2007-03-15 13:30:34 · 17 answers · asked by Gary 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
in case you havent noticed ,Iraq is now in a state of civil war and Iran is weilding a great deal of infuence there
2007-03-15 13:34:10 · answer #1 · answered by Paul I 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Liberals don't say he made Iraq worse. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter & the like say that Liberals say Bush made Iraq worse. (sorry, run on sentence)
What liberals say is:
a. We shouldn't have invaded Iraq. (Downing St. Memo)
b. The occupation of Iraq was ill-conceived & executed terribly. (thank you very much Mr. Rumsfeld & Mr. Cheney)
c. The situation in Iraq is virtually untenable & getting worse.
d. Sending 23,000 more troops to be in harm's way will not improve the situation.
e. The troops need to come home so more of them will not die in a civil war in which we (United States) are not a part of.
2007-03-15 13:42:50 · answer #2 · answered by Sam Fisher 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lets look at history...Yugoslavia...run by Tito after WWII...kept in peace with all the ethnics, Serbs, Croats, Muslims, etc... Tito dies, USSR folds and Yugoslavia becomes the next area of ethnic cleansing. Total control has its merits for keeping the peace.
Iraq, run by Saddam at least had one thing that you cannot argue about....total control. Iraq had no terrorists until we eliminated the total control. It is not reasonable to argue that Saddam allowed terrorists to train and be based in his country since the terrorists themselves represented the greatest threat to his control. Totalitarian dictators cannot have a potential opposition force inside their country, thus no terrorist army or presence was in Iraq while Saddam was in power.
Iraq is now full of terrorists....thus it is worse.....need I explain more?
FYI within 5 years the Shiites will be running Iraq with full partnership with Iran...creating the next major war in the Middle East....between Shiites and Sunni Arabs. Guess what happens to oil prices when this happens. Do you still like the idea of invading Iraq just so Halliburton could get all the oil supply contracts?
2007-03-15 13:59:18 · answer #3 · answered by bukroo_banzai 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fewer people were killed in Iraq in the same amount of time under Saddam. There was stability in the Middle East under Saddam. Yes, Saddam was a tyrant. No question about that. He was also no threat to us. What he did in his own country was his business not ours. His regime was starting to fall apart and the people of the region would have handled it.
2007-03-15 13:39:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because the media didn't give Iraq a thought until then.
It's not like we got daily or even weekly reports about Saddam's death squads.
It's worse in one respect. At least with Saddam, you knew who may try to do you harm. With the insurgents, it's not as clear.
2007-03-15 13:35:16 · answer #5 · answered by MoltarRocks 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because liberals are completely invested in America losing. Not just in Iraq. But to them America, religion and capitalism are the root of all evil. Never mind the facts. Facts don't matter.
The enemy is us. It will continue to be us until we are a socialist country, comrade.
2007-03-15 13:52:05 · answer #6 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it made it better, why don't you go over there and report back to us. After the mess it's in now, it might well get a ruler is even WORSE than Saddam. And I don't care what government is installed there, it may well be taken over by this worse individual.
2007-03-15 14:18:52 · answer #7 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Although there was a dictator, and a semi-genocide going on, the fact was that Iraq, even with these atrocities was stable. Now it is not. Plus, now there is a war going on in Iraq, a civil war on the edge, and a government that is not exactly moving as fast as everyone had hoped.
2007-03-15 13:35:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why remove Saddam? He didn't have anything to do with 9/11. We brought other dictators to the US to live and gave them safe shelter. i.e. The Shah of Iran and Marcos. A dictator is a dictator. Why shelter some and remove others?
2007-03-15 13:35:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because you never hear any of the good news. The only thing that makes the news is the one bombing that happened that day to make it sound like there is nothing but fighting going on. Face it, they have been fighting each other over there since before any of us can trace our lineage. They are going to fight and kill to try to fill in the vacuum of power.
2007-03-15 13:36:17 · answer #10 · answered by meathookcook 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋