the american government is getting in a war after war,why can't the american citizens stop it ?

Answer 1

Most don't care as long as it does not directly affect them.

Answer 2

The problem was that the President Bush was a Republican and so was the Senate and Congress. So a system of checks and balances did not exist. The Supreme court is also stacked.
Now the congress and the Senate have a Democratic majority. The Democrats do not want the war in Iraq. So I would expect change in the next year.
The other problem is that we have the military that many countries do not have. So when the UN needs troops as in Bosnia or in Rwanda and Darfur who do they call the US. You can't call France they have nothing and Japan has no real military. They rely on the US and England. China has been less of a military force because it is using the money rebuilding their economy. Remember they were all over Indochina. Vietnam Laos,Cambodia not to mention North Korea. Russia is involved in Chechneya.
The USA has a government that has opposed Communism. But I think we need to reevaluate this. There is a more logical Communism called socialism. It involves capitalism and blends the two together as in China. Now they are learning that this benefits their nation as well as all their people. The US does tend to be involved in many places where there is a genocide going on. This is the job of the UN and if more countries would take resposability we in the US would not have to be the ones along with England fighting.
When you look the other way when the bully in the playground beats up a weak person you are not a peaceful person you are a coward.
I don't see Iran or Syria or Japan or China or France and Germany comming to the rescue when a large Tsunami hits. Where were they? It's always the US to the rescue. I suggest all these other countries start pulling there weight.

Answer 3

First, in comparison to the number of situations in which military intervention is a reasonable alternative, we choose that alternative quite seldom.
Second, many of the military successes go quietly, so they're hardly noticed by the general public.
Third, our national crystal ball is sometimes a bit cloudy. Since your intelligence analysis is of a higher caliber that Uncle Sam's, I'm sure you sent your congressman an analysis of how our humanitarian intervention in Somalia would backfire, and it's a shame your warnings to the FBI before 9/11 went unheeded.
Personally, I shared with my family and friends some misgivings about the timing of our invasion of Iraq, based largely on the fact that we had so few civil affairs types in the active forces, and a force structure that demands high use of Reserve and National Guard troops, not to mention my own gut feeling about the threat of WMD's, but I have been supportive of the administration since the shooting started, because I am adult enough to understand that intelligence operations are full of uncertainty, and our leaders, who have access to more information than we do, have to make tough choices which may easily be wrong even in the best of circumstances. Monday morning quarterbacking is not only counterproductive, it's childish. If you've ever played cards, you should know that arguing results post-hoc as a criticism of play is a logical fallacy.

Answer 4

If you were to consider that before the current war in Iraq it had been thirty years since we were in a war that we should not have been. Even since the Vietnam war there have been wars in the world that we should have stepped in to assist those that were in need, but we did not. As far as why cant the American citizens stop it? Because we were for it at first and now the voices are starting to be heard, but it is easier to start a snowball rolling down a hill then to stop it once it has gained mass and momentum.

Answer 5

Please be our host. Don't blame us, the American government we are wondering why the people are sitting on their duffs. To give you a clue-go to the United Nations websight and check out their agenda for their Idea of a one world government and then you will know that the United States Armed forces are their conscripts towards the ends of their means. People wonder why the United Nations Building is a favored target? This continent we live in is no longer the United States of America(hello?)and has not been for close to 3 years now. We are now officially know as the North American Union,the second since the European Union.
Please be our guests to picket,but do it outside the UN building.
that is your answer,dare to go outside the box.

Answer 6

War after war?

America has been involved in 2 wars since the turn of the century. The invasion of Afgahnistan was largely supported by the American people and the world (it still is)

The invasion of Iraq has fallen out of favor with the American people and was made without input from the rest of the world (not the populace's fault) but that doesn't change the fact that Iraq was invaded.

The American people have shown their voice by electing a Democratic congress in the last mid-term election, but the American cycle of elections is slow and fixed, and the problem of Iraq is a knotty one. The American citizens can't just snap their fingers and make it go away.

Answer 7

The only time anything is changed is when we the peoples rise up and stand together And then and only then do they listen and I think a president has too much power It is a new day and no one man should have that much power to veto or pass a bill It is time for change and when we the people decide to take back our country,,,then it will happen...

Answer 8

Haven't you noticed a tremendous change in policy since the midterm elections? Haven't you noticed that, to a great extent, even the white house is acting a bit more responsibly? And for the guy who said that the Dems just complain but have no solutions, are you paying attention to news reports?

Answer 9

Because it's good for the economy!!


Nah, really, check the links. I don't want to be at war either. But I will tell you this. Wander into my home and set fire to my DVD cabinet or attack my Ferret and you are going down in less time than it takes to think "Ouch, what was that hunk of hot metal that just went through my forehead?".


(I love to use a good analogy. It helps make the vague, very understandable)

Answer 10

Because the American government is secretly after THIS secret "prize"!...
http://www.strayreality.com/Lanis_Strayreality/iraq.htm

Answer 11

ok....grab your history book..... on average, the U.S. is in some kind on conflict every decade since we gained our independance. You have "operation iraqi freedom" , desert storm, panama invasion, grenada, vietnam, korea, wwII, wwI, etc,etc. It's our lot in life. God has granted us a country based on the belief of freedom from tyrany. We are to defend our freedom and help people that want freedom for themselves.