Who here thinks we are still at war with Iraq?

Question

If you believe we are still at war with Iraq, what would be your definition of winning the war?

We have deposed Saddam, we have disbanded his army, He was put on trial in his country and hanged. Another government was democratically elected to replace Saddam's dictatorship. Iraq is no longer our enemy, but an ally in the region.

Gen. Michael D. Maples, the Defense Intelligence Agency director has said Al Qaeda in Iraq is only responsible for a small fraction of the fighting going on. And the real violence is between Sunnis and Shiites, our guys just get caught in the crosshairs.

So how can anyone say we are still at war in Iraq? Doesn't it make more sense to say we are currently policing an internal struggle/war (choose whichever term best suits your political leanings) in Iraq?

We do not have a real enemy in Iraq. Thus, we cannot be at war. Our enemy has been defeated.

We are in the middle of a civil war between Sunnis and Shiites. And since we created the power vacuum (after removing Saddam) that allowed this war to really break out, we are there to make sure the extent of it does not pull Iraq's neighbors into the conflict directly. It is our fault Iraq is in a state of civil war, so our major focus MUST be to train Iraqi forces to protect the Iraqi people and remove our troops from the country.

So the reason we are still there is not because we are at war with Iraq, but because we are the cause of the problems and we must make sure we don't leave until the Iraqi security forces can police their own country.

Answer 1

It is just as you describe the situation in Iraq . We are caught between two groups bent on killing each other and gaining power .
So why are we still there . We need to play up the fact that Iraq is in complete chaos and is incapable of attacking America in any kind of structured way .

Answer 2

We are not supposed to be at war "with" Iraq. Isn't Bush calling it the war "for" Iraq? Weren't we supposed to be saving those people and not fighting against them? We just made the mess, and now we're stuck in the middle of it. First we were fighting against Saddam supporters, then insurgents, then Al Qaeda, and now it's a religious war that doesn't even involve us. No matter what they tell us or how they change the story, we REALLY screwed it up.

Answer 3

We are in the process of stabilizing the country. The neighboring nations do not want a democratic government so they do all they can to prevent it. If we leave those Islamic nations win and Iraq will cease to exist. We need a base in Iraq . So we can keep an eye on Iran,Syria,and any other countries in the region where Muslim extremists might wage war against western interests.

Answer 4

Be careful what you see on television. Everything on television is not necessarily true. The news media tells you what they want you to hear. I'm here in Iraq, and there is a very real insurgent problem. The main problem we have is the opponents of war trying to run the war. You cannot have a politically correct war. For that reason, our soldiers must follow "rules of engagement", which also has killed soldiers. War is not pretty, and it's not fair. Let them do their job, let the media quit interferring, so that we can all go home safely.

Answer 5

I cant' say because it has more suitable something. we've shredded different better factors of our structure, and are a lot less secure than we were earlier such guidelines and militancy in yet another u . s . a . were enacted. Secondly, the mission of militancy is basically one for which we've alot of solid recommendations for resolving in historic past that our administration basically does not favor to entertain. it truly is both prideful stupidity or willful push aside, both way it is the stuff the militancy feeds on contained in the first position. So initiate there and paintings forwards to fix some semblance of order to the international scene. Thirdly, the poverty of our preparation - truly the adult preparation of our citizenry might want to not be better pathetic, and infantalized, so as that the nurtured political extremism right it truly is seriously operating hostile to the pastimes of the country itself at this element.

Answer 6

We are still "at war". I see what you mean. But we are there because of poor decisions in the Reagan Administration (i.e. giving weapons and helping Saddam to power) and to protect oil. Plus, if we leave, the puppet government set up there would fall into ruin. So basically, we are srewed if we stay or don't stay.

Answer 7

We were at war with Iraq for 13 years (it ended 3 weeks after the invasion).

After the fall of Baghdad, we resumed the war on terror, since it was terrorists and Islamic militants recruited from all over the Muslim world we were fighting, not Iraqis, and it was terrorist funding from Syria, Iran, China and Russia that propped them up and kept them supplied.

Answer 8

The US is still at war in Iraq, even thought the war was not justified, the US refuses to pull out and the war will not be over until the US pulls out (Vietnam 2.0?)

Answer 9

I think we are beginning to end the war among ourselves. Democrats do not want to see Iraq end in failure, but they do want the US to speak in unison

Answer 10

If you don't believe we are still at war with Iraq, why are our troops still dying in Iraq?