Obama, in a recent speech, said the soldier's lives that were lost in Iraq were WASTED?

Question

Over 3000 lives of the greatest young Americans wasted...

He is saying that there is no accompishment related to those deaths - they did not MEAN anything. He is dismissing them.

How do you feel about that?

Why can't liberals get the fact that terrorists ARE a threat and our brave troops are PROTECTING us!

Answer 1

At first, you really made me angry! I thought YOU were saying those lives were wasted and he wasn't.

I'm glad he said it. He sounds too good on those interview shows and my instincts say that I can't trust him. My instincts tend to be right. Now here's proof.

Of course they weren't wasted! If nothing else, there is something to be said for fighting for a right and just cause like protecting your country and dying in the fight. Liberals will never get this!

Answer 2

First of all, the troops there are not "protecting" us - they are doing the job they were "hired" to do, which is fight for what the government says they fight for.

And when he stated that the lives were "wasted", he didn't mean anything other than that they died for a lie, which is exactly what they did! Our leader put them into a situation that they are never going to win, and he did that for his own agenda and nothing more. To state that it is for the protection of the citizens of this country is a lie.

And I read your question, and I see you had to go around a rather large block to make that point of yours. That much twisting is only found in a braid. . .

I am not for or against the man, for I haven't heard enough about his political platform to formulate that opinion yet. But there are a lot of people out there that are judging the man simply on the fact he is Muslim, and I hardly think that is fair. And just because you aren't liberal as he is doesn't make it right to twist the man's words, either. I think you should look at the FACTS first, and then maybe you can make an educated opinion - not an opinion that is based on emotional bias.

Answer 3

First of all, I think a big reason the US was a target for terrorists is because of our poor relations with other countries. Many people in Iraq had a great hatred for us before THIS war, because they were still living with the results of the last war. A lot of things they needed, like water and sewage treatment facilities, were destroyed by US attacks. No doubt Osama is a crazy MF-er, but that is something he's mentioned repeatedly in his speeches as a reason for the attacks. It's something we should be paying attention to. If you put out death and destruction, you can't really be surprised when you get some death and destruction back. So, war is probably the WORST thing we can enter into if we really wanted to end terrorism. Second of all, Iraq had no connection with 9/11. Most of the hijackers were Saudis, and not one of them was from Iraq.

Thirdly, i have to agree with Obama. It sounds like the real reason his words are upsetting you is that you would LIKE to believe they died for a purpose. Well, we all would. But that's not the case. We've lost many soldiers. The Iraqis have lost even more civilians. The country is a mess of chaos and violence. And they weren't even producing terrorists before this. So...what has been accomplished? Seems to me we've just made the rest of the world more pissed off at us. How is that going to stop terrorism?

Answer 4

What he meant was that we shouldn't have been fighting a war in Iraq to begin with. The terrorists we were after, the ones who committed the 9/11 disaster, weren't in Iraq. We were made to believe they were. All those young Americans did die for something, and their lives definitely aren't "wasted", but it had nothing to do with the real terrorists. He was not dismissing them, he was dismissing G.W. for sending them to do this job.

I think some people run around just trying to find things to be incensed about.

Answer 5

Obama (black) is only a flash in the pan. Don't worry about him. The person to worry about is Hillary (woman), but I don't think the Democrats will stay with her over Edwards (white man). I think Richardson (Mexican) is better than the others because of his proven track record at the state, federal and international levels and overall demeanor, but he probably won't get helped by the liberal press very much so probably does not have much of a chance to mount a serious campaign. John Edwards, however, may eventually be the candidate most likely to become President.

Personally I would pick Newt Gingrich to be our best next president, but I don't think the average voter is smart enough to vote for him. He might not even run. He seems the smartest, the most knowledgeable, most honest, most moral, most articulate, and best all around guy to me. The public is just not plugged in to reality well enough to vote for him. They will go where they are lead by the liberal main stream media and the big city string pullers. They might go for Rudy and that would be fine with me. If Rudy can convince the Republican base to back him and he is not too severely attacked by the media, he might be the best hope to beat John Edwards. Obama is not a serious candidate. Anyone can see that if they read his recent book. It is childish. Plus he is neither black or white. He probably will not get the backing of most of the black voters or the democrat party. They have never really supported a black candidate for president and I don't think they are about to start now.

Answer 6

*Wasted* is just a figure of speech.

He didn't mean that they had no purpose, he meant that it's AWFUL that they died so young.

These Army dudes LOVE their life, and now their life is over and it's awful!!!

When a 19 year old man dies in a car-wreck, it's a waste of life, because he is so young and just starting his life, and just learning his independance, and he probably has a girlfriend, etc..

Well, it's the same for the USA troops. It's a total waste of life to die for your country. There has to be a better way to solve problems. Fighting and war is not the answer! There MUST be a better way.

Maybe someday when we get a better president, then we will find a better way, and no more lives will be *wasted*.

God Bless

Answer 7

lol Your delusional (=

Oil.....Power....Money. But thanks for keeping the faith, thats at least notable. Although I suggest you stop reading into that statement so much. Think about all the statements bush has repeated over and over...Did you know that they have already tried a troop increase over the years of the war which has lead to more secritarian violence?.....They want us to leave Iraq, and Yes it was a pointless war...Much like Vietnam. If you think the US is going to ever be forgiven by the middle east, your wrong. Now, not only do they hate us, they want us all dead because of this war. I think we all should shake hands, pull out of Iraq, and forget it ever happened. Let them build their own country, we got want we came for in iraq...Or did we...>? Now we are so close to going to war with Iran just because the president needed a better reason to increase troops, because we were not buying the other ****. Oopen your eyes....

Answer 8

If the commander in chief had a million/a hundred of the the Aristocracy or the braveness of those adult men that gave their lives then we'd do properly as a rustic. He does not have and consequently they died whilst they did no longer could. perchance you will do properly to comprehend that no longer all in touch in patriotism is to wave your flag and stick your little united we stand stickers on your SUV. Patriotism includes speaking out whilst something is blatantly incorrect. speaking out have been given our adult men homestead from Viet Nam after yet another silly commander in chief led to fifty 8,000 to die. Your arguement is that via fact those have died, so could others so it should not be a waste? Get actual. Be interior the kinfolk of one of those those that die. I had that loss on Feb 2. I watch 2 little boys that are becoming up without their dad. I pay attention his mom cry. What on earth did his death prepare different than that the Bush administration isn't in trouble-free terms incompetent yet corrupt besides. Get your head out of the Lee Greenwood anthems and into certainty. Our militia is stretched to the snapping factor. Al Queda grew to become into no longer in Iraq till usa went there. perchance you may study what Thomas Jefferson wrote approximately being a patriot and now and back it is not any longer a cushty place to be in. enhance up. Obama needs those adult men out of harms way that a petty tyrant has them in. A tyrant that still referred to as our shape a God dmmmmed piece of paper. once you're status in a countrywide cemetary and you're listening to weapons salute one among your individual and you comprehend that 2 boys will in no way see their Dad back or a mom in no way hug her son, or a spouse pay attention her husband's voice...it turns into actual and tragic. those are actual stay those with lives and families. families ripped aside via the Bush administration in a war that has proved no longer something. So wave your flag severe via fact i think of that's the cut back and quantity of your patriotism. Empty rhetoric from the mouth of somebody that has in no way had to go through that. confident there is blatant disrespect in touch....disrespect from the administration of thugs you look to so know that sent those adult men there interior the 1st place. helping the troops potential bringing them homestead NOW. Obama has the sense to ascertain that..

Answer 9

He's right. George Bush with the help of the neocons wasted those lives. Conservatives don't care about their soldiers. All they care about is what those soldiers can do for them. Right now what those soldiers are dying for is to save Bush's face. Give all the lip service you want to how the soldiers are the "greatest", your not fooling anyone. Those soldiers to you are just faceless. worthless, lives to be used for whatever lame reason you want.

Answer 10

Look - I'm a republican, but this "controversy" is much-ado-about-nothing... though I'm sure Fox News will play the comments back every 15 minutes for the next week or so.

If you don't agree with the decision to go to war, or the mission the president sent the troops to do, then it's only natural that you would grieve for the loss of our soldiers and think their lives were wasted. There's plenty of REAL reasons NOT to support a liberal like Obama. We don't need to dwell on a petty semantic argument.

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Answer 11

Obama has surrendered.

None of the troops have.

GEN Petraus just sent us a letter upon his taking command that we are going to work together and succeed.

It is humilitating for us that the Democrats have already surrendered our cause. This isn't over, yet. We are on the verge of taking this country to the next step of complete victory. Everyone is judging this based on body count and not on successes.

There are few things as frustrating as politicians telling us that we're a failure.