IRAQ position?

Question

I'm going to start off by asking this. If the president makes 400,000 a year how can he afford a 500 million dollar campaign??? Hmmm, might we have other agendas for being in IRAQ ($$$$)... For years and many more to come resources will always be valuable... Yes we need oil but if thats why we are there than lets admit to it... I personally voted for George W. Bush if I had another chance I might do it again only due to the democrats not having an outstand leader to follow... My opinion we should have voted in Ralph Nater. This war has no chance of success... The only thing I can see is a north korea south korea line being drawn in the middle east where we will be able to build military bases in Iraq to have a better position in the middle east!!!! What are your opinions???

Answer 1

I hate to burst your bubble but, we don't use the type of oil that Iraq produces. Europe does. Next year we have a new election and another chance to exercise our right to vote. I don't think that Ralph Nader is running but I would have voted for him last time.

Answer 2

agreed.

we pursue the war in iraq as though it had something to do with the 9/11 attacks (it doesn't) or the larger war on terror (again, it doesn't).

at the same time we ignore the greatest danger to america - the loose weapons grade nuclear matierial from the old soviet union.

the reason is that there are no big corporate contracts for those who chase down the things that suitcase bombs will be made of - so we just don't do it.

i have to disagree about nader.

i don't see nader really working to get a 3rd party advanced - any party. i just don't see nader as a positive force in american politics any longer - just a spoiler with a really really big ego.

i mean, what has nader been doing for the past 8 years.

in eight years nader could have done a lot of organizing and helped to not just get himself on a ticket, but a whole group of alternative candidates.

but he has not done this.

before i will cast a vote for nader, i would need to know why this is...

Answer 3

To start, Bush was already a rich man to begin with, not to mention he garnered campaign contributions to fund his expenses in running for office. Whether he owed certain corporations, such as Haliburton, for contributions remain to be seen, if it ever will. However, we do know that Saddam Hussein did make an attempt on his father's life not long after the first Gulf War. Hence, there's likely a personal vendetta going on as well.

Since the war with Iraq began, it has cost us over 3,000 lives, not to mention thousands of wounded, over $400 Billion in money that could've been better spent elsewhere, and respect from the International community. Recently, reports have concluded that the Iraq war has not made the world safer from international terrorism, but has actually increased the threat. So, to summarize, the war is far more costly than we could've imagined, plus we can only imagine what effects will result from it in the decades to come.

Answer 4

I honestly think most americans are idiots and they trust they goverment too much.

Answer 5

"no chance of success".......thanks, on behalf of my fellow Marines we appreciate the vote of confidence.