why does america insist that they can force freedom on their neighbors by pointing a gun to their heads?

Question

has it ever occured to the people of america that the resistance that they encounter in iraq is a version of a contemporary revolutionary war against the brutal tyrant that is occupying their country. this would be very similar to america fighting the british in the 1700's, while saying, "no taxation without representation." the iraqi's are saying basically the same to the american empire. ergo, they ARE fighting for their freedom. the freedom to have an "infidel" free country without which isn't under a puppet government disguised as a democracy.

justin, if you want to ask a question, then click on the ask button and spend your points.

Answer 1

jason - when will you stop listening to propaganda.
Iraq wants the US led invasion to help them.
They dont want us to leave.

12 dead in car bombs, attacks in Baghdad By BUSHRA JUHI, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 29 minutes ago



BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of car bombs struck mostly Shiite areas in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing eight people, while a mortar attack on a Sunni neighborhood killed four in more retaliatory sectarian violence.

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In the deadliest attack Wednesday, two parked car bombs struck simultaneously in separate areas in Baghdad, killing at least six people and wounding 15.

One of the blasts targeted a transit area in central Baghdad where people can catch minibuses to predominantly Shiite neighborhoods, including the sprawling Sadr City slum. The attack occurred at 12:45 p.m. on Jamhuriyah Street near the busy Shorja market, killing four people and wounding 12 others, police said.

Shorja, one of Iraq's largest markets, has been struck frequently by bombings, including one on Nov. 21 that killed 25 civilians.

Another car packed with explosives blew up in the religiously mixed neighborhood of Maamoun in western Baghdad at about the same time, killing two civilians and wounding three others, police said, adding the target of the attack was not immediately known.

Insurgents have launched several bombings in the capital in recent weeks as they seek to maximize the number of people killed before U.S.-Iraqi troops launch a neighborhood-by-neighorhood sweep of the city of 6 million. Iraqi authorities have promised to crack down on Sunni insurgents as well as Shiite militia violence that has spiraled since the Feb. 22, 2006, bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra.

A car bomb also struck a predominantly Shiite area in eastern Baghdad earlier Wednesday, killing two people and wounding 10, police said.

The explosion occurred at 10 a.m. after the driver parked the car near a currency exchange office in the Amin district in New Baghdad neighborhood, then walked away.

"A seemingly normal person parked this car and told us that he would not be long," said the owner of the currency exchange who identified himself as Abu Talal. "When that person disappeared for more than 20 minutes, we tried to call the police but the car exploded as we were trying to do so."

Shop owners often insist that motorists get permission before parking their cars due to the frequent bombings in the capital, which faces rising sectarian violence.

Police found the body of one person killed thrown into a nearby alley by the force of the blast, while six others were wounded. The blast also damaged several nearby shops.

Nine mortar shells slammed into different areas in Azamiyah, landing on houses and streets and burning a car in the predominantly Sunni neighborhood in northern Baghdad. Four people were killed, including two children, and 16 were wounded, some seriously, Mohammed al-Mashhadani from the al-Numaan hospital said.

Nobody claimed responsibility for any of the attacks, but bombings against Shiite targets followed by mortar attacks targeting Sunni has become a common pattern in the violence plaguing Baghdad.

Iraqi security forces also have been frequent targets of insurgent attacks as they are seen as collaborators with U.S.-led forces.

A suicide bomber driving an oil truck blew himself up after he was stopped at a checkpoint near an Iraqi army headquarters north of Baghdad on Wednesday, wounding 9 soldiers, an officer said.

The attacker apparently planned to drive the truck into the compound in Muqdadiyah, but guards stopped him at the checkpoint about 100 yards away at about 9:15 a.m. He detonated his belt of explosives as he got out of the vehicle, causing it to explode as well, army Col. Ibrahim Hussein said.

The blast came just over a month after a suicide bomber struck a police station in Muqdadiyah, 60 miles north of Baghdad, killing seven officers.

A parked car bomb also struck a police patrol in the northern city of Mosul about 10:30 a.m., killing one policeman and wounding two others, Brig. Abdul Karim al-Jibouri said.

In the volatile western cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, at least eight bodies were found with their hands and legs bound and showing signs of torture.

The bloodshed Tuesday took place despite heightened security following a battle with messianic Shiites who authorities said planned a large assault on Ashoura ceremonies. With security so intense at the main venues, extremists chose targets in smaller cities where safety measures were less stringent.

A suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of worshippers entering a Shiite mosque in Mandali near the Iranian border, killing 26 people and wounding 47, according to police. At least 12 more died and 28 were wounded when a bomb exploded in a garbage can as Shiites were performing outdoor rituals in the largely Kurdish city of Khanaqin, police said.

In Baghdad, gunmen in two cars opened fire on a bus carrying pilgrims to the capital's most important Shiite shrine, killing seven and wounding seven, police said. Hours later, mortar shells rained down on two mostly Sunni neighborhoods, killing nine and wounding 30 in what police said appeared to be a reprisal attack.

A morgue official in the southeastern city of Kut, meanwhile, said his facility received six more bodies from previously unreported Ashoura-related violence on Tuesday.

Those included a suicide bomber who detonated his explosives belt at a checkpoint aimed at protecting a religious procession in Hafriyah and the two people killed in the attack. A police commander and two of his guards also were killed by gunmen while they were on patrol protecting Ashoura processions in Aziziya, also south of Baghdad.

Amongst all that is innocent Iraqi families.

I think most Iraqis would "love" nothing more than have FREEDOM forced upon them.

Answer 2

Hi Jason, Uncle Sam was busy, so he sent me to tell you that you are correct in assuming that if anyone understood what fighting for freedom is, it's the United States. We're all over the issue of freedom, and we have recognized that if we do not stabilize Iraq before we leave, the Iraqis will no longer be free. Unfortunately, the only way to do that is with force, much like the way we gained our independence in the 1700's. This is a more evil enemy than we faced back then, but I have confidence that our troops and those from the U.K., all of whom are the best in the world, will get the situation under control so that the Iraqis may have the right to the pursuit of happiness.

Thank-you for your concern.

Aunt Sassy

Answer 3

Not sure why I'm wasting my time trying to enlighten an idiot but,
The US doesn't have its gun to anyones head in Iraq, they where finally given the ability to have free elections, as opposed to the 100% of the vote that Saddam managed to squeeze out when he staged a bogus election.
Taxation without representation? Are you saying that the US is taxing the Iraqi people?
In the 18th century, the Americans where fighting the British military, not killing our own innocent women & children trying to go to school.
If you disagree with our policies, at least have some form of valid argument or point instead of exposing your ignorance.

Answer 4

America is not an empire. I'm not a brutal tyrant. We are not infidels. You compare suicide bombers with our founding fathers. You despise your own country. You sure are taking advantage of your freedom. The Iraqi's probably couldn't use that kind of freedom could they?
Lets get out of their country right now and let them have their kind of freedom right?
You have no idea what you're talking about.
You despise me too don't you.
I hope I don't die over here for your freedom and I hope you see the light some day and understand we are trying to do the best we can. So is our country.

Answer 5

The American concept of Democracy is directly responsible for resistances against the concept. The concept negates the social order and beliefs of its host societies. The concept should be able to carry along the social political order of the host environment in order to reduce or possibly eliminate resistances.

Democracy today has become another weapon of colonialisation and economic exploitation. Americans invade most of these countries under the pretext of instituting democracy, whereas on the other hand the real intentions is simply to get more contracts for American multi-national companies. During the so-called liberation of Iraq, the first places to be secured by American forces were the oil fields. They justified their actions by saying it was intended to safeguard Iraqi wealth for the Iraqis.

The world is too enligthened for any country to stand up today and colonise again. The Brithish did that from the 10 th century until the late 19th centuries. To have a repeatation of that by America is going to be a slap on world intelligence.

Answer 6

Well, you make an interesting point that isn't without its merits, but I don't think the violence in Iraq has as much to do with US occupation as it does Sunni-Shiite civil war. The politicians call it "sectarian violence", but let's get beyond the rhetoric and semantic games and call a spade a spade. It's civil war that heated up with the blowing up of the Blue Mosque. Also, a large amount of the insurgency is coming from abroad. The hundreds of tortured bodies found per week are the bodies of Iraqi citizens carried out by the radical death squads, and are rarely the bodies of US soldiers or civilians.

Answer 7

Alright dude. You really got to look at the situation and not generalizing it in such an awful manner. It's not the whole country, the majority of the nation is happy to have Saddam and his sons gone. It's a small group that don't want the US there so they can attack and control the region to their liking. Somewhat how Saddam took power. Then suppress and murder the religion that isn't theirs. One of the things the people were fighting for in the Revolutionary War is freedom of religion. That's not what the current uprising is even close to in Iraq. You're comparison is gross imcompetence. You must look at the situation closer, if at all, before saying such an ignorant statement.

Answer 8

You know, I really dislike rhetorical questions, but when they ask us to stay, that is hardly having a gun to their head.

Terroristic religious fanatics that cut off heads and use power drills on people before killing them, can hardly be compared to any other enemy, let alone the British.

I find that I have to come in here every other day or so to point that out to someone. You can read news on the Internet if you're interested. Try to go below the first couple of paragraphs and read the parts where the press talks context.

Answer 9

Do a little research before making insulting statements.

Are you really saying that the people of Iraq preferred to live under the rule of a brutal dictator? Do you think the women preferred being second-class citizens with basically no rights - not allowed to show their faces in public, not allowed to go to school, not allowed to have a job? Did the Iraqi people enjoy being tortured and raped simply for the enjoyment of Saddam's sons?

Your ignorance is painfully obvious.

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Answer 10

Very interesting question, reminds me of this passage I got sent in my email. One day during Jummah Salah, a 1,000 member congregation was surprised to see two men enter, both covered from head to toe in black and carrying sub-machine guns. One of the men proclaimed, "Anyone willing to take a bullet for Allah remain where you are." Immediately, the congregation fled, and out of the 1,000 there only remained around 20. The man who had spoken took off his hood, looked at the Imaam and said, "Okay Maulana, I got rid of all the hypocrites. Now you may begin your sermon." The two men then turned and walked out." In that situation, I have nothing to fear, this man has not decided my death, Allah (Swt) has. I would proudly say the Shahada and take a bullet.

Answer 11

This is because they have a wrong notion that they are the best and that what ever they do is the right thing which of course is not true. They talk about freedom but they themselves do not show respect to other people's freedom. The world is round and what ever one does will always come back to them. So if not today then tomorrow America will get exactly what they deserve.