Do you think that Iraq is a "lost cause"?

Question

Why or why not?
Please state your reasoning.

Answer 1

Yes.

because the facts speak for themselves, and no amount of red white and blue propaganda flavored koolaid can change it.

Answer 2

No. Difficult, yes.

Actually, it's only a lost cause if the US lacks the political willpower to win. Which is unfortunate - if the terrorists win this war, it will be because they've won a public relations campaign with the American public, not because they've defeated the US military on the field of battle. For those of us in the military, losing a war because a bunch of weak-livered politicians and a misinformed public gave up is pretty embarassing.

Those of us in the military who have better knowledge of the situation know that this war is being lost not in the streets of Baghdad, but on the home front. Bush's only failure is that he has not been able to make the media, liberal politicians, and American public really appreciate the need for long-term commitment in order to establish a peaceful democracy in Iraq. Of course, one way to make this a "lost cause" would be to not give the commanders in the field the resources - especially manpower - that they need to win. I can't understand (other than the obvious political gain) why Congress would not give Petraeus the troops he needs to make progress.

Iraq is no more a lost cause than was WW II when the German offensive was succeeding early in the Battle of the Bulge, or when the Japanese were capturing many of the islands in the Pacific. I will certainly admit the going has been hard in Iraq, and no one planned (no one could have planned) for the intense insurgent actions that have been going on. But the US military has never equated "difficult" with "so we should give up." Tell that to the Marines who captured Iwo Jima!

Answer 3

We have turned it into a killing field rivaling Pol Pots Cambodia. Almost the entire Christian population has fled, they were OK under Sadaam but now they are trapped between Sunnis and Shiites.
The "Democratic Government" we installed is powerless without the Shiite Mullahs, so Muqtads al Sadr runs the show even if we win. That sort of takes the fun out of winning.

Iraq has become a Shiite State aligned with Iran and it's our doing. The only thing we are accomplishing is making Hlliburton and the oil companies rich.

Answer 4

No its not. The problem isn't if the war should be going on or not (I don't think we should have been there in the first place, but we are and there is no changing that now). Thats neither here nor there. The problem is who is running the war. Politicians run this war, and look where its getting us. You can't win a war, or conflict, with your foot on the brakes. Let the Generals run the wars, and let the politicians sit at home. For this war to be a full success we need to put the pedal down and let our soldiers do what they have been trained to do. I don't want news paper reports on the "violence" because its all violence, its armed combat we get it. They put the soldiers there, now let them do their job. Holding them back is only putting them in danger. I have friends over there, they are tired of the political run around. Let the guys with the stars on their hat do what needs to be done now and tell capital hill to sit down and shut up till the ride comes to a full and complete stop.

Answer 5

I love this term "lost cause". It shows that people are liberals. They are wanting to quit before things are finished. It's a liberal trait. I've seen many things in my life that looked hopeless and lost but then I turned them totally around at the last minute.

Now you see why liberals always lose. They give up way too easy.

Answer 6

Absolutely not. It took the US over a decade to finally settle down after we won our independence. I think that we just need to give them some time and some good advice and let them sort themselves out. New govts never run smoothly in the beginning and this is just the beginning for them. I believe that they will come to accept the new govt as just and fair for all and will accept it. The populace needs to reject the insurgency that only wants to go back into the old way of doing things (the most brutal and vicious make the rules) and embrace the rule of people by the people for the people no matter who those people are.

Answer 7

Interesting Reading. Its a shame those that are against find themselves where they do in their thinking. Thankgoodness we now have a Do nothing but a tail wagging Democratic Congress. If there bite were anything like there bark Our Nation would be in a fix.

Answer 8

this war was predicated on lies and misinformation. it was a lost cause before we started. bush merely wanted to upstage dad. see oedipus complex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_complex

as to why it's a lost cause please refer to map: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/6670/1514/1600/sunni_shia_map.jpg (us is supporting a shi'a regime in iraq).

Answer 9

When so many people have such differing views on why we are there and so many different thoughts on what "winning" means how can it be anything but a lost cause?

Answer 10

Certainly not, the cause is already won, the dispostion of Saddam and his terror of his own people! A newly elected government is always worth waitng for and watching to see how they do when they get full control! It's not everyday that you get to see a new nation formed by their people!