Seeing how this election was primarily based around the war in Iraq, and the dominance the Democratic party showed last night. What sort of realistic timeline do you think we will see with our troops being pulled out of Iraq and Afganistan?
2006-11-08 01:20:58 · 10 answers · asked by Eric 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
the Democratic party can ask bush all they want to bring home the troops . but its all up to him not them. if we brought them home today in less than a week there would be another attack on us soil . trust me ive been to iraq. those people are nuts
2006-11-08 01:25:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem with bringing the troops home is what happens then to the people of Iraq? The USA started this war and we have a moral obligation to at least restore peace to the country before we leave. We invaded on false pretenses, toppled a man who admittedly was a dictator but look at what they have now. A civil war. Our leaders failed to consider the history of the country before they went in there. Different countries in the Middle East have been occupied before, their national treasures looted and sent to other countries. they do not have a history of their people or country being treated well by the occupying forces. So why would they accept US occupation willingly. Also, they have a history of sectarian violence that goes back a long way. There are 3 major groups, Shia's, Sunni's and the Kurds. Whenever the one group has held power the other 2 have been persecuted, this is why they are willing to die for their group being in power, they fear retaliation and persecution yet again. It isn't like the USA that we know that there is another chance for power in 4 years, when they get into power they stay in power until they are deposed. If you are unlucky enough to have your enemies in power you may not live until then. They don't share the power. We should have realized that and made plans for a coalition government long before we went in there. Now we should "stay the course", not cause Bush says so, but for the Iraqi people.
2006-11-08 02:03:03 · answer #2 · answered by brendagho 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask Bush.....the President is the Commander-in-Chief of the military - not Congress. This war is still 100% on his shoulders and the strategy is all up to him. But, the people did send out a big "wake up" message last night. Glad to see some people in this country are finally paying attention.
2006-11-08 01:33:15 · answer #3 · answered by captain2man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya like that will happen
Lets get those boys home from Guam and How about the Spanish American war that ended 104 years ago and those troops are still deployed.
Go big Red Go
2006-11-08 01:39:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do hope to bring our troops back from Iraq. Maybe we can be more successful in Afganistan since we could focus on them more. I'm just worried what the Dems will do to this economy. TAXES TAXES AND MORE TAXES.
2006-11-08 01:27:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I support our troops. An I support the war. An I may be on the diffrence here. But I hope they send more troops over, and instead of sticking to the course. I hope they make a new course.
2006-11-08 01:28:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't expect anything buddy. remember the commander in chief in the president. So he has control of the U.S. military, not the Dems.
2006-11-08 01:25:45 · answer #7 · answered by TJ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question .. can't wait to see some answers. I don't know but I hope real soon.
2006-11-08 01:23:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Within two years, although it should be sooner (about a year)
2006-11-08 01:24:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can only set a time line if your plan is to be defeted
2006-11-08 01:24:55 · answer #10 · answered by ken y 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋