conquered territory? By how many elections the US helps them have? By how much control the Iraqi national Govt. has over Iraq without massive US support? By how many less Iraqi Sunnis are killing Iraqi Shittes & vice versa? By how many Iraqi "hearts & minds" have been won over to the US side?
2006-11-02 04:06:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
In order to answer this we need to know why they are really there in the first place.
If it is to stop terrorism than it cannot be won. As long as therre are people there will be terrorists. Killing people just breeds more hate and leads to a new generation of terrorist. It is a war without winners. Of course some would argue a war cannot be won or lost, justexists.
2006-11-02 04:09:14 · answer #1 · answered by cosmiccastaway 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering Saddam could not control the borders of Iraq with a million soldiers how could the Americans with half that amount. Same bunch were sneaking weapons across then as now, only difference we hear of their attacks now. OK some of the weapons were been brought in by the CIA and Mossad to be used on the Iraqi people. I do recall a few explosions mentioned in Baghdad before the War targeted at civilians just were not on Fox news are any news agency really. Who cared at all that some Sunni's were been killed until some Americans were on the ground caught up in the mess.
2016-05-23 17:23:39 · answer #2 · answered by Michelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a traditional war, we are winning. 50% of Iraq will have been handed back to the Iraqi people by the end of this year and probably 75% will be handed back in the first or second quarter of next year. The number of Iraqi trained trained police and soldiers will be at the level that the U.S. wanted by the end of the year. Also per 100,000 U.S. males between the ages of 20-44, the number of civilians death rate is higher that the military death rate. That's kind of weak the insurgents have a horrid kill record that probably equals less and the New York and Chicago mafias between 1930-1980.
2006-11-02 08:39:30 · answer #3 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
first you should define terrorists. or even easier just say enemy combatants. because if you say terrorists technically all troops on all sides in iraq are terrorists.
and you can't youse numbers 140,000 amrrican troops vs millions and millions and millions. that's a bit unblanced huh.
we could kill 50 for every one we lose and still eventually lose it the long run.
also america is not colonizing iraq ( or isn't suppose to be) so there for we shoudln't haave to win there hearts. you probably meant to say convincing iraqis that a shi'te led democracy is a good idea. this is iraq, not new america. plus they will never fully love us. baghdad once was one of the most beautiful citys in the world. despite sadam things were better and there was much less death. we did not liberate them, we destroyed them.
and besides despite what the aministration says the miltary claims they do not have control. militas fight unabaited. violence is at a all time high. we just don't have enough troops to have control.
but it's not about winning or loseing. we alreay won. sadam fell. that was the mission. we technically aren't at war. if your talking about destroying the insurgancy, well that's genocide. are you willing too kill millions. and do you think 140,000 troops can do that. we don't allow negotiator for the " terrorists" so there for the only option for victory is total annilation, which is genocide
2006-11-02 04:23:43 · answer #4 · answered by sapace monkey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bwahahahaha! the bushter said we're winning. 103 US dead last month. 200 Iraqi police killed and uncounted Iraqi civilians killed by the US and in the civil war. Sounds like a win to me.
2006-11-02 04:22:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
wake up!! in the history of mankind not a single guerrila group has been defeated, its a winless war, you can be in a country for years and never defeat fighters who will fight for thier cause.in fact since the invasion or iraq there are an estimated 20,000 fighters recrutied to fight the americans, the more the americans kill the more they recruit, its a hopeless situation.as for hearts and mind ,ever since the first day of the invasion over 80 per cent of iraq's don't want forghin troops on thier soil .
2006-11-02 04:23:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A soldier I know stationed in Iraq says that every day someone in his company is killed or seriously injured. He spent a year before he went to Iraq studying the language and daily goes out and interacts with the people (a dangerous job since the enemy isn't wearing uniforms). He says that for the most part his impression is that the people do not like the US. and wish we weren't there.
How can we fight in this kind of a situation?
2006-11-02 04:11:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It depends on what the current definition of "winning" is; it changes from day to day.
2006-11-02 04:13:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋