If you're the President, how can you stop the war?

Question

First thing I will do is to investigate the situation. I'll make sure that the Prime Minister in that country is not using my power being a President of the United States. I'm not going to interfere in any problem that is going on in that country. I'm only jeoperdising the life of my country man just to prove that I have power. I will help this country by giving them advice instead of sending all my american troops for violence and to kill another human being.

Answer 1

The President is Commander in Chief of the Military. He doesn't need to do any sort of investigation to stop a war. He commands them and they are sworn to obey the President of the United States.

I like the idea of not interfering in other countries. However, we lost 3,000 lives and could have lost more had the terrorists had their way. Now if you could only get them to take your advice, not another life has to be lost. After all, our troops are instructed to shoot back, not first.

I think if you were President and seen just half of what crosses that man's desk, your head would probably explode.

Answer 2

Your answer is too simplistic. The main issue the president should confront is to open diplomatic channels with Iran and Syria to ease tension in the Middle East. They are fueling the sectarian violence by giving financial and military aid to both sides in this religious civil war. We also need to establish communications with other nations again, something this current administration has not wanted to do. Second, I would support Obama's proposed bill for deescalation of the Iraqi conflict, which would turn matters back to the Iraqi government to handle within a 6 to 12 month period, no more. That should give al-Maliki government ministers to arrive at proposals to strengthen their own armies and police forces & to rebuild their infrastructure. I would then remove US troops before the 2008 elections. The majority of killings are now due to sectarian, rival Islamic sects trying to control the other. Today a suicide car bomb went off on the Shias' most Holy Day. America had nothing to do with that and only the Iraqis can clean up their own affairs. Bottom line is I'd give the Iraqis no more than a year to get their house in order so we can bring our troops home.

Answer 3

I am from middle east and I know how to solve this issue.
1 - The prisedent needs to announce withdrawing from Iraq.
2 - Arrange meetings with all Iraqis parties and let them agree on a government, with the Americans not being involved. USA is viewed as the enemy in Iraq, and Iraqis would rather sleep under the sun with no food than to sleep in a hotel with all kinds of food if PROVIDED by the Americans.
3 - Stop the Democracy/Freedom speeches, because every nation defines Democracy/Freedom their own way, and not the American way.
4 - Re-Read point 3, Understand it, and Summerize it. Because if you think your way is the BEST and others are wrong, then you will keep interfering with others.
5 - Withraw on the day announced.

Finally, even if Iraq becomes worse than when the US troops where there, it will settle down eventually. But now, things keep escalating and the only loser is USA cuz Iraqis are willing to die for their country, but the deaths of US troops are for nothing.

Again, read point 3.

Answer 4

Lets get right to the point lady.......if you were President you would be taking bribes like the rest of the politicans.
It might sound like a cool idea to ask people what they would do but.......AARRGGHHH Get real. If you want to stop the war.....stop voting in the same to freaking parties all the time. How long has Ted Kennedy been in office? Hes there because of his name, this so called camelot crap they talk about. Mrs. Clinton has stocks in Haliburton so shes guilty too

Answer 5

None of my business! More jobs higher wages and more good life for everyone in America and bigger economics for USA! These are my main concerns. Be a sleeping giant again. Wars order executed only when the world is screwed.

Good to be a US president? :P

Answer 6

Tell those in power in the other countries that if they do not stop with the outside interfeering we will bomb Mecca and make it look like you did it!
See how fast they pull out of area.

Answer 7

I'm assuming that you're speaking of the Iraq war.

The U.S. did not decide one day that it would be fun to send 150,000 troops to a foreign land and invade it. We're not in the buisness of killing "other human beings". Let's look at the entire picture.

On September 11, 2001, it was a quiet morning. I remember it well. By mid-morning, 3000 people were dead. I saw those poor people propel themselves out of 80-100+ story windows to avoid being burned to death by 2000+ degree jet fuel. When the buildings collapsed, many of those who remained inside were crushed into powder. Small bone fragments were recovered and families had to donate DNA samples of their loved ones to get identification. Over 10,000 children became orphans. It was a sad, sad day.

Saddam Hussein was a ruthless dictator. He contributed to instability in the Middle East and had intentions of developing nuclear weapons. Whether he had workable materials or not is irrelavent. His intentions were to use nuclear weapons either on Israel or the West. Did you know that a low yield, 1 kiloton suitcase nuclear device would cause total devastation in a 2 mile area of a city? The fallout from that device would also kill countless thousands. Within that area, tens of thousands would die from the blast, and thousands more from radiation.

No country is going to allow their cities to have this happen if it can be prevented. The U.S. is no exception. Is this scenario possible? Most definitely.

Saddam Hussein killed 5000 of his own people with poison gas. He killed endless thousands in torture chambers, executions, and war. He was ruthless. When the allied forces invaded Iraq, the people were thrilled to be free of this monster. And since his execution, they are truly free of him.

The terrorists of the world have an agenda, to make the entire world Islam. To kill the "infidels" is a free ticket to "paradise" and they will not hesitate to kill anyone in order to achieve that. When you place terrorists and insurgents in the "innocent human being" catagory, it tells me that you do not have a grasp on world affairs, the war, and radical Islam. Perhaps you need to "investigate" that further.

No one likes war, especially the soldiers who have to fight it. Neither do the families like seeing their kin come home in body bags. ( The U.S. has lost over 3000 soldiers in Iraq to date. ) And they surely don't like their family members coming home maimed for life. It's not an experience we like either, but if we do not clamp down on radical terrorism, it will come to our shores, and that's a price we are not willing pay. Perhaps you're comfortable in your home and your own country, and you are under no threat of attack and losing thousands in your streets. But you could be more respectful to the many people who lost their loved ones on 9/11, and those who have lost their loved ones in the War on Terror.

If we could stop the shooting and bring our kids home, we would certainly do it. And that is the prayer of every American. But as long as there are threats to us, we will continue to fight, regardless of world or personal opinions.

Answer 8

Call Time Out! Then when all the referees and Umpires huddle, you slip in a Mickey Finn and knock out the controllers,...hip hip, the war's over.

Simple No?

Answer 9

With power comes responsibility - - what a joke!!

If you are a president like some presidents we know, the best solution might be suicide.

Answer 10

Your position is, unfortunately, naive in the extreme. There are bad people out there who are trying to kill us; they have done it before, and will do it again.