ok so instead of just telling us your opinion, i want to also know what u think we can do to end the war as soon as we can without creating total chaos in the places we attacked.
p.s. i am in the military but i am generally interested to hear both sides
2007-02-13 15:41:25 · 17 answers · asked by timmyn02 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
We were lied to going in. We were lied to throughout. We will be lied to in the future. And to answer the second part it is already total chaos. Pull out now and write a big check. I'm sure Bush and Cheney can cover the bill from what they made off the war.
2007-02-13 15:52:37 · answer #1 · answered by Killer Klingon 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It was a mistake to go there in the first place. second mistake was to try and divide to rule. It factionalized the Iraqi society even more then it already was.
But we can't leave for now. If we do so, the Shiites will go on a systematic ethnic cleansing against Sunnis and Kurds. To be as clear as possible I fear a genocide could occur if we leave the country as it is.
If we are to leave we must first come to terms with the surrounding countries. Not just with their government. We must also win parts of the population. Doing so will stabilize the region and maybe bring about new solutions which are not yet imaginable.
Never the less when we'll leave Iraq. We should keep a strong force nearby maybe in Kuwait just in case things get out of end.
By the way, thanks for serving our nation
2007-02-13 23:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by Jeronimo 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I am not going to bash the President or this war. I do not have the knowledge or intelligence to even begin to tell you what can be done to end this war. If *I* did, then you better believe the war would have been over already. All I can say is that I support the plans that the President has to end the war. I think it is important to add more troops instead of "recycling" the ones that have already been there. They need support and the more troop presence the better.
In a high crime area, do we take cops out and hope it gets better? No, we put more cops in the area. Deterrence could work for the US advantage.
I told my husband it would probably get worse before it starts to get better.
But anyhow, I think it is really tough to be able to pinpoint the best course of action in such an unstable country. It looks like more of a "trial and error" situation.
2007-02-13 23:55:00 · answer #3 · answered by His Angel 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋
US policy should be that of all aggressors: (1) pay reparations; (2) attend to the will of the victims; (3) hold the guilty parties accountable, in accord with the Nuremberg principles, the UN Charter, and other international instruments. A more practical proposal is to work to change the domestic society and culture substantially enough so that what should be done can at least become a topic for discussion. That is a large task, not only on this issue, though I think élite opposition is far more ferocious than that of the general public.
Noam Chomsky
2007-02-13 23:45:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
Every country at one time or another enters a civil war...we had our civil war and we came out just fine. The Kurds had basically began their own country, but we came in to unite them...maybe we should divide the country instead of uniting it. It makes sense...would you send two siblings into a time out for fighting in the same room? Heck no...why should we do that now. Does Iraq have to be united? I don't see why. There are many countries that did better by spliting, including the U.S. We split from England (way back in the day). We came out just fine.
2007-02-14 00:13:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
ok then my opinion is diff than most miltary wifes i say i am against the war..support the troups..this war is a lie send all the troops home we are not making a difference out there secretarian violence is getting worse and things are heating up now that we are cracking down security wise
2007-02-14 02:49:26 · answer #6 · answered by ♥queen b♥ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think the war is something that Bush didn't really want to get into, but he was forced when only less then a year of becoming president, hes put into a situation of terrorists attack. With the search of weapons of mass destructions, yes it was a wild goose chase, BUT i doubt we would have found Saddam Hussein if we didn't. I think theres really nothing we can do to end it "quickly." We just have to continue to try and help Iraqis get back up on there feet and basically start there country over again. All we can do is just to guide them into a good direction and just let it happen. But I guess thats just my point of view from my dad serving time in iraq.
2007-02-13 23:54:05 · answer #7 · answered by Mlnute 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
We've already created total chaos. My father was a career Navy man, and then worked for the Navy as a civilian until late 2005. Almost 50 years of defending and protection the constitution - like Lt. Watada is now trying to do.
My dad felt the war was designed from the beginning to be lost, including the dismissal of the iraqi army and the leaving open of ammunition dumps for future insurgents to steal.
The looting Rumsfeld allowed - and sarcastically dismissed - of antiquities was unfathomable. In fact, did you know that in Oct 2002, our govt signed a contract with Halliburton (Cheney's company) to put out the oil field fires in the Iraq war that Bush hadn't even decided to start? That was the only protective measure for Iraq put into place.
I believe Bush accomplished his objectives - 8 billion dollars in one hundred dollar bills is unaccounted for in Iraq. Cheney's company got billions in no-bid contracts. Bush was able to move in and crush our civil liberties, including eliminating habeus corpus. He is now able to disappear any of us.
Bush's war is criminal and highly destructive. England messed around in Iraq since converting to a petroleum powered Navy, and now we're there with them, trying to secure our oil which someone got, as they say, under their sand.
Look at a map and see how Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan line up and it's staggering clear that the causes of Bush's reign of torture and terror are not what meets the eye.
The only way to end this is to end this. Now, immediately. We need to stop killing people to liberate them, we need to stop creating terrorists in a place where there were none. We don't need another person to die or be injured for Bush's criminal enterprise.
This idea that we should stay to fix things is akin to you crashing into my house, killing my parents, raping my sisters, beheading my brothers, setting my house on fire and then turning to me cowering in the corner and saying, "Hey, I'm gonna fix this for you." No, thank you. Go home. Get home safe. And next time, I hope all you guys refuse these illegal orders.
(My dad was stationed in Hawaii in the runup to the war and watched the guys in the gym and at the mess hall - continual fox news lies, more lies, and bloodthirsty propaganda. These boys are obligated to be better informed, but they are truly the victims here, along with the Iraqi people. And the rest of the Americans, I guess, as our lives are more at risk, our fortune has been exhausted, and our sacred honor is gravely besmirched.
2007-02-13 23:53:22 · answer #8 · answered by cassandra 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
The places we attacked were in total chaos long before we attacked them, they just drug us into their long standing crap. We should withdraw and then kindly euthanize them, them being the entire middle east along with Korea and then just look at everyone else and say you want some?
2007-02-14 00:16:32 · answer #9 · answered by Angelz 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
We have to find a diplomatic solution getting the waring factions to stop the civil war.
2007-02-13 23:50:23 · answer #10 · answered by eric l 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋