Is George W Bush totally nuts over Iraq?

Question

Here's why
•Went to war AGAINST international advice.
•Did not have the backing of the UN.
•No WMD (which we were told they had).
•Virtual civil war (although they will not say as much).
•He got pounded in the mid terms over Iraq his reply to the defeat “I thought I was doing alright, shows how much I know” !!!!
•3000 + killed. Not to mention hundreds maimed & mentally scarred for the rest of their lives.
•A key focus group on Iraq says (In so many words) “Is a mess, need to get out.”
•Politicians (all sides) say – “Need to get out.”
•American people say – “Need to get out.”
•His own Generals are saying – “Need to get out.”

Bush’s response ???????? Sending MORE troops in !!!!!!!

What do you think. I would especially like to here from US users.

Answer 1

You forgot a very important thing why Bush is nuts: the thousands and thousands and thousands of Iraqi civilians who were killed so far, because of the bombardements but also because of the violence that errupted because of the invasion.

But yes, he is nuts.

Answer 2

Lots of good answers here but lets go back even farther. George W. Bush invaded Iraq really for no reason after the attack on 9/11 knowing there was no evidence showing there was any problem there for the US. Daddy Bush vowed to get Saddam after his top troupes set fire to the oil wells who's mineral rights were owned by the Bush family. That evidence has now been removed from the Internet somehow and for some reason. I personally looked it up at the time and found that the only wells on fire were the Bush wells. Some of Bush's Texas oil buddies have taken ownership of the mineral rights now so Bush can't be associated with them.
People talk about how terrible Saddam was with his dictatorship in Iraq and warring with Iran at the time. This is the kind of leader these people have had since before the time of Jesus and when the region was then known as Persia. This is all these people have known for thousands of years and the kind of leader they want or they wouldn't have it. This whole thing was to insure the oil rights were to remain safe for the Bush family and there would be no change in ownership of these oil revenues. The family was afraid their millions of dollars generated by these oil wells were in jeopardy. Remember, we helped install Saddam in power during his early days and then the head of the CIA (daddy Bush) and later Senator Bush was the head of the region at the time.

Answer 3

And isn't this the saddest thing that could have happened to the
United States? How many lives have been lost? And how many
more will be lost before this is over? How many soldiers will come
home physically and/or emotionally injured beyond repair?
How much will this war cost you...... and your children.... ..and your
children's children? How much of the world has lost respect for this
country? How much respect have we lost for ourselves? Can we
still hold our heads up and claim "Proud to be an American"?
Have we turned things around in Iraq? Or turned into Iraq?
Well, let's see... what has been lost? And, what has been gained?
Who are the losers? And who has lost nothing, but gained much?
Is Bush nuts????? Or nuts like a fox?????

Your guesses are as good as mine, but keep asking those "tough"
questions.... no matter what.... because.... it is what this country was
founded for ..... and our only chance to save what is left of America.

Answer 4

this is not entirely to the point but:

I was listening to his speech at 2 a.m. our time (UK) and afterwards an american political commentator was asked pretty much the same things, just not so forcefully.

His response to the WMD issue was "We never said there were WMD's we went to war in Iraq to make sure there NEVER WOULD BE any".

That's not the way I remember it. Didn't The UN tell Bush to hold off until they had sent in a team of inspectors under the direction of Hans Blix - when he didn't find any quickly enough, the yanks just piled in anyway AGAINST UN requests. Then they started showing us long-range satellite images of "Mobile WMD factories" which might just as easily have been Ice-cream vans in the Ice-cream company distribution depot.

Are the Americans re-writing history, again?

Answer 5

I think he has lost control of reason and there are reasonable grounds for impeachment based upon insanity. He appears to be determined to screw things up to the max and make things as difficult for the new president post 2008.....no bridges intact, no bond unbroken, and no promises fulfilled. They will even have difficulty with relations with the UK because there is no political party will allow the leader of the country to have the shameful negative image that Blair has had in the shadow of his mental mentor.

Answer 6

Let me get your question straight...you want me to decide whether "Yes, Bush is totally Nuts over Iraq" or "No, Bush is totally Sane in his new Iraq policy based on your concept of what he has bungled thus far"...yep, I think that is what you are asking...from your non-American seat cushion...

Look, I am an American, but I am not a parrot or an apologist - so I will not answer your smarmy question in the normal chipper manner of the mindless horde that will no doubt say "Yes" in their frustration over having just one vote and zero education or forum.

The fact is Bush is not nuts over Iraq. This is not Bush's Vietnam. The fact is, the mission was wrong and that is what has shifted in rhetoric, and that is what will shift by August/September again...

In my opinion, when he declared victory over the Hussein forces, we should have redeployed right then and there to keep our troops out of harms way and to recalculate what would be necessary to support the Iraqi/Maliki government in its infancy. If you recall, the focus was "The War on Terror" and the goal was to Advance the causes of "Freedom and Democracy". The main problem was that the second the Iraq war was declared a victory the Media were not satisfied and immediately began calling it an occupation, then a quagmire, then a magnet for insurgents, then a civil war, then last night the rhetoric shifted...Instead of Freedom and Democracy, Bush is now pushing for "Justice and Hope". By August or November of this year, the rhetoric will again shift to "Equality and Fairness".

Everyone needs to go back and look at the number of American GI deaths in WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam...a loose estimate by rote memory is 500,000 - 800,000 - 60,000 - 60,000. And now you have the War on Terror, which has claimed 3,000. Does anyone else see the pathetic rationale of the peacenik march in the media? Am I the only sane one left? The numbers alone are telling. Twenty times less death than Vietnam, yet still the parallels continue everyday...why? Because the Media wants the United States to LOSE and be driven out of their Iraqi embassy in a "Last helicopter refugee" photo op...

The fact is the International community always suggests that talk and negotiation is the key to world affairs - but when dealing with an Islamic Republic - Alms and vassals is all that is considered...would you have George Bush pay off Iraq or Iran?

The UN is an ineffectual little group of diplomats and the number one source of ANTI-Democracy on the planet. All that people do their is party, bribe, and kick back in a condescending manner - The United States provides half of its funding and 80% of its NGO sourcing - without the United States, the UN not only goes the way of the Dodo, everyone will applaud. Ask yourself, when was the last time you voted on a UN resolution? Did you vote on who places the votes? Never and No...The UN as well as the League of Nations are precursors of a World Government...which will never happen - it is a useless tool of soft words in a word where truths are hard.

Saddam Hussein was a WMD...and chemical weapons were found all over the place - the man was a gasser...he gassed people World War One style. No one can deny it - look at the mass graves...I mean, Chemical Ali is still on trial for his war crimes. Let me ask you this, when Chemical Ali is put to death for his War Crimes, will you admit WMDs were not only existent, they were used? Is it not possible for the bulk to have been transfered to Syria or Iran? Wake up - these people are committed to war...it is easier to fight than work.

Yes Civil War is occuring. The Iraq Study Group pointed out the main problems - the security forces of the different departments within the Iraqi government are not under a centralized command - they are acting as a confederation rather than a federal system...and that should change as Maliki's government seeks to reign in the militias...the militias are just offing each other in a style akin to Darfur...they might as well use machetes. Why aren't you worried about stopping the torturous brutal killings between the sects? 3,000 Iraqis die every month...which means that roughly 40 times more Iraqis have died than Americans.

Just because the people voted Democrats into majority means nothing - it was not a mandate for change - it was nothing more than a shift caused by the Neoconservatives who have split the Republican party's vote - the NeoConservatives are George Bush's brand of compassionate Conservatives who are acting like Communists trying to guarantee markets and their elite status rather than this country through NAFTA and SEPAC and other oil related industries...the Media are the ones who decided it was a mandate...

War sucks, people die, people get hurt, but the goal is to win a war or not fight one...and the Media has watered down the terms of victory or success to the point where the only option is to pull out.

Here is the definition of Victory - Crucify Al Sadr and the leader of the Sunni Militia on one cross and put the two men on this one cross atop the highest hill in the area and bull doze the projects and set up new infrastructure in controlled areas. Build a new Capital City, just like we had to in this country...

Your opinion of the Iraq Focus group needs work - read it - the only thing Bush didn't really do was work with Iran and Syria - but would you work with ruthless dictators and tyrants?

The American people say "Win"

He has tons of Generals...

Sending more troops is a sad reality - my problem with it is simple...They are imbedding with Iraqi troops to train them to take care of themselves...Which means they will be concentrating themselves...for instance - when a unit of 400 Iraqis once had 10 American Advisors, the new policy calls for a same group of 300 Iraqis to have roughly 100 Advisors from the United States. This shift in concentration will guarantee that we will have 10,000 dead Americans by the 2008 elections...it can't miss.

This will lead to a draft resolution in the Leftist Congress and the street riots reminiscent of the 68 Chicago Disarray...ANSWER and NAACP and ACLU and UFPJ and LULAC will all join in the reaction riots. Why? It has to happen - the Media will guarantee that the Death toll will be sensationalized - More and more volunteers will re-signup in their contracts...and the Media can't guarantee a Democrat win in 08 unless the death toll hits 10,000, we create victims rather than volunteers and we appear to be on the brink of full scale retreat...

So, is Bush Nuts? No...he is just trapped between Iraq and a Harder Place...

Answer 7

I am from Texas. YES he is NUTS! I really have know idea why people would actually go out and vote for this man. My husband and I saw all of this coming back in 2000. These past few years have been horrible, knowing that this man was going to cause so much death and destruction all so a few of his friends could make even more money. I feel that our country has been disgraced. I feel somewhat hopeful after our recent elections, but we are stuck with him for now.
At least you do not have to see people driving around with "W" bumper stickers on their cars.

Answer 8

I think this latest deployment of more troops will be his last gasp - make or brake sort of thing. If this fails, Republicans will have a quite word in his ear and that will be that - troops out (same as Nam 'n Nixon I think, although I'm not an American)

Answer 9

A lot of encouraging responses so far. Bush is clinically insane and those (understandably, not all) US citizens who defend Bush as if he's one of their family are just as nuts.
You voted for him so you should be allowed to be derogatory (what good has he done?) as you want. You are in a democracy after all...aren't you? Or maybe you need 'liberating' from your 'dictator'.

Answer 10

Hello,
No, our President is not totally nuts over Iraq! He wants the troops home, more than anyone. But he had to commission our Troops, and along with our Allies, to overthrow the Dictator and murderer Saddam. Mission accomplished. Next was to help restore Iraq and to give Iraq a government of Democracy. To stop all the killing. The Iraqi soldiers have joined ours in this effort. So far, that mission is not fully accomplished. Hopefully, with the help of more troops, it can be all accomplished and our troops will be home. That's what we all want, including our President. We must support our President! And pray for him and our troops!