Does Iraq War Make Sense?

Question

We were given a reasonn of WDM for going into war with Iraq, but to my suprise none has been found yet. The second reason is Iraq ties with Alqaeeda which has not been proven up to now.
UP to this time I did not see any progress in eradicating terrorism from the War in Iraq. Instead more terrorists are incubated and the gap has widened between world Muslims and Americans. Animosity has also grown to a very high degree. We are told lies over and over again that this war is justified we are winning, but I can really not see any progress. Innocent people are being killed everyday among which are weak women and children. Several operations with several names had been carried out in Baghdad but nothing has been achieved. Bush is strongly and loudly pronouncing the unseen success. To my view, this war is not a success and is not justified but I want to know about other's views on this..............

Answer 1

You need to get updated on your 'facts'. The real reason, of course, is that Saddam invaded Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to take over the Middle East oil supplies. He refused to abide by the conditions of the temporary cease-fire, so President Clinton made it official US policy to remove Saddam by force. In 1998, he created the Iraq Liberation Act and got Congressional approval to follow through.

Clinton's shock and awe bombing campaign failed but the policy was never revoked. So, Al Gore and GW Bush both campaigned on the promise to finish the job. Bush got Congressional approval again and got the job done.

Answer 2

WMD was a supporting, not a primary, argument. And so far as I know direct ties with al Qaeda were never specified, only that the culture of the Baathists encouraged terrorism in similar groups.
You seem mighty impatient. Fourth generation wars always take at least a decade, and the international nature of this one suggests it'll be a lot longer. The part Iraq plays in that will be important, but al Maliki has only been in office for what, eight months? and has until the past couple of weeks had to pander to al Sadr for both political and security reasons, and with friends like that, who needs enemies? Now the Shiites seem to be finally beginning to get the idea that they're the majority and don't have to worry about the resurgence of the Baathists, and the Sunni insurgents as well as the Shiite groups like the Mahdi army are equally being suppressed, so with major risks still out there it seems the President's plan is actually beginning to work. I started out three years ago thinking he went off half-******, but it seems he's smarter that I gave him credit for. He's just really poor at explaining it to the general populace, perhaps because any general announcements at home would have negative impact over there.

Answer 3

You are right my friend. The War in Iraq does not make any sense at all. This war is mass genocide of the innocents (The REAL Holocaust) by the power hungry Bush Administration in their botched up screwed thinking to create a so called "New World Order" BUT it has backfired. Bush and his henchmen in the White House have killed more innocent people in Iraq than Saddam Hussein did in his entire life as the leader of Iraq. Saddam was what he was because that was the only way he could hold the Iraqi Nation together. I guarantee you that Americans will come out of Iraq being compared to Saddam Hussein ONLY worse with nothing to show or accomplished except having been the main instrument in the destruction of a Nation. Americans have lost their self respect and leadership because of this maniac in the White House who is on an ego trip. Then his henchman Cheney another Clown & Joker is only interested in supporting his buddies in Halliburton who do not care how many innocent lives are sacrificed to fill will their coffers with looted wealth. In the next two years watch how many people in this Administration get indicted. I would not be surprised at all if Bush & Chenney get impeached before the end of their term.

While we are on this subject let us not forget about Bush's underwear Tony Blair. I think this B & B (Bush & Blair)Gang should be brought up against the International Court in Hague and charged with "Crimes against Humanity". For sentence they should be let loose in Tora Bora as practice targets for Al Qaieda and Taliban.

I do not understand who are we to go into somebody's house and invoke our own rules. This is eactly what we are doing in the Middle East. We talk about voilation of human rights etc etc and all the crap while in fact we are really there to rob these people of their ONLY wealth OIL! OIL!!OIL!!!. We really do not care about Democracy. Just look around us here in America, rich are getting richer, poor are getting poorer and the middle-class that is the center of the economic machine is being outsourced so that few at the top the RICH can run this Country as they wish THUS DICTATERSHIP. Have we not come a full circle? Back to the dark ages with war looming around the corner as we go pissing off Countries like IRAN, SYRIA, NORTH KOREA and VENEZUELA.

It is time we kick these right wing, self centered idiots out of the White House and bring some sanity to our foreign policy. We are not alone in this World. There are other people living on this Planet and have the right to do so as we do including enjoy the way they want to live and enjoy fruits of this Planet. We should learn to dialogue with them and respect their cultures and beliefs.

Have we forgotten "LIVE and LET LIVE"

Let us not go around pissing people off for no reason just because we think we are right - we are NOT.

Answer 4

Completely agree with "speakeasy" answer. I was part of the Navy task Force sitting in Dubai in 1998, waiting to attack and invade Saddam, and we were very surprised when it was called off after a few misslies where fired at him, since under the terms of the cease fire of 91 Saddam had just crossed over the "line" and was due to be removed by us. Problem was clinton didn't have the balls to do it, where Bush did. The 2003 invasion was due from the later 90's!

Answer 5

Just imagine after 9/11, if we had not put ANY troops in the taliban areas of control. Hmmm, why Osama bin Salami would be giving us the big weiner with another TMD (Terrorism of Mass Destruction). With freedom comes unseen responsibilities. Better to die protecting your freedom overseas than on the home turf. Yea, war sucks, but get your facts straight. And like a lot of people that criticize, I ask if they have served their country. Naw, let the other sucker die for me so I can talk trash. When the Americans get beheaded did you write your President. No, cuz you are a weinie. But let a Marine knowlingly murder an Iraqui, and the whole world clamors for action. Yea, get your facts straight, and that is to all the draft dodgers.

Answer 6

Keep believing the propaganda the media uses. The war in Iraq is unpopular because of the media. The only thing you hear on the news are the deaths and defeats. Nothing ever good. The military have made several achievements in this war. It will still be a long time until we can withdraw from Iraq.

Answer 7

the rational become that Iraq had extra effective objectives than Afghanistan?????? Saddam for what ever his faults become an anti Islams because they want to overthrow him, so Bush has switched over an anti Iran , anti jihad Islams usa right into a specialist Iran professional Islams state. merely dumb he has given extra help to Iraq that new Orleans and killed extra Iraqis than Saddam did. now the united states is slowed down in an nightmare worse than Vietnam and the united states bleeds and bleeds and bleeds

Answer 8

The U.S. has located some 500 chemical weapons in Iraq since 2003 with more likely to be found, according to two Republican members of Congress trumpeting a newly declassified portion of a government report.

"We have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons," Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., said at an afternoon news conference.

Santorum read from a declassified portion of a report by the National Ground Intelligence Center, a Defense Department intelligence unit, which noted: "Since 2003, coalition forces have recovered approximately 500 weapons munitions which contain degraded mustard or sarin nerve agent. Despite many efforts to locate and destroy Iraq's pre-Gulf War chemical munitions, filled and unfilled pre-Gulf War chemical munitions are assessed to still exist."

Answer 9

Yes, you are right like so many others who are wondering what it is all about.There are so many other reasons behind the scenes that we ( the public) do not know about....But at the end, it is all about the money/economics and creating the opportunities for them...People will find out the real truth in years to come.

Answer 10

here's what doesn't make sense to me; on 9-11 we were attacked by terrorists from Saudi Arabia, Syria, and elsewhere. In response to that attack, we invaded Iraq who had absolutely nothing to do with 9-11. What's with that???