Why do people feel that the war in Iraq is wrong?

Question

Iraq is now a democracy. A democratic nation in the middle east that can help preserve the freedoms and liberty of those who appreciate it throughout the world is a good thing. The people of Iraq have been oppressed for far too long. They now have an opportunity live the lives they want to live. They would be free if it weren't for the insurgent acts of terror that they must deal with daily. President Bush has a plan to shut down the insurgency. He is acting in a logical manner to ensure the freedoms of Americans across the globe. How is this bad?

Answer 1

Iraq was a stable country prior to our invasion. They weren't tied to Al Queda. They were an enemy of Iran, a country we now oppose, and they were a secular nation. Now, Iraq is in shambles. They don't have reliable utilities (water and electricity). They hate the U.S. and they are now split along sectarian lines. You are wrong, when you say they have opportunity, because, now they have none. President Bush does not have a plan to shut down the insurgency, he has said that he doesn't know if his "surge" will work. Why, after 4 years, would your answer be more troops? It's a total s*&^t storm.

Answer 2

First off- it is not our stated mission as a country to spread democracy to the rest of the world.

Second- The complete and utter lack of anything resembling a plan for the post-war has left a vacuum in Iraq that cannot be filled with good intentions.

Third- How do dead Iraqis ensure my freedom? I have plenty of freedoms under Bush's "guilty until proven innocent" domestic surveillance programs.

Fourth- The only Iraqis living how they want to live are those who got the hell out of there early. The only change between the constant fear under Saddam and the constant fear during the civil war that Bush bungled this country into is that Saddam kept the utilities going. All the blue inked thumbs in the world can't change that.

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Answer 3

I don't really see where the Iraki democraty is. The Government can reign on Irak. What is a democraty which can't protect its citizen and needs the help from other nations ?

Irak was of no threat when Bush attacked it : no WMD, no terrorists, only Saddam the dictator. So tell me where the danger was and how Irak was a threat to the US.

It is true that the Iraki have more freedom. But there living conditions are worse than the ones they had under Saddam. Why is that ?

I guess this is what happens when lies and fake proofs are used to cheat poeple, governments , the UN

Answer 4

Iraq is two religious groups fighting and killing each other to gain control and the us is in the middle of it. It would probably be worth it if you could see the situation getting better but it isn't. Iran is making money selling weapons to the insurgents who in turn use them to kill American soldiers. At a cost of 120 billion a year that's a big tax bill for the American people to pay, plus 3000 dead and counting. This is a war that could go on for hundreds of years and never really end peacefully. Personally I think it was a pure waste of money, life's and time, its a no win situation. They should bring the troops home now.

Answer 5

The Iraqi Govt. is a 1 party "democracy" totally controled by the Iraqi Shiites & the moment the US military leaves Iraq, what's left of that so called democracy will vanish. The only reason there was such a successful vote in Iraq in the 1st place was because the Iraqi Shiites knew that they would win & control the new Iraq Govt. Which only made the sectarian war worse because there were no Sunnis in the new Iraqi Govt. All thanks to the good ol' US Govt.

Answer 6

People only seem to focus on the WMD's, and avoid hearing the part where we are bringing freedom and democracy to another nation, and also preventing further genocidal acts like what happened to the Kurds' under Saddam. We are also protecting ourselves by keeping the terrorists from taking over Iraq's unstable government; because if they do, they'll use Iraq's(which has the 2nd largest oil reserve) oil money to fund further jihad attacks. Then we'll see the number of US GI's dying skyrocket. It also says to the rest of the world that if you bloody our noses we'll tuck tail and run!

Answer 7

yeah it's a democracy, such a great success story I hear that people from neighboring countries are moving into Iraq by the tens of thousands. excuze the sarcasm. One thing few are mentioning that I think is valid, the strongest traditions in Iraq are bribery/corruiption to get what you want or need from various government agencies, and the notion of PRIDE, if you offend their pride their solution is likely to kill you. People here scream about our rotten bureaucracy, but for the most part it's honest and it is one reason this is a great country. Go to your library and check out "State of Denial" by Woodward, it will help answer your question.

Answer 8

I think most people just jump on bandwagons. If the polarized politicians in Washington could just GET ALONG, rather than fight amongst each other, they could have figured this Iraq stuff out.

I think there were ligimimate reasons to go in (Saddam had been ignoring U.N. weapons sanctions for years, even Clinton went into Iraq in 1998, because of it)

The problem was, in my opinion, Bush wasn't aggressive enough. Rather than just taking charge and saying "This is what we're going to do!" He let it become a popularity/political debate. If we're going to go into a country, we need to put 100% behind it and get it done. Don't him-haw around the issues and let it become chaotic.

I rest the blame on ALL of Washington DC and their inability to function and work together.

Answer 9

Where to begin...

I can only really speak from personal experience, but a lot of people (I know) think the war is wrong because they feel it was started on false pretenses.

They feel we went to war for oil, and it isn't wrong to say that American oil industries have profited from the war. A lot feel that since America didn't find any WMDs, we had no adequate reason to 'invade' Iraq.

Also, if America was liberating a people, shouldn't the Iraqiis be happy instead of trying to kill the troops at every chance? Just something to think about...


Anyways, I hope I answered your question adequately.

Answer 10

The original excuse for invading Iraq was Saddam was paly-pals with Osama and had WMD.

That didn't pan out, so now it is supposedly about democracy.
My husband is currently working as a contractor for the military in Iraq, and the Iraqi police and Army are using tactics WE trained them to use against us.

When they elect someone we don't like, how long is this "democracy" going to last?

Doesn't matter if our troops leave tomorrow or twenty years from now, Iraq WILL collapse into anarchy.