9/11 casualties 2819, Iraq US casualties 2871. Cost of revenge too high?

Question

Now more US soldiers have died revenging the 9/11 disaster than those died in the towers.

Some of you have short memories. Bush said he was invading Iraq for 2 reasons - to get Bin Laden's group in Iraq, and to silence the Weapons of Mass Destruction. It was sold as a revenge attack in those first months.

Answer 1

If its revenge the cost is always too high. Justice that's a different issue and justice cannot or should never come from the barrel of a gun. I don't think we are any better off than we were 5 yrs ago. The same issues remain and no one in government seems to have the stomach to tackle them. 2819 and counting. Cost too high? Ask the families. Even more so as the Iraqi people the same question. Hope this helps. Just my point of view. As always all comments are welcome and respected. Happy Holidays

Answer 2

The cost of revenge is always too high.

But what you must understand is that this war is not about revenge, nor has it ever been.
This war was and is about financial gain for the corporations that run America.
It is not coincidence that Afghanistan has the largest remaining oil reserve in the world. (That's why the USSR was trying to gain control for so many years).

Our country needed this war to continue in it's position as the head asskicker on the the planet. The oil, the heroin, and the gold gained by this war will ensure that the US remain a major power in this world.
The revenge thing was just a way to get us riled up and confused so that our government could do things like invade Iraq without having to face major disapproval.
Remember, after 9/11, we were so mad that we didn't ask questions when Bush said let's go to war against this guy most of you never heard of.

There is SO much more going on than meets the eye.

This war will continue, and many more will die before it's over.
And if Bush and Cheney have their way, it may never be over.
The money to be gained is too great.

Answer 3

Not even Bush claims that the Iraqi venture had anything directly to do with 9/11. Nor is revenge an appropriate measure of response. (More people were killed on 9/11 than at Pearl Harbor; should we not have gone to war against Japan?) Iraq happened because 9/11 convinced Bush (not unreasonably) that having WMD which could potentially get into terrorist hands was too dangerous to comtemplate. Considering how easy it is to build an atomic bomb if you have 30 pounds of U-235, and how much destruction would occur if one were smuggled into the US and detonated here, I agree.

Answer 4

Your comparison is rather eye-catching, however, your perspective on why the US military is in Iraq, I believe, is off base.
Revenge, if that's what you need it to be called, is nowhere near the mid-east. The "revenge" is right here. The way this country held together as a nation, the way we have not let those horrendous, cowardly acts deter this Great Nation from our lives as we have, in my opinion, become stronger. THAT is the "revenge".
Now back to the statistics you provided... First of all, each & every one of the soldiers who have died & those injured are heros, not only to you & I, but to those whom were imprisoned, tortured, gassed, etc... for nothing more than having different religous beliefs than those (or he) that was in power, or for disagreeing with the same...Not to mention the thousands that did die & the millions living in fear. Don't ever belittle those servicemen & women who gave their lives to make your home a safe place to be...
And I have a statistic for you now... More than 93,000 Americans die each and every year in this country, due to medical mis-diagnosis, improper prescriptions, & lack of insurance....How about coming up with a solution for that?...

Answer 5

The Iraq War and September 11th are unrelated events.

The Afghan War was a direct response to September 11th. The purpose wasn't revenge so much as it was destroying a known al Qaeda safe haven, with the intention of knocking al Qaeda "off balance" and making it spend more time running and less time planning. That has worked out fairly well, although the cause is suffering greatly at the moment as a result of the Iraq War.

The invasion of Iraq was about overthrowing a dictator and replacing his government with a democracy. This, according to the pre-war estimation in neo-conservative circles (including the Vice President's office and the highest levels of the Department of Defense), would lead to an economic, political and cultural renaissance in the heart of the middle east. These theories also predicted that said renaissance would spread outward, replacing the traditional Arab Nationalist dictatorships (like Syria), Islamic socialist pseudo-democracies (like Iran) and conservative Islamic monarchies (like Saudi Arabia) with liberal, pro-Western regimes who would keep the oil flowing and allow us to live fuller, happy lives.

Clearly, the war hasn't work out quite as well as its visionaries imagined it would. But that's neither here nor there.

Answer 6

This not a matter of revenge. Iraq and 911. No connection. I do not understand why people cannot accept that simple fact.

Answer 7

I don't think I would call it revenge. You people need to understand that we are not there for revenge, we are there for justice. What if we didn't respond to that tragic day? How many other tragic days do you think we would have had since then? We have taken care of alot of terrorist and therefore saved alot of lives. You want to talk about savages research Hussein and his sons! If we keep them busy in their backyards then they will stay out of ours! In your logic of thinking should we also do away with the police force and fire departments? Because I know that we have had more officers die than criminals caught, or firefighters die than houses saved? Something to think about.

Answer 8

Nah, less than 2,000 Americans died from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor yet over 400,000 Americans died for entering WWII because of that attack.

Answer 9

why is it people don't know what they are talking about half the time?9-11 and iraq are two different things.9-11 was bin laden and happened because we refused to listen to the guy and but out of his business.iraq was saddam,and we attacked him over a lie.bush should be tried or at least impeached for the deaths on both sides!!

Answer 10

feels like the government does not recognize the history of the midsection east. in the event that they did, they might recognize...there is not any winning a conflict over there. Oh, it would desire to be won...yet I promise...those human beings will pass returned to living the way they have for hundreds of years. outdoors terrorists weren't in charge for 9-11. The conflict over there is illgeal contained in the 1st place.