or should we have went after them equally?
we used many more troops/resources to go after Saddam than Osama so far...
2006-12-30 12:27:31 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
... I'm asking a question...
but anyone that keeps up with it can pretty easily see that there are many more, and have been many more, troops in Iraq than Afghanistan... unless there is a huge secret army... so, yes, technically I could be wrong...
I'm talking as far as publicly reported troop numbers go...
2006-12-30 12:34:18 · update #1
One dead, one to go!
2006-12-30 12:29:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Osama, because if Iraqie peopel had the capability or the courage to defend themselves, they would have already overthrown Saddam a long time ago.
if we would have let Iran do it, they would have a long time ago without costing the US tax payer a dime. yeah it may have ended up being an Iranian loyalist government that emerged in Iraq, but it looks like it is going to be anyway!
the only thing taking out saddam did was show the world, you don;t f$%k with the Bush cartel, and get away with it!
2006-12-30 22:01:17 · answer #2 · answered by qncyguy21 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
osama was the beginning but won't be the end.he is a figurehead for a much larger danger.killing him won't stop the terrorists.
killing Saddam did stop the mass murders that occurred during his reign of terror.
i don't understand why people have come to associate Hussein with 9-11.
we went in to stop him from developing more WMD"S and using them at his leisure .
sure hindsight is 20-20 but every intelligence agency in the world said he had them.
prior to even 9-11 many of the top Democratic leaders said he had to be stopped.
how about having some cahonies and seeing the job thru.
2006-12-30 21:06:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely no debate here - Osama's the guy.
I don't think this administration and our present millitary commanders in Iraq would like anything better than to capture Osama. I suspect we would have traded 5 Saddams for one Osama.
Apparently, he is much better at playing hide and seek than Saddam was.
2006-12-30 20:38:38 · answer #4 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Without a doubt - OSAMA -- he's guilty of having the World Trade Centers destroyed and killing almost 3,000 people in the United States.
Saddam, although a dictator and despot, didn't have anything to do with 9/11 or the terrorists. It's only since we've gone to war that Iraq is loaded with terrorists, etc.
Why we went after Saddam with such gusto, and practically ignored Osama is beyond me.... I would say Bush needs to answer that question.
2006-12-30 20:32:43 · answer #5 · answered by CxeLady 3 · 5⤊ 2⤋
As far as I'm concerned ... they were both a high priority. With Saddam now out of the way ... I feel our priority is now ridding ourselves of Osama.
2006-12-30 21:07:07 · answer #6 · answered by Catherine 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As Saddam is dead ................your question really isn't relevant the way you phrased it.
There are many troops in Afghanistan looking for Osama so give them the credit due them. Afghanistan is also in the middle of its winter season with many mountain passes closed. Osama is also sheltered by goat farmers that can't fathom a US dollar let alone 25million of them.....
2006-12-30 20:34:31 · answer #7 · answered by Akkita 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Ossama Bin Ladin. He after all was the main brain behind the 9/11 attacks... Hussein had nothing to do with the disastor.
2006-12-30 21:34:16 · answer #8 · answered by Logical Rationalist 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let's say you have two people that you don't like and either one of them like you. Person A comes up and hits you in the chin, knocks you down and kicks your butt.
Now after saying that, I believe I would get up and shoot Person A, and then tell Person B to watch out and behave or he might get the same. Now you might not shoot either, but this is a hypothetical situation. Your question is reality. Common sense tells us we should already have Osama Ben Laden. Iraq did not attack us. Osama and Al Queda did.
It is amazing why people can see this any other way.
Duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-12-30 20:38:25 · answer #9 · answered by DAVID T 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Osama, probably, but hey while we're looking for him why not take care of business that wasn't finished earlier.
Osama is just planning another terrorist attempt at taking us down so we definately need to refocus on him.
2006-12-30 20:40:58 · answer #10 · answered by mom2ghl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have data in regard to deployment costs? Or maybe just stating an opinion...
As we have not heard from Osama the Goatboy in awhile, I think he is on the back burner. The last communique' we had from him was suspect in it's authenticity in my opinion. The intelligence community used vague language when discussing it's worth as being current, so I tend to believe he is already worm cr*p in some musty cave. More of his ilk are being captured or killed daily, be patient. Takes time to wipe out these lunatics.
2006-12-30 20:35:20 · answer #11 · answered by Rich B 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋