Will this WAR be over after Bush is gone from office? Or will it continue with the new President?

Answer 1

No, but hopefully they will remove the troops in a slow manner and get everyone as soon as possible. It will take time and coordinator to get everyone home safely. Returning Equipment and everything. Tents and things of that nature will not be return because of the danger from the possible contamination. We weren't allowed to bring ours from Desert Storm anyway. Unless we get someone in office who believes we ae actually accomplishing something at this point I dont think anyone believes that

Answer 2

This depends largely on how we define this war. As it was defined by the Bush administration, it is a war on terror, and by this definition it is an inherently indefinite war much like the war on drugs for instance.

It doesn't really matter where we fight this war, because where ever we're at, whether at home or abroad, we will always have to fight against terrorism.

This is something I don't think our up and coming generation of young people have completely got a solid grasp on yet. We've been so conditioned for instant gratification (fast food, video games, etc.), we get confused when the enemy refuses to surrender, fighting asymetrically and hitting us in blind spots we never knew we had.

Sure, we've got the best military in the world. We beat the Taliban in Afghanistan. We beat Sadam's army in Iraq. We can even target and take out individual Al-Quida leaders if we can figure out where they're located. Winning the war on "terror" is going to take a whole new approach. It means winning over hearts and minds and this is extremely difficult to do with zealous adherents of violently defended ideals.

The question we have to ask ourselves is this, do we really believe our ideals are worth defending? Our ideals only worth defending so long as every body feels good and nobody gets hurt? Do we really believe if we just walk away that everything will go back to being cozy and comfortable?

For better or worse, we've all got targets on our backs irregardless of whether we stay or go.

Will the war be over when Bush leaves? Probably not. Will it continue with the next President. Absolutely, whether we like it or not.

Pulling out of Iraq will not win us the war on terror. What it will do is remove us from supporting those we are trying to win over. It will only convince those that are there that if you resist violently enough, eventually thier radical ideals will win over in the end. More importantly, it may send a signal to our young people we really don't have anything worth defending anymore.

Answer 3

If only it was that simple. The current administration lied to the American people (or at the very least mislead the American people) and though a mixture of politics and slight of hand (and BTW there is no point in just blaming Bush for this it was the entire political "will" of the country) caused us to believe that:

1) Iraq had weapons of Mass destruction
2) Iraq and El-Quidda were in cahoots

Under those circumstances a lot of us were foolishly led to believe that the war was just and we supported an invasion of Iraq. We invade and debased their whole country. We caused the outbreak of chaos that is there now. And when I say WE I mean WE, whatever cries we may want to make that GW stole the election from Gore, He won the election from Kerry. He and our political leader’s democrat and republican acting on what at the time was massive support from the people went in and destroyed a country.

How can we in good faith just leave without trying to mend what we did wrong?

I wish we could home. But I don't see how.

Look at it this way if the Police come to your house and tear it apart destroying everything in it because they have a search warrant to basically take the place apart, and then when they are finished they find nothing, but your home has been destroyed, is it right for the Police to just say "Oops my bad. Bye bye now gotta run"?

The same is true in Iraq it is "our bad" and we need to do something to fix it, not just cut and run.

What we need to do I don't know. I pray to God that I did but I don't

I hope our new President will have some idea, but just abandoning those poor people does not feel right.

Answer 4

You don't end a war like turning off a light bulb. As far as the rest of the world is concerned, the US & its allies opened a "can of worms" and they are not willing to clean up the mess.
The new President, whoever it is, will inherit the "can of worms" and still have to solve the problem.
Running away will leave the WHOLE region unsafe as the various nations take sides. In a sectarian war which would follow the supply of Middle Eastern Oil dry out, and the whole area go to hell.

Answer 5

I am pretty sure it will last for a little while after Bush is gone. One reason is professional courtesy. There has never been a President that has made drastic changes to anything a previous President has started for at least a couple years after taking office.

Answer 6

The war seems to be entering a new phase, and by the time the new president is sworn in, I expect there will be more tolerance for the war. And the need to finish is strong. I doubt the new administration would want to flush the mid-east down the toilet.

Answer 7

It depends on the opinions of our New President. He can either take the troops out and "be done" with the war, or continue to fight. But as long as there is terrorism, there will always be wars to fight

Answer 8

I the Democrats put a president in office the war will begin to be fought in our cities and towns just as it is in the middle east.
Car bombings and road-side bombs.

Answer 9

unless things change by the time we get a new president,i think the war in iraq will continue on

Answer 10

The Democrats are not looking at anything beyond political advantage.

The thing that frightens me is that Al Quaeda sees the Democratic party controlling Congress and the presidency as the break they need to rebuild their network and then carry their jihad onto US soil.