2007-03-11 07:20:52 · 17 answers · asked by WILSON Wilson 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
What is clear is that the removal of Saddam and the invasion and subsequent occupation facilitated the situation that we now clearly see. So the answer is a MASSIVE YES.
Rather than 'fighting' just call it a bloody civil war.
2007-03-11 07:26:07 · answer #1 · answered by Blessed 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋
No, they were fighting each other before Bush. I personally don't believe that our involvement in Iraq has helped the situation, but it did not create the Sunni/Shia conflict.
What I find exceedingly strange about the whole situation is that Sunnis attacked us on 9/11. Sunnis are supposedly our allies in Saudi Arabia, Dubai, etc.. But we seem to be fighting against the Sunnis in Iraq and defending the Shia. At the same time we seem to be against Iran and the Shia, while defending the Sunnis. Throw in a few tribal loyalties and
the Muslim conflict with Israel, and what you have is a giant, confusing mess that we have no business being in the middle of.
2007-03-11 14:30:05 · answer #2 · answered by Crystal Blue Persuasion 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not mainly resposnible, the conflict between Sunni and Shi'ites is ancient and religous in nature.
But Bush is certainley responsible for the current civil war in Iraq
2007-03-11 14:35:55 · answer #3 · answered by spiro_sea 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They have been fighting since the dawn of time. Saddam kept them in line, albeit with an iron fist. Now they are free of Saddam. Connect the dots. Too bad we can't pull out all of our troops for a few weeks and let them fight it out for themselves. Then there would be less to contend with when we went back in to clean up. Is that too cold hearted?
2007-03-11 14:35:01 · answer #4 · answered by fearslady 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not unless he's 1,400 years old.
So many people seem to think that Iraq was "peaceful" when Saddam was in power, as if Shiites and Sunnis weren't dying because of their centuries-old conflict.
Never mind the chemical attacks against his own people, mass Shiite graves, his gestapo-type goons knocking on people's doors because of suspected subversive actions, who then "disappeared."
2007-03-11 14:25:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
They've been at it for years. Heck, Saddam was hammering the Shiites during his riegn. Bush is doing what he can to STOP it.
2007-03-11 14:27:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Lets put it this way, as bad as Saddam was the Shia and Sunni did not fight, Bush removed this and what happened, yes he is responsible for the deaths of 655,000 Iraqi, all for a war based on his lies to the American people and the world.
2007-03-11 14:26:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Yes!
Bush failed to put in the necessary troops early on to stop the civil war in it's bud, as requested and denied!
After 4 years of having our troops used as target practice, he decides to put troops in a full-blown civil war that the military commander in Iraq says is not winnable militarily!
2007-03-11 14:27:05 · answer #8 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No, sunnis and shiites having been fighting each other for centuries
2007-03-11 14:24:13 · answer #9 · answered by dsl67 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Fuelling? or removing what was stopping it from happening from waaaay past?
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2007-03-11 14:24:36 · answer #10 · answered by occluderx 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋