With other nations pulling out of Iraq, does the world know something we don't, or...?

Question

is our administration painting a public picture that isn't true?

Winemkr, that was a very American of you to say. I have your back even though your president doesn't.

Answer 1

everyone knows Iraq is a total failure except a small minority who refuse to face facts.

A Mother Jones investigation -- being released today -- that documents how jihadist terrorism around the world has increased since the invasion of Iraq. The study, by terrorism experts Peter Bergen and Paul Cruickshank, uses data from the RAND Corporation to produce the first public report that measures the "Iraq effect" on jihadist terrorism. Their report is summarized in the March issue of Mother Jones magazine and can be found in its entirety online at MotherJones.com. It documents that since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, incidents of jihadist violence in the world have increased by 607 percent, and the number of people killed in those attacks has risen by 237 percent.

Excluding violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, the authors found a 35 percent rise in the number of jihadist attacks and a 12 percent rise in fatalities worldwide. They found that the rate of attacks on Western interests and citizens has risen by almost 25 percent.

This new study comes at a pivotal time as Congress and President Bush contend over authority to manage the war and its statistical analysis casts further doubt on the Bush administration's claim that the Iraq invasion has helped stem global terrorism.

Answer 2

The Brits aren't totally pulling out. They are just taking out a portion and the reason is that they aren't needed in the area where they have been deployed for pretty much the whole war. That should be regarded as good news, that being that a portion of Iraq is stable under its own control but instead it is being spun almost as if the Brits were giving up.

The problems in Iraq are largely confined to the mixed areas. This isn't anything new. Just look at what happened in India when the Brits left and the Muslims and Hindus split.

Answer 3

There are two schools of thought....yours (negative) and
Blairs (positive) that he's pulling his troops because where
his military is fighting, things are going very good and they
have taught the Iraq fighters in that area and there's now no
need for outsiders to be there. Isn't that wonderful? Maybe
it will happen where our troops are, some day. You didn't
know that as the Media doesn't want you to know that some
things in Iraq are much better so they don't tell that story.

Answer 4

Bush will be the last to know. His only hope of not being the worst president in history is to win in Iraq and he will hang tough to try to do that even though its no longer possible without a draft and sending1,000,000 troops there.

Answer 5

We don't know. Only time will tell. But let me say this: The majority is not always right. Let's see how this plays out.

Answer 6

The other nations that are withdrawing are in areas that are under control and easily handled by the Iraqi government.

The US has the huge Baghdad slum area and all that that entails. What are you talking about when you use the term "we". Don't include me in your worthless posts, I'm not with you, and I never will be.

Answer 7

ever read the bible, it'll tell ya the basics in revolation, boy with some of these "American" responses, it is no wonder we are the least liked country in the world!!!

Answer 8

I think that the Brits pulling out kind of gave the "go ahead" for other countries to pull out. Not just that, but with what is going on in Congress, I'm sure had some influence as well. I think they believe that it is inevitable that we will pull out as well.

Answer 9

No, we know whats going on. Our government doesn't want to admit a loss. But the war might as well be over, they don't want us there anymore anyhow.

Answer 10

they learnt that they didnt want to clean america's mess up