2006-11-09 01:31:27 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Nope. Under Saddam the utility system worked, there were no roving gangs of thugs, and there were not Al Qaeda insurgents wandering the land. Since the invasion 600,000 Iraqis have died. Saddam was a bad guy, but the price of the invasion has been very high for Iraqis.
2006-11-09 01:33:40 · answer #1 · answered by texascrazyhorse 4 · 5⤊ 3⤋
No. The war destroyed the infrastructure leaving many areas without power, drinking water and sewerage where previously there was. Most of the money ear-marked for reconstruction has simply been spent on security.
There is not just one insurgency in Iraq, but many, based on religion and ethnic groups. Before the war, there was no such thing as international terrorism in Iraq; the war opened the doors into Iraq for Al Qaeda.
Bearing in mind that Iraq had nothing to do with 911, and had no WMD, it is hard to justify the war in the first place. If it was simply about removing a dictator, then why aren't the US bombing Zimbabwe?
And if it was about democracy, then why Iraq and not any of the surrounding nations? Surely, in any case, democracy is something that should be developed from within, rather than imposed by a third-party nation?
The war has ruined the country and given everybody with an axe to grind the opportunity to grind it. The average Iraqi is considerably worse off now.
2006-11-09 01:40:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Did you watch 60 min they did a show on Iraq last year and interviewed people living there. One woman said we don't want sadam back but don't like the americans here. In other words I guess before we arrived at least there was some law and order and you could walk the streets and not be scared. The conditions are really bad. I've read recently that thousands are leaving.
We are trying to rebuild the water treatment plants and power plants to give everyone fresh water and electricity. However I read where they went in and fixed up a water treatment plant and trained the Iraq workers to run it only to come back a year or so later and see it in shambles.
2006-11-09 03:16:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-21 12:57:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the Shiites and definitely the Kurds. Not sure about the Sunnis that were Saddam's people. Ask Iraqi's for your best answer to that. Most people that answer form other countries are too concerned with their personal bias to answer with facts
2006-11-09 01:34:43 · answer #5 · answered by mark g 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
if you're a kurd.... hell yea! if you're an average iraqi.... still yes. Any time that you're given a choice in your leadership.... it is always good for the people. And that's what the U.S. coalition has given to the iraqi people. Freedom isn't free.... but well worth the price.
2006-11-09 01:35:15 · answer #6 · answered by johnbehrhart 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, average Iraqi is better off.
2006-11-09 01:53:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, more are dead and many are starving, have no water or electricity! They are routinely murdered on a daily basis and are in a middle of a civil war!
Additionally they don't like us! Eighty percent of Octobers American 103 dead were by Iraqi's, not by terrorist!
2006-11-09 01:36:09 · answer #8 · answered by cantcu 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, absolutely. Compare the death rates before and after - including better health care, no starvation, the end of Saddam's mass executions, etc.
People have died because of the war and the aftermath.
But less than would have died otherwise.
And they have a chance at freedom, if they can take it.
2006-11-09 03:09:55 · answer #9 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO, they don't even have reliable electricity STILL! Many have lost friends or family during the war and economic opportunity is severely limited. In some regions they can't leave their homes for fear of being killed by stray fire or the growing civil war.
2006-11-09 01:33:52 · answer #10 · answered by Rwebgirl 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋