Every time I look, people are getting killed in Iraq. Why is that?

Question

What is all the violence about over there? They want to kill all the americans, but they want to kill each other, too.
What a sad way to go through life.

Answer 1

True, but thats why were in the sand pit.

Answer 2

Okay I know this sounds extremely obvious but could it be because there is a war going on over there and wars usually cause casualties. And the ones causing all of the problems over there have a hidden agenda anyway.

Answer 3

hmmmm... let me think!! why is that?!

let's see the country is under occupation and civil war at the same time. but according to you you wanna see peace and prosperity. very optimistic i must say.


regardless of the (minor) religious difference Sunnis and Shiites lived together in peace for centuries.
it wasn't until the invasion of Iraq when hell broke loose. at first, the Iraqis rejoiced when the US military over thrown the Ba'th regime of Saddam Hussein.

now we have the Iraqi people (Sunnis and Shiites) and Al Qaida (foreign fighters from all over the Mideast and mostly Sunnis) in Iraq right.
Al Qaida in Iraq are committed to fight the Americans in Iraq to the bitter end until we either get out or get killed. that's how they think.

after the first few months the majority of the Iraqis who "rejoiced" when Saddam was caught, started to get tired of the US occupation and the militias started to grow.
in the beginning there was no fighting between Shiites and Sunnis at all. all the fighting was basically against the US and UK. Sunni Iraqis who wanted to get involved in this joined Al Qaida (foreign Arabs) and Shiites Iraqis joined Al Mahdi Army in Baghdad's Sadr city.
now this Mahdi militia was showing our troops hell until the US Army had to make a truce with their leader Muqtada Al Sadr and promised him that the new regime will be controlled by Shiites instead Sunnis who ruled Iraq for many many years under Saddam's regime.

Sunnis see this as treason and therefore justify killing the "traitors". they started bombing Shiite neighborhoods, mosques, and markets.
bottom line is our military is some what responsible for all the sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shiites.

in my opinion both Shiites and Sunnis who do kill innocent people for no reason other than being Sunni or Shiites (civilians) are vicious animals and don't deserve to breath.
unfortunately the civil war has erupted and there's nothing we can do to stop it.

Answer 4

1)people will always succumb to violence.
2)People believe they are so self-righteous to the point of starting a war
3)U.S believes they are doing the right thing by liberating the iraqis and the Iraqis believe they are defending their homeland from invaders.
4)Humans are naturally ignorant

Answer 5

Yes, and the Canadian soldiers are dying in disproportionate numbers to those from any other country! (44 total, 36 just this year alone)!
EDIT:
Sorry these numbers are for Afghanistan!

Answer 6

sir, if there is someone entering your house and ordering you around, bullying you, and if some of the members of your own house are supporting him, what would you do??? protest! right?
that's what's happening right now in iraq! protesting against U.S intervention and their supporters, they opt for bloodshed and suicide as their mode of protest!
i pity the Iraqis! though what the U.S has done is good, by freeing them from dictatorship of Saddam, their prolonged occupation is irritating Iraqis and they may be feeling insecure!

Answer 7

HELLO!!!! There's a WAR going on over there!!! Where have you been?

Answer 8

And it's all in the name of religion.....