American soldiers continue to be killed. Until when will Bush let them die in Iraq?

Question

BAGHDAD - The Pentagon on Sunday announced the death of a Texas soldier, killed by small arms fire in Baghdad late last week, raising the number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq to at least 3,000 since the war began, according to an Associated Press count. The grim milestone was crossed on the final day of 2006 and at the end of the deadliest month for the American military in Iraq in the past 12 months. At least 111 U.S. service members were reported to have died in December.

Answer 1

how many were bushbots?

Answer 2

In Vietnam, the mantra was "America is making the world safe for democracy." In Iraq...we are "spreading freedom and democracy." It is all political BS. In Vietnam the fight was to halt the spread of communism in an area that had the biggest communist power in the world...China. We lost. Wherever we lose, we try to control the people who rejected our attempts at forcing democracy and capitalism down their throats. In Cuba, it was the Bay of Pigs. In Southeast Asia, we propped up a corrupt regime. For almost 50 years, the U.S. has been punishing Cuba for rejecting our attempts to turn back the clock to when the mafia ran all the businesses and casinos and the people lived in ignorance, filth and poverty. They are not rich now either, but they have a 100% literacy rate, the most doctors and professionals per capita of any country in the world...including the U.S. and FREE medical for everybody. Cuba survives on supportive countries from Europe as well as Canada. Tourism is booming in this peaceful and stable socialist nation. Still, the Cuban community in Florida prays for the time they can go back and rape ands pillage the country they left two generations ago. Florida has a much higher crime rate than Cuba and far more people living without proper medical care.

When will U.S. ideologues realize that their brand of "freedom" is not the universal standard of what is truly free? Canada is a much more democratic country than the United States and we have no desire to ram our brand of democracy down anybody's throat. It's all about the money in the U.S. Iraq's people want self-determination. It was a good thing to oust Saddam, but an assassination would have done the same thing, saved thousands of American lives and a million Iraqi ones. George Bush will go down in history as the DUMBEST president EVER!

What boggles my mind is....HE WAS RE-ELECTED!! What does that say about the American people?? As long as the U.S. stays in Iraq, soldiers will die. Bush will say, "We will stay until the job is done". The job ain't getting done George. A buoyant American economy under Clinton has been trashed into a several TRILLION dollar debt and the outlook is gloomy. So what are a few thousand dead soldiers? We got more...now these politicos are quietly thinking about bringing back the draft. For IRAQ??...or oil?

Answer 3

It is true that 3000 American military deaths is a very sad and frustrating milestone. The commentator I Hate Liberals remarks that the current war in Iraq has had the lowest number of casualties than any other war in American history. This individual is correct; however, this current war in Iraq continues and I am sadly confident that this number will go up. However, this is not the primary issue. One military death is too many; moreover, comparing the current war in Iraq to other military conflicts (including to some degree the Vietnam War) is like comparing apples and oranges. The current Iraq war is distinct in that it is preemptive and was based on wholly erroneous, if not completely fabricated intelligence. It is also worth noting that WWI and WWII, for example, resulted in lines of individuals wishing to join the conflict. Americans were behind these two conflicts completely and America solidified its place as dominant and influential superpower. I fear that the current Iraq war is diminishing USA credibility, prestige, and influence. Examining the question of why do they hate us is a valid examination. One has to wonder why all of our propaganda building up the reputation of the United States as an affirmative, democratic republic to be hailed is not working and why the low-budget propaganda of terrorists seems to convince in a short period of time millions of individuals toward the destruction of everything American. I am a proud moderate conservative (Republican) and I believe democracy is the single best government philosophy in the world. It angers me that the Bush Administration has in just six years of governing all but ruined what has taken nearly 200 years for us as people and nation to build!!! By the way, I Hate Liberals, I will never get the f**k over the deaths of 3000 remarkably brave and unbearably challenged men and women in uniform! We must never forget these lives, for the moment that we forget will be the moment that they died in utter vain and futility. Indeed, I find your causal disregard for this issue disgusting and treacherous! I have two cousins and a best friend proudly fighting for their lives as well as the lives of their comrades and innocent Iraqi civilians. In this day and age, with the technological advances that our military touts, it makes no sense that this war has been managed in such a stupid and incompetent manner. Of course, the men and women on the ground cannot help but to do the best that they can in light of such incompetence. Bush and his civilian advisors have no concept of Middle Eastern history and sociotheopolitical traditions. If they did, then we would not be in the complete mess that we are in right now--fighting a civil war, incurring ridiculous military deaths, increasing terrorism and hatred of the United States, diminishing American credibility and prestige, allowing time for Iran and North Korea to build nuclear arsenals, encouraging the development of other dictatorships, and coming ever so close to the collapsing our beautiful democratic republic that has served as a model for freedom, self-determination, and sovereignty for nearly 200 years! This war must end now.

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If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace. Because what America is saying is that if you are afraid of a veto in the Security Council, you can go outside and take action and violate the sovereignty of other countries. That is the message they are sending to the world. That must be condemned in the strongest terms." - Nelson Mandela September 10, 2002

i don't agree with the people who say that until he is out of the office. even if bush goes some one else will come and take his place. like we have seen in the past years. may be American government ( most American citizens are against war) will stop when China raise to become the worlds next super power.

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The "war issue" in Iraq will be over before the November 2008 elections. The Republican party was embarrassed in the 2006 elections because Iraq was such a big issue. There is too much money in politics and they won't allow it to be an issue on the next election.

Answer 6

Only Bush knows when he'll order them out of Iraq. He's supposed to call them out by November 2007. Let's just hope he keeps his word so no more lives will spare at a fast rate.

Answer 7

These soldiers are doing their jobs. Not one of them entered the military unwillingly. The knew the price when they put on the uniform!

And any one of them can complain and be a conscientious objector and be shipped home.

These proud and brave servicemen and women take their jobs seriously and will see it to the bitter end.

Try supporting them instead of making them an argument you have with the President. The negativity in this country makes to them!

Answer 8

Bush plans on staying the course, ten years.
We need to push for reform. We need to push for Bush to accept the commity recommendations for pulling out and returning the Government to the Iraqis. We are occupying their country aren't we? We said that would not happen, but once again it is happening. We have built bases all over Iraq for our military and Bush does not want these billions for setting up bases to be a waste. So he wants us to stay and use them and push democracy down the throats of Iraqis that do not know what it is and why they should have it. They do not want it?

We can not afford to lose more troops. If we do, Bush will have to reinact the Draft and then many 18-29 year olds will have to go and fight. Right now our military is depleated. We lost and wounded over 30,000 troops. Many can not return to battle. We need fresh men, college students, men and women, anyone who is willing to go. Why lose more, get out now?
Return Iraq to the Iraqis.

Answer 9

This is the lowest scale War in American history, I would love to see all you Libs during WWI and WWII when there were days that 3000 US Troops would die. There were wars fought in America's history where 22,000 men died in one battle, and invasion where 15,000 men would die within hours. So compare 15,000 men in a couple hours to 3,000 over 4 years; get the f*ck over it.

Answer 10

the insurgents see the liberal dissent in this country and it gives them a reason to keep fighting. Just as it did in Vietnam. The deaths of hundreds of coalition forces fall directly on the cowardly shoulders of the liberal fodder in this country. Starting with their champions like Kerry and Hillery.

Answer 11

And back up, where in simple logic did Bush "let" them die? Yeah, we read the news too.