I believe the US soldiers should come home whats your opinion?

Question

Iraq should take care of their citizens,for now,and we should be patrolling our borders now more than ever.We don't have the funding for more troops to go Iraq.They do not want us in Iraq either,we went there to fight a civil war.

Answer 1

When ever we turn our head away from a problem the problem does not go away. I believe we have a responsibility and an obligation to our country to secure our borders, but I also believe we've been the UN's police man for 50 years, and no one else will stand up to Islamic radicals.. if we don't do it now our sons and daughters and grandkids will pay in the future.

I've included a couple articles that I find in my must read stack when people want to turn away from responsibility.


http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm



Don't Close Your Blinds

The other day, my nine year old son wanted to know why we
were at war. My husband looked at our son and then looked at me. My husband and I were in the Army during the Gulf War and we would be honored to serve and defend our Country again today. I knew that my husband would give him a good explanation. My husband thought for a few minutes and then told my son to go stand in our front living room window.

He said "Son, stand there and tell me what you see?"

"I see trees and cars and our neighbor's houses." he
replied.

"OK, now I want you to pretend that our house and our yard
is the United States of America and you are President Bush."

Our son giggled and said "OK."

"Now son, I want you to look out the window and pretend that
every house and yard on this block is a different country" my husband said.

" OK Dad, I'm pretending."

"Now I want you to stand there and look out the window and
pretend you see Saddam come out of his house with his wife, he has her by the hair and is hitting her. You see her bleeding and crying. He hits her in the face, he throws her on the ground, then he starts to kick her to death. Their children run out and are afraid to stop him, they are screaming and crying, they are watching this but do nothing because they are kids and they are afraid of their father. You see all of this, son....what do you do?"

"Dad?"

" What do you do son?"

"I'd call the police, Dad."

"OK. Pretend that the police are the United Nations They
take your call. They listen to what you know and saw but they refuse to help. What do you do then son?"

"Dad.......... but the police are supposed to help!" My son
starts to whine.

"They don't want to son, because they say that it is not
their place or your place to get involved and that you should stay out of it," my husband says.

"But Dad...he killed her!!" my son exclaims.

"I know he did..but the police tell you to stay out of it.
Now I want you to look out that window and pretend you see our neighbor who you're pretending is Saddam turn around and do the same thing to his children."

"Daddy..he kills them?"

"Yes son, he does. What do you do?"

"Well, if the police don't want to help, I will go and ask
my next door neighbor to help me stop him." our son says.

"Son, our next door neighbor sees what is happening and
refuses to get involved as well. He refuses to open the door and help you stop him," my husband says.

"But Dad, I NEED help!!! I can't stop him by myself!!"

"WHAT DO YOU DO SON?" Our son starts to cry.

"OK, no one wants to help you, the man across the street
saw you ask for help and saw that no one would help y ou stop him. He stands taller and puffs out his chest. Guess what he does next son?"

"What Daddy?"

"He walks across the street to the old ladies house and
breaks down her door and drags her out, steals all her stuff and sets her house on fire and then...he kills her. He turns around and sees you standing in the window and laughs at you. WHAT DO YOU DO?"

"Daddy..."

"WHAT DO YOU DO?" Our son is crying and he looks down and he
whispers, "I'd close the blinds, Daddy."

My husband looks at our son with tears in his eyes and asks
him. "Why?"

"Because Daddy.....the police are supposed to help people
who needs them...and they won't help.... You always say that neighbors are supposed to HELP neighbors, but they won't help either...they won't help me stop him...I'm afraid....I can't do it by myself Daddy....I can't look out my window and just watch him do all these terrible things and...and.....do nothing...so....I'm just going to close the blinds.... so I can't see what he's doing........and I'm going to pretend that it is not happening."

I start to cry. My husband lo oks at our nine year old son
standing in the window, looking pitiful and ashamed at his answers to my husband's questions and he says...

"Son"

"Yes, Daddy."

"Open the blinds because that man... he's at your front
door... "WHAT DO YOU DO?"

My son looks at his father, anger and defiance in his eyes.
He balls up his tiny fists and looks his father square in the eyes, without hesitation he says: " I DEFEND MY FAMILY DAD!! I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM HURT MOMMY OR MY SISTER, DAD!!! I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM, DAD, I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM!!!!!"

I see a tear roll down my husband's cheek and he grabs our
son to his chest and hugs him tight, and says... " It's too late to fight him, he's too strong and he's already at YOUR front door son.....you should have stopped him BEFORE he killed his wife, and his children and the old lady across the way. You have to do what's right, even if you have to do it alone, before its too late." my husband whispers. THAT scenario I just gave you is WHY we are at war with Iraq. When good men stand by and let evil happen son, THAT is the greatest atrocity in the world. "YOU MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALONE!" BE PROUD TO BE
AN AMERICAN! BE PROUD OF OUR TROOPS!! SUPPORT THEM!!! SUPPORT AMERICA SO THAT IN THE FUTURE OUR CHILDREN WILL NEVER HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR BLINDS..."

Answer 2

I think we need to stay and get the job done. However, it would be nice if the mission could get some Democrat / liberal support for once in the 4 years we've been there. It would be helpful if the Democrats were not repeating the propaganda of our enemies as if it were truth.

General Giap of the NVA said that they were ready to sue for peace after their huge defeat during the Tet Offensive, but the anti-war movement kept their hopes up and encouraged them, because they saw that too many Americans did not have the guts and will to keep supporting South Vietnam's freedom.

And the same is happening with Iraq. We're not losing. The fact is that the Dems have been seeking defeat and retreat for 4 years and are willing to sacrifice the Iraqi people on their altar of cowardice and partisan political power, just like they did to the South Vietnamese people some 30 years ago.

Answer 3

i like this i really would like to know what you base your opinion on. the simple fact is that not very many people pay attention to the bigger picture americans today are growing more and more shortsighted. they think everything can be done easily.

the questions people should be asking is not wether we should pull out, but should be how do we go about providing the nesecary components to help the iraqis build a democracy, people look at 3000+ casulities among the military and they scream its to high. thats about how many marines died in the invasion of Tarawa. i wonder what would have happened if we had narrow minded people who wanted to quit before we were done in WW2.

im on my second tour, i love and engross myself in history and the thing i cant get over is no is looking at simple facts, they say we should leave iraq and let the Iraqi's stand on there own. get this through your head THEY CANT. theyre riddled with militas (such as th Madi army) who are waiting for us to leave so they can sweep the country aside and setup another dictator ship. the front runner is Al Sadr. there officals are corrupt, there leadership (military) is incompetent and, as well as theyre soldeirs know how to do two things: 1) RUN 2) fire in all directions creating a "death blossom". there economy is so pathetic (even with there oil). there citzens are scared, there in the middle of a civil war (though our own goverment wont admit it).

this process is not a simple one the middle east has no history of democratic goverments in its History starting with the ancient egyptians 4000 years ago. they respect one thing power. so were going to have to stay here stabilse the country by eliminating these militas and stopping the secretatrian violence, or not only have we failed the iraqis but weve failed the 3000+ troops who have died over here already

Answer 4

And you base all this information on Iraq on what, CNN, MSNBC what? To bad all the info cannot get out there from the soldiers fighting over there. You would get a completely different story, how do I know, been there, done that

Answer 5

Lots of Iraqis do want us there. But they are still scared of the insurgents. If we leave now, while they are not ready to handle their country, they will be attacked and we'll have to go back in under worse circumstances....

So which is better? Now, while they are not at war with another country? Or later, when there is another better equiped military fighting for the same territory?

Answer 6

We should come home when the job is finished. Or if the _elected_ Iraqi government asks us to leave.

The people who do not want us there are the people trying to overthrow a government that was elected in UN-certified elections.

Answer 7

They will come home soon. In about 18 more months. Of course this will end up like another Vietnam.