War in Iraq?

Question

Heres your chance, prove me wrong. The American Revolution took 8 years to gain our independence. Before that we were taxed more than we made and had to follow harsh rules and even worse punishments if we failed to follow them. Now in Iraq. They have worse than what we had before the Revolution. Now, how would you like to live in a 300 square foot house with three other people. No TV, only goverment controlled radio stations, electricity if youre lucky, no car, and your goverment killed ALL your family because of what you believed. Would you want help from another country? Most likely. And as for the Iraqi goverment, it took us 11 years for a goverment that worked. It has now been 3 years in iraq. That means they have 8 YEARS less than us. And of course the cost. We pay $120 million a year for the war. How about the $160 billion a year we spend on stopping drugs. Thats $40 billion more a year on drugs than on the war.Casaulties 1,000/year in the war and 17,000/year drug realted deaths.

now to all those who think youre so much smarter than the goverment, why do you think we shouldnt be in iraq. ive stated the reasons why the situation in irqaq is in a much better position with us there. what do you think we should do.

messed up my additional info. anyway we NEED to be in iraq. most iraqis want us there.

Answer 1

I understand your point of view but mine is somewhat different. Like many, I have seen this start and hope to see it end soon. The things that keep on coming up in my mind is, Why did we really start this war? (if for our own political/economic needs?) If it is a war we should have gotten involved in why are the majority of the other countries staying out of it? Why are they not helping fund the war? Why are we lying about how many have already died? Why do our parents who have been to war not want us to go if it is for the greater good? What did they experience and learn about it? Since we are having small families now, many family trees are dying from wars. I feel we no longer can be in the front lines alone and need to pick our battles better. For we are depleting our resources both financial and trained soldiers. We can't possibly think that after pulling out it will be fine since we are so far away to enforce.

Answer 2

You have proven a good point and I admire and respect on what you are saying I would'nt want to live under those circumstances either but the fact remains is that we are fighting a no win situation in my opinion. But I'm a woman what do I know? right. my grandfather fought in WWI, my father in WWII, my uncle in the Korean war and my cousin in the Vietnam War that is dying of Agent Orange. I hate the word WAR!My husband fought in the Middle East but what do I know?! The US has spent millions on other countries in turmoil and We have lost so many men and women in our armed forces because of these conflicts and Wars.The only question i have is Why? Why the US? We need to focus on our own homeland instead of all these other countries that probably wouldn't help us if we were in the same predictament.Look at the Vietnam War, took us 10 yrs before the Government decided that it was a lost cause and we still didn't get all of our soldiers back.We sent our troops to get Sadaam and Ladin . Ok we caught one so let's bring our troops home because if we don't it will be another Vietnam War all over again.

Answer 3

You should get "Armed Madhouse" by Greg Palast to understand why the Iraqi people are in such dire straits.
We could have taken out Saddam anytime we wanted to. We didn't have to destroy the country's infrastructure to do that. We HAD to destroy it to stop Iraq from competing with our oil-producing friends in Saudi Arabia, though.
P.S. Before the American Revolution, we had the lowest taxes in the British Empire. The 'taxation without representation' was because a corporation had purchased the king and the parliament. That corporation was forcing us to buy THEIR tea instead of getting our own with our own ships.
Imagine that Monsanto purchased our representatives and forced Iraq farmers to give up all rights to save their own seeds. Imagine that Aramco purchased our vice president and president and forced Iraq to relinquish control of thier oil production to 'American interests'.
Stop imagining now. They don't hate our freedom. They hate our corporations. Just as we hated the East India Tea Company.
Our stock market is partially buoyed by laundered drug money in the BILLIONS of dollars. The war in Iraq is costing us hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars, not millions. The war on drugs is a FARCE, as the largest customer as far as we can tell, is the CIA, who distributes cocaine and crack through gangs to spread fear, which raises the need for police protection, thus increasing the bottom line of our economy and the stock markets.
Just before 9/11, word started to spread about the Pentagon missing over 3 TRILLION dollars that they couldn't account for.
The Fed stopped reporting the amount of money being printed this year.
Back in the 1950's, the oil companies OWNED the state of Texas, including the government. That was when world oil consumption was 1 million barrels per year. Now that world consumption is 75 million barrels PER DAY, well....you do the math on that for a while and let me know.

Answer 4

against the Iraq war yet if you consider that all of us started it we would desire to end it. of direction there is the possibility that with Saddam in skill we would have ultimately had to bypass to war in some unspecified time interior the destiny. Who knows? I in basic terms think of the money might have been extra suitable spent interior the rustic on kinfolk capability progression. techniques you, i'm no longer some fool who's blindly anti-war or anti-protection stress. till all of us interior the worldwide ceases to be aggressive there'll consistently be a choose for a protection stress. as long as countries compete for land and components there will be war. people who campaign to end all wars or do away with the protection stress stay in a dreamworld.

Answer 5

I agree with you. And what people don't understand is that the troops go where they are told to go. They don't have a choice. So when people judge what choices our government makes they need to separate the government from the troops. I am a disabled veteran, I was in for nine years. I fully support what we are doing over there. It's so easy for people to pass judgment but they aren't over seeing the inhumanity that is going on.

Answer 6

All right, democracy develops slowly. I'm not sure of the point of your analogy. Are you complaining about the time it taken in Iraq or the cost of the war on drugs.??

Answer 7

I don't know where you get your facts, but it is well documented thaat we have spent Billions to wage this war.
We should stay there until the country is stable enough for us to bow out without risking major additional damage to the country

Answer 8

Get out of Iraq. let any one come to the USA. don't hurt any ones feeling. then when heads start rolling.then you will know why we were fighting in Iraq.