What would happen if American troops left Iraq and other surrounding areas, by tomorrow?

Question

Basically, why do terrorists hate the united States, if we left the source of insurgency, wouldn't 9/11 happen again? A lot of people claim that pulling our troops out of Iraq, would be awesome, but then what do our troops do? Do they just sit on their butts? I mean aren't soldiers created to fight? Basically, wouldn't it be better if American soldiers keep suicide bombers at bay out in a desert surrounded area, than a full industrial infrastructure, like New York City, ex. 9/11? So if our troops come home, do they instead sit around tall skyscrapers with machine guns in their hands waiting for suicide bombers to come out of a taxi pulling right up? I mean you have to think about it, "DID 9/11 HAPPEN BEFORE OR AFTER THE IRAQ INVASION?" People also claim that there loved ones have been over in Iraq for years, they been over there to long. But have people forgotten that wars can lost a very long time. For ex. the Hundred Years War. Wars do not have a determined end date. Right? Right?

Answer 1

Hoooowwiiiieee! Good question!

Man, just imagine if we just pulled up and left Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi (including Bahrain), and then left alone Jordan, Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Iran and removed our special forces from most unmentionable surrounding areas. It would be chaos.

If that part of the world could be isolated and left to their own devices, it would be a bloody, bloody insane mess.

Unfortunately we have to sort out their problems for them at the cost of our people, because they cant obivously do it for themselves.

Some of them like us there, some dont (not just insurgents).

If we dont sort out their screwed up problems for them it will eventually end up in our back yard again ( 9/11 ring a bell? ).

Answer 2

Your thinking toward the right direction but the wrong way.
No, pulling the U.S. troops out of Iraq right now would leave a defenseless, powerless, and somewhat corrupt Iraqi government in place. The members of that established government would not last for two weeks as there are many individual factions that also want the control of Iraq, reason for the insurgency.

Also, if we leaved right there and then, the Shi'ite and Sunni would tear each other apart (you think they would have figured that out and stop). The internal religious violence could easily spread to other Middle Eastern countries (factions seeking aid and etc.) to go to an all out Islamic war in the Middle East as second to worst case scenario as World War III is first.

Also, a suicide bomber in New York is very unlikely. Even if we pull out of Iraq since the bombers in Iraq are mostly poor and barely have the money for a ticket to the U.S. While domestic Islamic violence in the U.S. is even less likely since our Islamic community has many different factions and diverse Islamic community that freely express their faith without fear of oppression (especially compared to other Middle Eastern countries and some European countries).

And comparison to the Hundred Years War is extremely different. At that time, it was a monarchical government system of divine right (God given position) that was at war. And the U.S. is a democratic country that can control their government and have a voice in the government. So one person unsatisfied can have his or her voice and oppinion heard, and if big enough, be taken action. So the majority of the U.S. population has gotten tired of the ill-started war under false pretenses. Also, at that time period of the Hundred Years War, life value wasn't as high as today where modern medicine has reached a far way with improved living standards, longer life span, and etc. Compared to the lower living standards, short life span, and etc.

And no, usually most wars do not have a determined end date. But this is modern warfare of the "hyperwar" where wars can be fought and finished in the matter of weeks due to the fast attacking and hard hitting hardwares and equipment modern militaries have. But the Iraq war was a lack of consideration of possible insurgency and use of anti-insurgency tactics, lack of consideration to local cultural and feelings, and lack of post-war planning. Led to a internal strife of a quagmire in Iraq that if we don't finish what we started it would be one heck of a furball we hacked up.

Answer 3

Well we would have one hell of a parade if our troops came home- and what would they be doing when they come home? Going back to their LIVES-- you do realize that the "troops" are actually comprised 90 percent of National guard troops--- these are the men and women who trained one weekend a month and were basically deployed only for floods, fires, and natural disasters in our country. Never before in the history of the United States did we send National Guard units into foreign countries to actually fight!!! It is NOT what they signed up for and most of them have an open ended death sentence- meaning they are told they "tour" is over, get back and guess what, they are sent their again, and again, and again.... a neverending nightmare with no end in sight. Do you think that is fair? Terrorism came about WAY before we went to war over there-- did you forget the FIRST bombing of the World Trade Center? The anniversary was like yesterday and happened about 8 years ago? Can't remember the right year but I'm close-- that was their trial run for the big one on 9/11.

Do you really believe that having a military presence on every street corner in middle class America is way to protect us? We would be better served if the National Guard were deployed to help clean up Katrina-- which is what they would've been doing if there wasn't a war, or have them help with border patrol.

As far as an "end date" to this war---it already IS over, we just are too stupid to see that they are running the credits at the end of the show already and we're still sitting in our seats expecting to see more. The real war should have been with Saudi Arabia- that is where 9 of the 9/11 suicide terrorists were from-- and Bin Ladin IS NOT in IRAQ.....so maybe, just maybe if we cross our fingers we just might get a president this time around that doesn't have just a financial agenda to his "boys" but actually will act in a way becoming to a President of the United states and remember the oath of protecting and serving for the good of the people--- not just his pocket and the good ol boys he hangs with.

Answer 4

Simple answer. First of all, hell breaks loose and many people would get kill in a sectarian war, once that is done, they would set their sites on this country and Western Europe. If people do not believe this, just remember what happened after we left Vietnam and the killing fields. After the own killing is done, they will come after us, they do not forget, these people wait years to take revenge. The world trade center was attacked back in 1993, Marines were killed in 83 by terrorist in Lebanon. Our embassies were bombed in Africa, the Cole, etc. There are naive people out there, people like that can get us kill.

Answer 5

The answer to the question What would happen if American troops left Iraq and other surrounding areas, by tomorrow? is that many people who would have died will live and many people who would have lived will die. For a complete answer go to Paul McDaniel at okinawablue dot com and read A Fable For Our Times

Answer 6

Thank You! Another sane person to add to the list. As for the question, if the troops left now, all hell would break loose. And that's just the begining.

Answer 7

If we were to leave by tomorrow the towelheads will have a field day - planning the next attacks! We should not leave until the radical Islamic extremist infestation has been exterminated!!!

Answer 8

Utter chaos, however what do we have now? It is not getting better, more people both American and Iraqi are dieing everyday now then when we invade, it is just getting worse with us there and the only difference would be that Americans would not be targets if we leave.

Answer 9

An almighty civil war and the U.S. could sell guns etc to both sides hoping they will kill each other off.

Answer 10

We'd still be infidels.. and they'd still be members of a religion that believes "god" wants it to take over the world.