How about we remove ground troops and provide basically air and bombardment support.
In this vision- Maliki or his generals say we need an explosion at x GPS coordinates and we do it for them. We did airstrikes for the Ethiopians and look how successful their program went off.
Its not just Bush thats asking for troops it the president of Iraq thats asking for them. We need to let that Democracy fight for its own rights. We had to do it. When someone does all the work for you you dont appreciate what you have when its done.
2007-02-07 05:18:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
sounds good in theory...but how do we know malaki wont just target his opposition..?? this seems to be a main arab cultural point..killing your percieved enemies or those who dont agree with you... and what about iran..??? how much more can they interfere with none of our troops on the ground..??? and what about the people whop are supposed to be iraquis, but, who really have allegiance to the iranian regime and would have their opponents bombed..??? i think this is a hard question....war is a terrible thing, but i thought from the very begining that we should have went into irq, dominated the country, locked it down, and given them their country and freedoms back as they earned them....thats what winning a fight is all about in my mind...not being "politically correct" by not bombing certain places, times, people....i dont think we are being harsh enough in iraq..and that is making the rest of the world wonder about our resolve...i would count on more "tests" like this from other cultures, religions, gov'ts..in the future, now that we are percieved as divided here about things....this plays right into our enemies hands....
2007-02-07 05:21:48 · answer #1 · answered by badjanssen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The thing is that we can't just pull out our troops from there because it will fall apart. Militias are attacking civilians and us troops. And cvilians are killing eachother, between religious groups, political parties, etc. An air raid wont solve the prblem. OUr troops are there to try to restore some order and stability. Until we accomplish that task, the war won't be over. I hate bush and i hate this war because it was fabricated based on lies. But we can't ignore reality and we can't not do the right thing. This is why in some sort of way i think sending some troops will help. It won't solve the problem b/c it's too little too late but it will take us a step foward.
Like bryan said. we need our men there to secure borders, stop insurgents and the entrance of supplies. Iraq needs lots of help and it is our obligation to give it b/c we were the ones who tore it all apart.
2007-02-07 13:27:25 · answer #2 · answered by leidy101 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree on the air strikes and the Iraqis taking the lead on their own defense, but I disagree on the complete withdrawal of troops. I believe that we should withdraw our troops from the populated areas of Iraq and use them to provide border security to stop the flow of insurgents and supplies from Iran and Syria. I believe we should continue to provide training for additional troops and that gradually our troops should be replaced on the borders.
2007-02-07 13:25:29 · answer #3 · answered by Bryan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
IT CANT WORK BECAUSE THE TWO PARTIES CANT STAND EACH OTHER. SO THE SUNNIS WOULD SAY DROP ONE HERE, RIGHT ON THE SHIAS, THEN THE KURDS GET INVOLVED, AND WHEN ITS ALL DONE WE (AMERICA) WOULD BE THE SCAPE GOAT FOR THE KILLING OF ALL THE CIVILIANS INVOLVED.
2007-02-07 13:32:51 · answer #4 · answered by this_takes_awhile 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a huge history buff, but I believe our revolution as assisted by at least one country...France.
2007-02-07 13:27:06 · answer #5 · answered by Joseph's Mama 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that's a very good and logical idea, but common sense and politics don't mix.
2007-02-07 13:24:44 · answer #6 · answered by ilovelamp 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋