It seems that if there were no protests the war might be over by now. The ememy I think sees us protest in America and decides to keep attacking because they think that eventually we will leave. They see us as not united in the war effort. I think that if all the protests stopped then the war in Iraq would end sooner.
2007-01-27 08:21:43 · 18 answers · asked by aardvark 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It is highly unlikely that the "enemy" even knows about the protests as they are rarely reported on and they think most americans agree with Bush due to our fake elections.
If you think the war is not over due to the people, you are fooling yourselves. The people have little power except through organized boycotts now that the vote doesn't count and the crowd size is either ignored or underestimated.
2007-01-30 11:49:43 · answer #1 · answered by janie 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The protests will not be as big as Vietnam for following reasons:You are correct about the draft because it brought military service to those who did not buy into that system in the first place and know how to work it big time; Next the very huge amount of your tax money going directly and indirectly into public relations so the news media won't kill that golden goose; Strike three there is a growing acceptance Capitalism needs wars to exist. Mostly solders are not being used but reservists so for every product they make while not at war it now takes three employees.
2016-05-24 06:21:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in Iran. The morons who run my country were very happy to see the Democrats making a comeback, the way they were celebrating it was like they had won the elections themselves. Democrats kept screaming lets end the war in Iraq.
On top of that you got these morons on the street protesting and what they do not just emboldens the Iraqi insurgents but also the clerics who are running Iran and the 10,000s of trained terrorists under their command.
The best way to end the problem in Iraq is to overthrow the mullahs next door in Iran. I know it is insane to start a new conflict but if these bastards are not stopped the terrorist activities will never end. By the way I personally think Bush made a mistake in attacking Iraq after Afghanistan, he should have attacked Iran first then moved to Iraq. If he had done that the war would have been over in 2004.
2007-01-27 08:49:18 · answer #3 · answered by DECEMBER 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Yes. It makes it look like one side is weak and giving up, even if it's an illusion as far as the combat area is concerned. The war protests over Vietnam led to not only the deaths of millions of South Vietnamese (the North Vietnamese went in and killed everyone with power, an education or had a religion) it lead to the boat people that plagued the Carter administration.
2007-01-27 08:54:42 · answer #4 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It absolutely does make the war a worse off situation with protests.. It emboldens the enemy and encourages more strikes on our soldiers and Marines. These sorry liberals who are initiating these scummy democratic protests are soon going to find themselves in a uncompromising position of their own. Then, we will see how loud there cries are when nobody comes to save them.
There is a proper time for protests, but when you endanger our own troops by doing it, you are asking for serious domestic consequences. There are too many Americans who support this war on terrorism that aren't about to take too much crap from the Hanoi Janes and Cindy Sheehans, before the other shoe drops. The silent majority will kick back!
This is my prediction!
2007-01-27 08:41:31 · answer #5 · answered by briang731/ bvincent 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The protesting of wars have a long history. The question should actually be "Do U.S. Citizens protesting the U.S. War in Iraq actually make the war worse for the U.S. and for U.S. Soldiers?"
To that question, the answer is, "Yes. It makes the war worse for the U.S. and for U.S. Soldiers."
It does this by:
Emboldening the enemy of U.S. Policy.
Undermining the U.S. Military's Moral.
Showing non-involved Governments and Peoples the dis-unity in the U.S.
But the other questions should be:
Why in the U.S. involved in Iraq?
What defines Mission Accomplished?
Were are the Weapons of Mass Destruction that led to the invasion?
What is the President's exit strategy?
Peaceful protest is protected by the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Constitution is protected by U.S. Laws. U.S. Laws are protected by the Armed Forces.
Protest the War if you must, but ...
do NOT protest the Service Member doing his or her job for the good of all U.S. Citizens.
2007-01-27 08:51:46 · answer #6 · answered by landhermit 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
That could very well be. Those war protesters are totally ****** in the head. The only people who benefit from their rallies is the enemy. I'm sure the troops don't like to see that stuff. One would think that the public could be more supportive of the troops and not be against them. If you protest the war then you protest the troops.
2007-01-27 08:35:14 · answer #7 · answered by ally_oop_64 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I object to the waste and stupidity of it all. So we go into some country and kill a bunch of people we don't like, at least 2 more people hate us for every one we kill. Some day we stop doing it, what did we actually accomplish, not very much. We prove that we make the best killing machines, not much else.
2007-01-30 13:15:43 · answer #8 · answered by Paul K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A public protest is one of the ways the government takes the pulse of a nation regarding controversial issues.
2007-01-27 08:32:50 · answer #9 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
well if there wasnt a war we wouldnt have to worry about it. Since we ARE in a democracy and a democracy is supposed to be based on peoples vote, and since most of the poulation dont want this war going on........ i think you get the point.
being in this war makes this war worse, and every second we stay over there killing innocent civilians and freedom fighters fighting against an oppressive govt trying to take control, makes it worse
2007-01-27 08:48:04 · answer #10 · answered by raztis 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋