Should The US Now Admit Defeat In Iraq And Go Home?

Question

What I mean is cut the face saving rubbish and come clean. It did not work. That kind of thing.

Answer 1

Yes. We should.

Answer 2

Defeat??? I know the news only reports mostly bad stuff that goes on, but you have NO IDEA how much good we have done over there with schools, clean water, and SO MANY other things. You cannot start something of this magnitude and then just walk out on the innocents; we now have a responsibility to them, as we are after all, a proclaimed super power. Many of them, believe it, actually do not want us to leave. Everyone is always hollaring about bringing the troops home. Do you not realize that they know the chances of going to war when they enlist in this day and age. Again, many of them want to be there, as they know they good that they are doing that many people do not know or have a clue about.

Answer 3

No, we haven't even left Germany or Japan yet. If we leave now we will leave Iraq up for grab to whichever group wants it. Just like Germany following World War 1. Everybody left and Germany was up for grabs. They had the Communist extremists routinely fighting the Frei Korps and other Right Wing extremists. Eventually a small group known as the National Socialitische Deutsch Arbeiters Partei. a.k.a The Nazis came to power. Adolf Hitler was free to grow his small political party into a Fascist juggernaut and take over the government because there was nobody to stop him.

The terrorists will do the same thing if we leave. What's more If you don't fight them where they are then they will most certainly bring the fight to you. They did it on September 11th 2001 and will do it again if given the chance. make no mistake These terrorists are not Iraqis. They are nomadic outlaws who carry their home on their back and pledge allegiance to whichever flag pays them the most. They have no qualms about coming here to carry out their fight.

Answer 4

Al-Maliki really doesn't want to hear us say, "We screwed up; you fix it; bye." Completely disbanding the army and putting too few resources into the new Iraqi forces have been mistakes, but hardly irremediable. And this kind of war historically takes ten to thirty years, so it's way too early in the time-line to draw any conclusions unless you think we should be a completely isolationist country. Even in the 1920's and 30's, when the U.S. was at its most isolationist stance, we had modest success in smaller versions of this (though it took a full twenty years for partial success in Haiti) and there's no reason to think we mightn't now.

Answer 5

It"s obvious, that sending more troops in , will only create more of a problem, the killing fields will continue., diplomacy is our best defense, at this particular moment. You have to understand that this situation has been fought before, by the russians in the late 70"s and early 80"s. , That reality created Osama Bin laden backed by our government. We are in the dark, what our president knows and what we know could be crucial to why he is willing to stay the course and probably send more troops. It could be to his benefit and the nation to take the diplomatic course , while controlling every thing and every one involved in this conflict. It"s important to understand that we as a nation will need to have some military presence there now. His legacy is based and will be judged on his actions in the next 2 yrs. The need of establishing a base some where in the region is paramount now, that alone will detract our hidden enemys from controlling every natural resourse, that (WE TOO NEED, AND DEPEND ON). It"s time to pull out and let Irag"s people choose there preferred form of government , we can control more if we are willing to use our greatness weapon (DIPLOMACY), and watch from afar , yet be closer than a stone"s throw away. There by protecting our interest, as well as really bringing stability and peace , to a region that has known hate, and hostitily for the last 57 yrs. Our president"s legacy could be remembered, as one of the greatest peace accords in the last 60 yrs. I hope he will consider this.

Answer 6

Stop and think about what I am getting ready to say. Do you honestly believe, that if we leave Iraq, that the insurgents are done fighting the US? Do you also believe that they will not attack us again anywhere in the world we send our troops? Just because we quit does not, and will not mean that they are done fighting us! We have them centralized in a location that we are at right now. Defeat is not an option!

Answer 7

W win battle after battle and the news reports a car bomb. Don't believe what you are seeing on TV and what the politicians are saying. We need to send more troops, help the Iraqi's get to the point they can defend themselves. If we leave, it's open season on Americans all over the world, including here. Open your eyes, there have been some good results of this war.

Answer 8

The USA have got what they wanted from Iraq,oil for dollars
so they have not lost anything,they will never leave the oil
unprotected,they will leave ships and planes near by.
Erect a base here and there and have control of the
last oil on earth.

USA attacks Iraq because of wmds=lies

terrorists were in Iraq=lies(but terrorists are in Iraq now)
GWB is the biggest terrorist recruiter of all=truth

Answer 9

Don't forget - when they stand-up, we sit down.

Most people think the objective of a war is to destroy the army of the nation you invade, disarm them, remove the threat and make peace.

No - you invade a unarmed nation and kill enough civillians to ensure everyone hates you. Then you can build a professional armed force and arm them all.

When they hate you enough to want revenge & have a strong, well armed military, leave them in a destroyed mess with nothing but corpses, buildings in rubble, poverty, hatred & lots of weapons.

Then America can go home.

It's been done before. They trained and armed the Taliban in Afghanistan some years ago and we all lived happily ever after.

Blue Steel & Lace - You might have missed it, but the bombers in London were from Leeds. Leeds is in England, not Iraq. Also, the war wasn't in revenge for the London attack. You might have missed it, but the war started before the London bombings. It's confusing, I know.

Answer 10

Are you in the UK?
Have you forgotten what they did in London already?
We are not going to go home.
And who says that we have been defeated?


Cracker - I haven't forgotten and I did know. Even if the terrorists were physically from Leeds (and not all of them were), Mohammed Sidique Khan was al Queda.

Answer 11

They can admit defeat but they must finish what they started and help that country to run itself