When the Dems get their way and we leave Iraq?

Question

How long will it take before the enemy decalres victory and brings the jihad to the shores of America.

Will we ever wake up?

Answer 1

I continue to be amazed and astounded at how very little the average American seems to understand or know about Iraq, terrorism, or fighting the war on terrorism.

1.) Just because the weapons of mass destruction have not yet been located does not mean they do not exist, or that Hussein never had them.

Hussein did have them, we know he did. Those were not phantom missiles or bombs containing chemical and biological agents produced by a figment of some elaborately conceived lie by the GOP or the Bush Administration. I saw the video of hundreds of men, women and children laying dead in the streets after Hussein ordered the attacks on the Kurds with those weapons.

I want to remind everyone that Iraq is a very large nation, whose topography is mostly dessert. The horrifying thought is those weapons are still out there somewhere, and an even more horrifying thought is those weapons could be in anyone's hands, anywhere in or out of Iraq by now. I believe those weapons will one day be found. What scares me most, is how will they be found? Will it be by a group of children out, innocently playing or when they are deposited in a major American city and then detonated?

2. Jo York needs his or her head examined. He made the comment that there never was a link between Al Queda and Iraq, when just days ago the news media was covering stories all over the place that Al Queda had 12,000 troops on the ground there, and was winning the war.

3. cvq3482 has hit the nail on the head. We need to be concerned for what is happening today, right now. Let history debate and decide if the initial reasons for going in to Iraq, after Afghanistan was the right thing to do or not.

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We as Americans are going to have to wake up. We are not fighting another nation, who has clearly identifiable soldiers. We are fighting a fanatical, maniacal group of people who are from many different countries and backgrounds. Our current means of fighting this war is ideologically wrong. Like it or not, we are going to have to fight these people using guerrilla tactics. Gone are the days of major battles between large armies on a major battlefield.

We are going to have to develop an entire division of special tactics and weapons teams that are specialized in going in to extremely dangerous situations, that are also heavily populated with civilians in small groups (no more than 12 to 14 men) and fight these people man to man. We are going to have be more methodical and surgical in our strategy in dealing with terrorists. By adopting this strategy, we reduce the collateral damage and needless civilian casualties we face every time we identify a target and then blow it to kingdom come from the air.

Answer 2

You're right! However, we're not actually engaging the Jihad right now. We're simpily the referee in a civil war bout scheduled for unlimited rounds. The truth is we can't just pull out and bring the troops home and hope the troubles stay over there. In reality I could care less about verbal threats like those of Mr Hussein and what-ever-his-name-is from Iran. But when you bring the threats to American soil in acts of Terrorism then actions must be taken to prevent and incompasitate any means of doing more harm to US by any means neccesary. We can't patrol the entire middle east so the point by the GOP that we're preventing Iraq from becoming a terrorist breading ground is balony. If we every do bring Iraq back to civilization the terrorist will just move on. The enemy we're fighting uses sly, sneaky, and guerilla tatics. Why we're worried about Iraq there are terror cells in Europe, Canada, Mexico, Africa, and the US making there next move. I agree with you in full keep the war over there and out of America but my friend Jihad is already on the shores of America. My point is I guess are we issuing our best effort to fight terrorism? Is Iraq the answer to terrorism? Was Iraq the origination of the 9-11 plots in which we begun the war on terrorism? If there are no WMDs to cause the US harm?. . .Then what is the reason for liberating the Iraq citizens instead of protecting the US citizens?

Answer 3

1) Not long.

2) Probably not.

It does not make a darned bit of difference whether one thinks the war was wrong, or Saddam was not a threat. The terrorists (supplied by Iran and Syria) trying to get a foothold there ARE a threat.

We have to deal with the situation there TODAY, not why we went.

If a doctor thinks a patient has a tumor, and operates but doesn't find one, does he just say "oh well, it was a mistake" and walk out of the room? NO - he finishes the surgery and sews the patient up. Finish what you start.

We have just sent a big signal to the world that we're not willing to fight. Many, many more Americans will die in the long run than otherwise would have.

PS Notice how many other answers are still stuck on the war's justification in 2003 rather than what to do in 2006. Fight about it later. But get the job done!

Also, if the US presence causes the violence, then why do the Iraqis beg us not to leave?

Answer 4

Well techinically the Iraqi's have already won. The occupation of Iraq has served nothing more than as a meat grinder for American and British military. Bush is running out of propoganda, and with Rumsfeld gone, he has now lost any trump cards he had.

If America wants to prevent a "Jihad", it has to focus its recources on defending it's own shores. Concentrate on internal intelligence and immigration. Granted sometimes a good offence is the best defence, but this in no way was a good offence, just another Vietnam **** up.

Save the people in your armed forces, if they have to fight, let them fight on their own soil where they can at least be with the people that care for them.

Answer 5

Who cares about their 'declaration' of victory? Does it mean anything to you or other Americans? Would the US winning in Vietnam have made it any easier for us to accept the 50,000 deaths of American soldiers? I think not. As for bringing the war, it was going to happen anyway - Bush just accelerated the time table and gave them reasons to bring it to our shores. And no, we won't wake up.

Answer 6

You must not have paid attention to the results of the last elections.

It's not just the Democrats who think we need to regroup and not pull out but to get a better strategy.

What we're doing now is now working and it's not just the Democrats who believe this.

Answer 7

Not long at all, I'm afraid. The only thing going for us now is that Bush is still at the reigns. The real fear will begin along with the next presidential election.

Answer 8

Do you think that leaving Iraq will encourage terrorism more than our staying there? Every civilian death in Iraq creates a terrorist.
Do you not understand that there were no terrorist in Iraq until we went there? How many of the 9/11 terrorist were from Iraq? NONE.

Answer 9

There never was a link between Al Queda and Iraq. Don't believe me? Ask President Bush:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_A77N5WKWM

In fact, invading Iraq and ousting the regime who were keeping the Iraqi insurgents under control has probably created MORE terrorists.

Answer 10

Just about as long as it took for the Viet Cong to reach the shores of America.

Go back to sleep.