2006-11-19 04:10:44 · 18 answers · asked by huasquar 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Do you think we'll learn our lesson this time for more than five minutes?
2006-11-19 04:12:33 · answer #1 · answered by domangelo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no comparison between the two. If you think there is, go get a history book. If you still think there is, go get some lessons on reading comprehension. First off, we replaced a despot in IRAQ(oops, did I spell it wrong?) with an elected government. We replaced the rape rooms and torture cells with courts and procedures. And we are trying to help them get on thier feet.
Yes, I want our troops home. I have a brother who just returned Thursday from his 3rd tour. I pray every day for his safety and all of our armed forces.
There were mistakes and there will probably be more, but we are going forward in IRAQ, not sunk in a quagmire like Vietnam.
2006-11-19 12:28:10 · answer #2 · answered by Cliff W 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'll first say for the record that I voted for Democrats.
No, I don't think we should. We really screwed the pooch over there. We destroyed a stable country that was prospering under Saddam Hussein, even despite his harsh methods and our economic sanctions against it. Whether you like it or not, the one thing that has been made VERY clear out of this whole debacle is that the religious factions in Iraq are not capable of democratic government. Hussein's iron-fisted secular government worked. We've caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, with no end in sight, and havn't even a measure of control to show for it. We really, really screwed up.
So, in lieu of putting Saddam back in power (and I doubt even he could get a handle on the situation now), I think we should go back to our allies, hat in hand, and ask for help. Bush is asking China for help with N. Korea, he needs to do the same with Iraq. Get a million, or half a million, or 3/4 of a million troops, whatever we can give and get, in there for a big push. Close and control the the borders, and clean house. Rebuild enough so they can function, hold new elections once true control is established, or separate it into provinces for the different religious sects if we must, and leave it stable.
Everything I feel about myself and my country says it's terribly wrong to leave Iraq now. We made a terrible mistake, and people are dying in droves because of it. We need to fix it. I hate to say it, but I won't be voting for any Democrats in 2008 who support the idea of walking away and leaving Iraq to implode.
2006-11-19 12:32:17 · answer #3 · answered by functionary01 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
--John Stewart Mill--
War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it, the crueler it is the sooner it will be over.
--William Tecumseh Sherman--
Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.
--Ernest Miller Hemmingway--
2006-11-19 12:14:59 · answer #4 · answered by CrazyCatLady 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is easy to get the two confused isn't it?
Who you calling chicken, lady?!?!?! I'm a woman Marine, a democrat and I am certainly not a chicken, well I am dressed like a turkey, but that's beside the fact.
Intelligent people know what war is and how devastating it is to anyone who is involved in it. I want my fellow soldiers HOME, with their families, but we are certainly not going to turn tail and run. We shouldn't have been there in the first place, but we are, and we'll find effective strategies to get out of this insanity with the least possible loss of life to anyone.
PEACE.
2006-11-19 12:18:50 · answer #5 · answered by -Tequila17 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Should we? Don't know. It's almost irrelevent now. Or government can't make up their mind. First I hear that they are going to start pulling out right away then I hear about redeployment of National Guard and Reserves for 24 months. Our government can't make up their mind so at this point it doesn't really matter. We can't go back now. We should pull out soon. I pray we do but it doesn't look like that's going to happen anytime soon. At least not anytime soon.
2006-11-19 12:19:51 · answer #6 · answered by Mommy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't see this as the wise thing to do. As long as the US is in Iraq, the expansionist ambitions of Syria and Iran are on hold. At the same time, the Iraq government and army are buying time to strengthen their lot.
2006-11-19 12:20:33 · answer #7 · answered by briang731/ bvincent 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yeah now i see the intelligence of some of these trolls, i guess being preached too is bettter than learning history for themselves.
Any competent person knows vietnam, and Iraq are two different things.
2006-11-19 16:54:06 · answer #8 · answered by tordor111 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no resemblance of the two wars. Vietnam was local. They never said they would go around the world and kill everyone that didn't agree with them. Muslim extremists want to usher in the end of times. They all want to please Allah by bring about Armageddon.
2006-11-19 12:16:06 · answer #9 · answered by Stand 4 somthing Please! 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, if pulling out would be considered an act of cowardice,I suggest that we incorporate the draft,so that all my friends here,and else where,can get their fair chance to replace the soldiers there now,and keep this going ,forever,if necessary,because we certainly wouldn't want to be seen as cowardly now,would we...
2006-11-19 12:19:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Within the year, leaving a strong government in place
2006-11-19 12:13:05 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋