If you support(ed) Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq(n), in what year did you or will you enlist?

Question

For those who have served, how long were you out of this country?

Clearly, "...will you enlist?", is meant for military age, "healthy", supporters.

Please READ the question. If you support it, then answer; if you want to. I am not asking for justification(s) for your support.

Served in the Middle East, under the current Commander in Chief.

Answer 1

I don't support Bush's war. But I think that those who do should enlist.

Answer 2

I supported it at first. I supported the concept of overthrowing Saddam and still do. But, the direction the war has taken due to the lack and complete failure of leadership from our current administration has led me to the point where no-i no longer support the war. I support the soldiers, i wish them the best but the overall mission - well the whole gameplan just seems so screwed up i dont know how to support it. Too many negatives, too much contraversy. We dont even have a clear cut image of exactly who or what the enemy is. How can we win when parts the new Iraqi government we helped to set up is in bed with the insurgency we are fighting? I do not see how we can win when the gameplan is just simple catch phrases like Stay The Course and New Way Foward.
No i never served. Too old now. If i could go back in time would i? Maybe so.

Answer 3

I enlisted on January 16, 1991. (the day the first Gulf War started)
I am currently on active duty and have served 8 tours in the Middle East since 1991.
I supported George H.W. Bush
I supported Bill Clinton
I support George W. Bush
I will support whoever is my commander-in-chief

Answer 4

I lost what faith and support i had for this war after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. It has nothing to do with the torture of prisoners to me, its the fact of how the higher ups in the military and at the Pentagon shifted the blame down to the lowest guys they could. How guys like Rumsfeld and his pals who knew this stuff was going on and approved of it lied like sh*t eating dogs to save there own butts and let a bunch of enlisted soldiers take the blame and go to prison over it. How can anyone support a leadership that sends YOUR kids - American soldiers to prison over their dirty deeds?

Answer 5

Actually, you have asked a geat question. No-one should support a war who is not ready and willing to make the sacrifices necessary to win the war.
I am a 50 something year old grandmother, so I cannot go to fight. My sons are already there.
I would be willing to sacrifice.
I do support the war and the President. I believe that now that we are involved in the war, we must all make the sacrifices necessary to WIN the war.

Answer 6

US Army Cavalry Scout 19D10
A trp 1/3 ACR
1984-1987

Answer 7

I think that John Kerry should enlist. He supported the war, oh, and so did Hillary Clinton. I think most of congress did. Polls from the time also suggest that an overwhelming majority of American also supported it. I don't the the military wants all of us...

Answer 8

I was prior service and did the first go around in '91. They actually turned me away when I tried to go back in 2001, said I was out too long (got out in 94) and to let the younger crowd handle it.

Answer 9

I joined August 1980, and STILL serving! Been there twice already, would go again if called.

Answer 10

I served 21 years, 7 days and 12 hours and I was out of this country 17 years and 6 months!!!!
Ask not what your country can do for you,
Ask what YOU can do for your country - John F. Kennedy.
US ARMY (RET)21Years,7 Days & 12 hours
VIETNAM(3 YEARS) KOREA(1YEAR, 6 MONTHS)
GERMANY(11 YEARS) USA(4YEARS,7DAYS,12HOURS)

Answer 11

If our great soldiers in Iraq were not taking the war to the terrorists then YOU would not need to go over seas to fight they would bring the war here in OUR front yards. Do you believe it is just a coincident that we have not been attacked on U.S. soil since we began attacking them in the middle east.