2007-01-29 09:15:49 · 9 answers · asked by luby 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Hmmm....this is a really tough one to answer.
Pros: Ousted Saddam (mad man) from power. Gave Iraqis the ability to have open elections. Trained thousands to help defend their own country. Stopped the flow of money from food for oil from going to the wrong places ( weapons, palaces, Hussein riches, France...). Many families now know what happened to their loved ones ( Mass graves from Saddam slaughters). The war on terror is not being physically fought on our own soil. We have not had any major terrorist attacks since 9/11
Cons: The loss of thousands of American soldiers. The split views of American people. The hatred felt by many Americans of our own government. The fact that we gave the Jihadists what they wanted (their supposed holy war).
2007-01-29 09:35:16 · answer #1 · answered by princess yah sui 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Terriorist 1 Americans 0
2007-01-29 17:23:16 · answer #2 · answered by tmac19742002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks like al Maliki feels he can take a harder line now against the Mahdists, and that means he can also be more effective against the other groups, especially some of the Sunni groups that would have been totally alienated if he'd pushed too hard last year. And some of the Iraqi troops are getting trained up and beginning to do effective work. Nobody seems to want to admit it, but what's happening seems to be what we were told was the plan.
2007-01-29 19:44:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a lot of answers fro people who have never been there. A dictator has been ousted and can no longer torture innocent civilians for petty reasons, such as torturing soccer players because they lost a game. Schools are being built so that even GIRLS can go to school. Terrorists are not able to roam as they wish and build up forces and have time to plan attacks on the U.S. As far as I'm concerned.....the war is doing what it is supposed to be doing.
2007-01-29 18:29:16 · answer #4 · answered by Jason R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i served i iraq, with the 25th infantry division out of fort lewis WA, stryker brigade combat team. 1-5 inf (bob cats) and it sucks i can tell u from personal experiance.. its a modern day vietnam.. u dont know who u fighting.. one day u give a hand out to a civilian in trouble, next day you kill him for setting IED's its fuked up the the plan is not working, we should of pulled out long time ago... and it plain and simple sucks, now that does not mean i dont back the troops up or the president i might not agree on his work but hey, that is a right u give up whe n u enlist so yeah... suck it up and move out!
2007-01-29 18:58:46 · answer #5 · answered by luvi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
endless war with no clear mission.
2007-01-29 17:30:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horrible because we don't have a working plan
2007-01-29 17:44:40 · answer #7 · answered by Kyla 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a modern day Vietnam.
What more can be said?
2007-01-29 17:36:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The war is fine thanks for asking!
2007-01-29 18:10:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋