Why are we even bothering?

Question

I don't know if it's the consensus opinion, but I believe it's an honest and accurate opinion

"1st Lt. Gerard Dow said he agreed with the commission's assessment that the situation in Iraq was "grave and disappointing."

"In Iraq, we try to win the hearts and minds of population," said Dow, 32, of Chicago. "They want Americans out of here. They blame us for all their problems. They look at us as the terrorists and then they turn around and help the terrorists who are trying to kill us."

Dow trained Iraqi soldiers in Ramadi and in the north during his first assignment in Iraq, and he doubts U.S. forces will be able to hand over the fighting by early next year as the commission recommends.

"The Iraqi army is getting there," he said. "But they are still not where they need to be and I doubt they will be by then. Too many times, they are in a selfish state of mind. Too often they are along for the ride while we do the work for them."

He said the largely Shiite soldiers sometimes loot homes, fail to follow orders and openly acknowledge that they don't trust the Sunni population.

"They are only going to do the right thing if someone's watching and they know they will be punished if they don't," he said. "That's not every soldier. I have met some great guys, but it is a lot of them. They don't care, and this is their country."

Asked if he was frustrated with the situation in Ramadi, he replied: "That doesn't cover it."

"U.S. soldiers are dying trying to help people who don't want their help," he said. "That makes you angry."

Dow said elders at a nearby mosque broadcast messages saying Americans are the cause of all the problems in Ramadi, the capital of restive Sunni-dominated Anbar province, 70 miles west of Baghdad."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_skeptical_troops

Answer 1

You know, from the very beginning that is a problem not of our concern, what do we care that Irak has a democracy or not?, the point is our young people is dying there every day, I think is time to get our troops out of there and let them people kill themselves, now if the problem is to secure the oil, hey we invaded that country and the price of oil is sky high, so what is the point?..☺

Answer 2

I believe you make a very important, but very overlooked, point in the Iraqi situation.

The American service men and women in Iraq have 200+ years of honor and sacrifice for the ideal of freedom to guide them, and fully appreciate the commitment it takes to lay down your life for fellow countrymen.

Though six years is a long time, it really is but a split second to expect a country who has never tasted freedom, to be expected to savor it as we do. Right or wrong, right or left, Americans have to accept that most Iraqis just want to survive through the night. Becoming passionate for a new form of government may take a back seat to being able to get some bread and vegetables and toilet paper without the fear of being blown up on the way home.

It doesn't matter how many schools or homes or military bases that are built. If you fear for your life by walking past them, they serve no purpose. How many times have invading armies said "our way will save you!"?

Answer 3

we are bothering because we cannot leave it worse off than we found it. Like it or not we are in Iraq for the long haul and even for people who were against the war they recognize to leave now would be a mistake. I would say we definitely have to change tactics but if we leave now it will haunt us later.

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Answer 6

You do bother because of the OIL.
Remember?

Answer 7

well I guess once we leave, they get ready in a hurry, or die

Answer 8

why to long to read....................................