Do you get annoyed, like me, how people are calling the war in Iraq Bush's war?

Question

ok, they disagree with the war, but to call it Bush's war shows they are NOT supporting our troops and giving hope to the terrorist who are waiting for us to leave...where is the solidarity of supporting the troops if it is labeled as "Bush's war" besides last time i checked it was congress that declared war...

Answer 1

Not annoyed at all, a spade is a spade, this being the most criminal and corrupt president in history, I personally do not care what people call him or the war based on lies.

Answer 2

The United Nations voted AGAINST this war....Bush doesn't care how Congress votes on anything, he does what he wants regardless. This may be a very good reason to call this Bush's war. Look at all the evidence, we never found any weapons of mass destruction, we just needed some excuse to go in there. Now it's Iran Bush has set his sights on. One by one....
I support our troops, but not the President. How many troops have to die before we the people of this country stand up and say something?? The last time I checked, being an American wasn't about laying down for the government to run over you. Think for your self and stand up to right the wrongs. I know the latter takes more energy, and actually may entail work, but it's your freedom and your kids freedom that is at risk of dissappearing, be a true American--fight for your country, not a dictator.

Answer 3

What on earth? Bush Started the war based on false premises. How in hell is it NOT his war? Congress was spoonfed the same intelligence that we were. they rubberstamped it, but there was no actual declaration of war. It is technically a conflict- not a war. That way they don't have to issue a formal declaration of war. the last time we did that was Korea.

and does calling it his war disrespect the troops? How does it do so? Don't even try, it doens't.

You can support the troops without supporting the war. Not supporting the war does not support the terrorists. (especially as we did not go there to fight terrorists)

Next time you're smoking something, can I have some? or why don't you get a functioning brain?

Answer 4

No, I don't actually. It is his war basically. His entire presidency has been about starting the war, and keeping it going.

To be honest, the ONLY way to support the troops is to bring them back home and take their arms away.

The whole war has provoked terrorists. Long after Bush is gone there will be a lingering resentment amongst a lot of people who had their friends and family killed by Ameritards.

We say that it's Bush's war because he's continuing his dad's war. His dad wanted to kill Hussein, but wasn't able to. Now, Bush has been able to turn a revenge attack on Afghanistan for 9/11 into a war in Iraq. Pretty sly.

The American public doesn't deserve to be burdened with this war which is proving to be even more of a waste than Vietnam.

Just leave it as Bush's war, let him leave office, and we'll clean up the rest. Send him back to his ranch with his family, none of whom actually joined the war. That will be the end of the Bush dynasty. Let some real Americans take the important political seats instead of these people just born into it with no sense of their own country. The guy's probably never even taken a bus before. People get swayed by his neighbourly way of talking, but I think the public is getting wise enough to see beyond persona, to get to the facts of how people actually act instead of how they talk.

Saying all that, you do have a point. It is the American public who voted in Bush, and it is them who keep him in power. A leader is always dependant on his followers. People should stop pretending like they don't support him. As long as he's in power, the American public DOES support him.

Answer 5

See this is something I find foolish. There is a difference between supporting the troops and supporting the war. Soldiers go off and do their job regardless of whether their mission is a good or bad one. Smart people will support them unconditionally because they don't pick and choose. However, why should someone have to support the mission chosen for them by the politicians and strategists in order to support the men and women at the bottom who participate without a say in the matter? It isn't the troops' war. They do their job and do it well but they are just following orders given to them. The military doesn't decide on its own to initiate conflicts. That comes from the political end of things.

To argue that one cannot support the troops without supporting the war is a logical fallacy. It doesn't make sense either.

Do you think that Congress decided on their own to go in and start the war? It's not George Bush's decision alone, but he's the guy at the top and he's president. It couldn't have happened without his support.

I don't really understand how that is such a big deal though, it's really a petty detail.

Answer 6

You are right! It's not Bush's war, it's Cheney's war, Bush is just the frontman. Congress did not declare war on Iraq. The last war declared by congress was World War II when a democrat was president. He did a fine job of winning an infinitely more difficult conflict and setting up new axis governments that still stand today.

Answer 7

You need to go back and re-read things dear... Congress stated that they joined President Bush in his request to "declare War against TERROR and the Terrorists that would invade our country"...... that is not declaring war on Iraq.

The member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (most of whom have left, resigned or retired, have gone public stating that they tried to tell Bush that going into Iraq was not a good plan.

Even Bush's father's administration could not come up with a good plan for taking Baghdad.

When this country still believed that Bin Laden was responsible for 9/11 and bush was asked what was happening in the hunt for him.. Bush's statement in Nov 2005 was that "he is far down on the list of priorities"!!!!!!!

Bush has never been able to provide any evidence that Iraq had anything to do with 9/11. And the biggest joke of all.........
6 months after this war began... that would be approx 3 years ago... while standing on the deck of the air craft carrier USS Abe Lincoln... he announced to the nation "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" Oh My God.

At that point Hussein hadn't been captured, his son's hadn't been captured.. all we had really done was taken down a statue of Hussein!!

And he lead this country to believe that we were through. Now.. over 3 years later, my son is heading over for the 3rd time..

Supporting the troops????? Our church sends "care packages" over to my sons unit every month, soap,, toothpaste, washcloths, dental floss, needles and thread, stationary and pens (hint-hint)... just things to let them know we are thinking about them. My son is a Msgt. and has his laptop with him, something that I packed up and sent to him. he lets the guys in his unit chat with family at home for 20 mins each week.. My husband pay for that. My son told the guys that there was no charge.. the govt is paying for it.. he was afraid that if they knew we were covering the cost then they would feel obligated to pay him something, or even worse, have their families send us something.

Our son has sent us e-mails re: one of his guy's wife that was having paperwork issues with the military and bennies, I'm pretty good with paperwork. So I got ahold of her and I helped her fill it out.. it took a fax machine and some time on the phone.

My husband and I took our own money and found a private vendor and purchased body Armour when we found out that they didn't have any when they first went over. Enough for 50 men.

WE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!!!!! However, I don't think you would find 1 man or woman in Iraq or Afghanistan who would tell you that they would rather be at peace.

There is a difference between being against the war, and supporting our troops.

Answer 8

The UN said there were no WMDs
The only reason he attacked was that the UN was threatening to lift the sanctions and the price of oil would have gone down from $22 a barrel that it was then.
Even his own fathers book told him what would happen.
HE WAS THE DECIDER

Congress never declared war. They authorized him to use force if Sadaam did not comply with the UN resolutions. Now it is apparent that he was in Compliance.

Answer 9

Our last "official" declared was back in 1941 against the Japanese Empire... what is going on today is a Congressional support for a military action orchestrated by the President of the United States... (he can do that)...but !!! "we" the people can call upon our Congress to bring this to a stop... how... Call on Congress to bring this to a Stop !!! ...but please... when "we" do... make sure "we" provide for our Soldiers, Sailors, Airman, Marines and Guardsman who have been called out to participate in this absolutely ridiculous ultra-expensive, catastrophic brouhaha that is talking the lives of America's finest.... it's time to let Iraq take care of it self... we've got to stop being the Words savior and take care of our own.... can I get an Amen !!!!!

Answer 10

When an autistic child bangs his head against the wall and hurts himself and just does it over and over, the first thing the nurse needs to do is to get him to stop banging his head against the wall.

Bush led the country into insane behavior. Instead of admitting that he made a mistake, he wants to keep banging America's head against a wall.

Parroting slogans like "the WMDs!" and "Mission accomplished!" and "Stay the course!" is schoolyard behavior. Like saying "Your mother wears army boots neener neener." These are not sane statements. Rabble-rousing is not statesmanship.

Talk of "victory" and "defeat" is meaningless until Bush defines exactly what he means by those words and how we might know when they take place.

Our fine troops deserve our thanks for doing their best. But we may well despise the fool who is their commander in chief. He is abusing them. And yes, it is his war, unwanted by the American people.

We have given Iraq our best shot. It's time to pack up and leave. The best way to support our troops is to bring them home. all of them. Now. Not in 2008. Now.

Answer 11

What in the WORLD are you guys talking about? Bush's war etc? This is a war that as started by the Terrorists back in 1996. We didn't fight back until after 9/11, we let them get away with killing US citizens and we let them get cocky, we underfunded the FBI. As it is we have the best strategic advantage now. Because all of the terrorists in the world are running to one location. Battleground Iraq to fight us one on one over a county. This is the best situation we could have, rather than fighting them on US soil.

You may call it Bush's war or something else, but it's not. It is our war for freedom, it is our war for our right to live the way we want.

You know what the terrorists would call ultimate victory?
All women always wear black always clothed from head to toe. No swimsuits allowed on anyone ever, anywhere.

No one is allowed to wear anything colorful any more, they want to paint the world black.

They want to indoctrinate us with a harsh religion that worships suicide and murder. They want to make it the only religion.

They want to disand and unplug the internet, the thought of any freedom is anethema.

They want to stop such things as profit, free trade and freedom of religion. They're primary goal is to plunge the technological world into a second dark age.

You may nickname it Bush's war, but I have already named it my war for survival, my war to live a lifestyle of freedom from oppression.

I think Hillary Clinton and anyone who is against the war is both a town clown and a fool. If we lose this in time we will lose everything.

When I voted at the last election I split my vote exactly in half, half democratc, half republican because I wanted there to be a balance in the senate and house between the two parties.

Instead the democrats overwhelmed the balance by legally cheating by grabbing illegal immigrants with only green cards forcing ballots in their hands and telling them to vote.

If the Republican party ever went to such measures, by dragging every american to the polls, the Republicans would always win. But I think the democrats are doing a great bang-up job. The republicans will not need to raise more than a finger to get every registered american and unregistered Mexican immegrant voting for them.

Just look at what the Democrats did to repay the people that voted them into office! The half-million latin immigrants! The Mexican people last month! They turned on some ethenol industrial factories and Kazzaaam! The price of a single tortilla now costs a week of wage in Mexico.