History shows that when America was kicked out of Vietnam the people did very well, and have started making peace with us after all we did to them. so why not the same with Iraq?
2007-03-02 02:29:07 · 16 answers · asked by t-bone 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
his "legacy"
2007-03-02 02:32:03 · answer #1 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The people did very well in Vietnam after the US pulled out?? Do you know any Khmer Rouge? You know, a tribe that supported the US in the conflict? The NVA tried to wipe them out once we were gone. All the survivors eventually made it to the US, but they went through hell first. Anyone that was a supporter of the US was imprisoned, tortured at great length, and the survivors were executed.
Those were political idealists. Granted, they were zealots for Communism, but how much worse do you think it will be on the supporters of the US in Iraq?
One of the main reasons so many peoples in the world hate the US is because every time we go in to help establish democracy in a foreign land, once the shooting starts, the Pols start screaming to get out. If we would finish what we start, we'd get a lot more respect.
2007-03-02 03:27:45 · answer #2 · answered by Scott T 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why? Because Iraq has OIL, and Vietnam doesn't. That's why Bush doesn't want to pull out.
2007-03-02 03:54:23 · answer #3 · answered by Think Richly™ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
look at this is a different direction....
if we leave Iraq to soon after promising the people of Iraq we would help, the Iraqis will not be happy, but the Iranians would love it. Iran would rule the middle east and most of the countries hate who???Israelis.. and what do they have nukes... think about it.. Israel would nuke Iran if they had a chance. they are tire of all of the problem the Muslim country's have given them. if one nuke goes off, they all go off....
2007-03-02 03:22:54 · answer #4 · answered by favoritson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peace took a long time to come to Vietnam! You think it will happen overnight in Iraq? President Bush doesn't want to leave Iraq too soon because we made a commitment.......
2007-03-02 02:33:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
because of the fact we don't have a puppet government in place with which to implement the oil regulation which could be exceeded which will provide administration of the oil to American oil companies. He would not plan on ever leaving until each and every drop of that Iraqie tea is out of the floor.
2016-10-17 02:32:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is in hopes that the country will decide in, 2008 that since the country will be at war, then we should delay the election until a safer time, so he can remain in office for an indefinite length of time.
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2007-03-02 02:39:59 · answer #7 · answered by Brotherhood 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm laughing at most of the posts above mine. The question is a valid one. But there is a more important question here--why did the US Invade Iraq in the first place? I don't think we know the answer to that one yet.
Frankly, I see nothing wrong with the suggestion your question raises...we have failed there already. We failed because anybody who was using their brain knew that: 1) Saddam, evil as he was, was very much in the position of Marshall Tito in Yugoslavia--he was holding three or four disparate groups together as one nation by force and terror. 2) Removal of Saddam, as much as many wanted it, was removing the lynchpin that kept the whole rickety machine called Iraq together and would cause it to fall apart by centrifugal force. 3) A disorganized, falling apart Iraq, would provide fertile soil for Isalmic Extremists (read Al Qaeda, Taliban, etc...) and for Syria and Iran to cause trouble in the region.
Getting out now before Iraq begins to even more resemble Viet Nam seems wise to me. Why are we not getting out? Good question. Not sure myself, but I speculate: 1) Saving face--the "imperial George and ****" cannot bear to accept a defeat. 2) Oil--there is still hopes that the US will obtain cheap oil out of this deal--so far it hasn't happened--in fact, oil was supposed to reimburse us for Nation Building--neither has occurred--Nation Building or reimbursement. 3) Corporate interests--there are many greedy companies--many now under investigation for loose spending and accounting, that are making a fortune out of this so called war (so-called because Congress did not declare war as the Constitution requires). 4) Legacy--George and **** misguidedly founded their whole regime's legacy and used as a justification for their egregious actions--the need to fight terrorism and folded Iraq into that equation. Withdrawal means they failed and/or that their premises were wrong--both are true...they have failed and they lied about Iraq and terrorism. 5) Ego & Revenge--it is no secret that Saddam did whatever he could to insult George senior and by some accounts attempted to assassinate him--if its one thing we should know is that the Bush family believes in getting even. I think at least one motivation for going in and staying in was to get even for the insults to "daddy."
The way I see it **** and George have every reason to continue this losing battle at the expense of the American people and Iraq.
And, we (collectively, although I opposed it from the beginning) in our desire to get even for 9-11 and zeal to stamp out terrorism have let them do it. We now have a mounting debt from this war, mounting casualties and what have we accomplished? We've made our allies cautious (many world leaders are keeping us at arms length) we've made many more enemies of people in the middle east and have made the so called moderate Arab nations play an even more hypocritical role standing between the US and the anger of their own people (beware Saudi Arabian princes, your time might be coming).
We've made Israel less secure, we've made the moderate Arab nations less secure, we've made it harder for Pakistan to side with us (and it being porous-bordered between Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan, may be destabilizing it by bolstering Musharef, as we did with Iran and the Shah).
Boiling it all down, we might make things easier for ourselves and everybody if we just brought our troops home. But that will not happen until we get **** and George out of the White House.
2007-03-02 02:56:46 · answer #8 · answered by William E 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
bush thinks it is a sign of weakness. i think it it is just smart. and maybe it will be better for iraq they can do what they want and live like they want.
2007-03-02 09:50:06 · answer #9 · answered by jc 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He's concerned about the ordinary Iraqi citizen and the sectarian void that will be left. Iraq does not need a Sunni/*****/Kurd bloodbath.
2007-03-02 02:37:42 · answer #10 · answered by aiminhigh24u2 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Leaving Iraq would have dire consequences for the civilized world. The Islamofascist terrorists would be emboldened. We would see many more attacks all over the world.
2007-03-02 02:35:14 · answer #11 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋