Why shouldn't we "stay the course"?

Question

Just because the course runs off a cliff doesn't mean anything does it?

Ah ha - Yes, you retard. Things are going very well right now.

I'm not saying we should pull out. But there are different roads that don't lead to cliffs.

Answer 1

Does your mommy know you are on her computer?

Answer 2

The problem with war and United States in that we don't allow the Generals who are skilled in the art of war fight the wars. Instead we allow the politicians to call the shots. The honest truth is too many people do not have the stomach for what is required to win a war and when it gets too hard they are ready to pull out and go home. It happened in Korea, it happened in Vietnam and now it is happening in Iraq. No we should not stay the course because staying the course is not getting us anywhere, but at the same time we cannot accept the wishy washy solutions provided by the Iraq Study Group either. In what reasonable mindset do you say you are fighting a war on terror and then try to enlist the support of the 2 largest sponsors on terror (Iran and Syria) on the face of the planet. We need new directions and strategies because it is imperative that we win. Terrorists and many Middle East states are already calling this a victory for Al Queda. If we pull out it is at our own peril because we will have to fight in the Middle East again and next time the terrorists will be stronger, better equipped and more determined.

Answer 3

The current "course" is not working and I really don't even know what the current course is. What will work, who knows. The Iraqi government needs to start taking charge of their own affairs and stop the petty sectarian squabbling. Also, it's not realistic to even consider that their military will be on par with ours, so we might give them another year, tell them they are on suspension and if things are not running smoothly by then, oh well, tough. Have fun with Iran and Syria calling the shots. Yes, I would love to see democracy take hold and stay but this just isn't realistic in the Arab world. These people have known nothing but oppression and kill thy neighbor for the past 5,000 years. Why change now?

Answer 4

Well, we shouldn't "stay the course" because it isn't making it better and our military is being used as moving targets, to say nothing about the expense of the whole thing.

You know, in nature, there is an animal called a lemming. Every once in a while, the leader will head toward a cliff, the others follow and they all jump in a mass suicide. Thank God that human beings have more evolved brains. You wrote good question.

Answer 5

Finally, you post an excellent question.
You're right. Staying the present course is a dead end. We are face with a serious decision. Do we commit ourselves to win the peace or withdraw?
Since Bush led us into this, rightly or wrongly, the United States removed the stabilising force in Iraq when it toppled Saddam. We owe it to the citizens of that country to reestablish law and order, and provide them a government that will serve their needs, not ours. Accomplishing that requires a lot more manpower than was required to topple the regime.
Bush knew this going into the conflict. Our active duty troop levels at the onset was only 500,000 men, which is still true today. The military advised Bush that a force of 400,000 would be needed to stabilise post-Saddam Iraq. We could not commit to those numbers without reinstating the draft, an option Bush refused to take. Instead, he tried to hurriedly train an Iraqi security force. You see the results of that today, a failure.
If we seriously want to win this thing, we need to beef up active duty personnel to 1 to 1.5 million. We could maintain the current combat troop levels in Iraq at 130,000 with a contingent of 200,000 military police. The military police need to be in charge of this not the combat forces. The combat forces need to concentrate on securing the Iraqi borders to stop in influx of insurgents. Increased troop levels will not increase the violence. It will lower it, and make our troops safer. There is safety in great numbers.
Of course this will cost money. Many young people's lives will be interrupted by the draft. But our only other course in to cut and run, which will lead to more of a bloody civil war for the Iraqis.

Answer 6

Well, all you "stay the courser", there is plenty of time for you to join the military, and that includes all you right wing women that think you are so tough, and get over to Iraq and fight in this war you think is so great. Don't cry that you have a family and can't go. that's exactly why you should go, to protect your families. You right wing, evangelical, conservative Republicans only want to stay the course if someone else is doing the fighting and spilling their blood, not you. Just like you fearless leader, chicken George W.

Answer 7

I agree, there are different roads and this course isn't the right one.

My opinion; Add more troops, eliminate the media from covering this war, take out the politicians and allow the generals to do what they know how to and let us handle our business the way we know how to. We would be out of there lickedy split!

Answer 8

Well if and when that happens, people are so adament about it, there will be more attacks on the U.S. Then they will blame Bush for everything just like everything else.

Answer 9

There is no course, Bush and Blair have become delusional and should be subjected to a psychological examination.

Answer 10

Ah Ha -- that's the noise I make when Shiraz enters my poophole.

Answer 11

If you keep hitting a bit of iron with a hammer, it will eventually break.

The hammer is steel, much harder than iron.