Should America be at war with Iraq?

Question

Right now only the military personnel and their families are at war with Iraq; the rest of us have been asked to contribute nothing. Other wars have brought on victory gardens, war bonds and fuel and food rationing. We get a tax cut this time around. Should we show the military we are willing to sacrafice some incredibly small bit while they are getting killed, or should we just leave the bill to our kids?

Answer 1

There was much more support during WWII compared to now. Most Americans are too self centered to be bothered by a war that had no basis. If we had a clear objective and were making progress, Americans would be more likely to act. But, like in Vietnam, there is no real objective and no end in sight, support is going to decline.

Answer 2

Sorry to say, it was a different time,,,A better time, before CNN, FOX, NY TIMES Etc. Non News reporting. Only report what will sell airtime or papers. Americans like to argue and see Blood...Good Positive stuff never makes it to the news. There is a lot of good stuff happening in Iraq, but no one tells it.
If you want to contribute..Support the war Effort, by not bashing the administration, that hurts troop morale.
Supporting the Troops, without supporting their cause, is like cheering for a player and hoping the team loses.

Answer 3

First lets answer the first question........
Should America be at "war" with Iraq? Lets see, hmm.....well if we don't want another Sept. 11, more of our embassy's bombed, navy ships attacked, trains bombed, etc. etc. etc. THEN YES!!! We need to fight the new ENEMY of the United States of America where the Enemy is.
Gen. Patton said it best. "You don't win a war by dying for your country. You WIN the war by making the other poor B%^&S* die for his country." The Muslim world harbors these terrorists, and with our presence in Iraq, they are not able to run around the world as they have in the past. There hasn't been another Sept. 11, no embassy bombings, etc. Why not, cause they are too busy fighting us in THIER homelands.
As for sacraficing, the bloody liberals won't let that happen. They put a stop to that in Korea and VietNam. Sorry kids, another bill to be paid will be passed on.......

Answer 4

The 'sacrifices' during World War II was a way to get and keep U.S. citizens behind the war effort. If we have been asked to contribute nothing, who is paying over one billion dollars a week for our presence in Iraq? Our kids and grandkids will be stuck with this bill, regardless.

Answer 5

A quibble about terminology: we are at war IN Iraq, not WITH Iraq. Setting that aside. the US very much needs to be doing what it is doing; should the US withdraw, and the Iraqi government not be able to control the entire territory, cretins like Taliban and al Qaeda would be able to set up bases to make more mischief against the US. We saw (I was going to say "learned", but that is wrong) five years ago what that would lead to.

Answer 6

Get it straight - we are not at war with Iraq we won that war many years ago.

Answer 7

thank you howard, we are not at war with Iraq. We are at war with terrorrism. Iraq is not the only country that we have troops in.

Answer 8

We should contribute something, the military is continuing to sacrifice for our freedoms.

Answer 9

This is a weird little police action. my redneck Friends and i could handle in a few weeks but no. I write the pres .and he didn't even return my letter, i just wanted a ride over there for me an my Buddy's. we will bring our own guns and ammo, But NO he wants it HIS way.

Answer 10

We are not and have never been at war with Iraq.
Only Congress can Declare War