Do the American people BELIEVE Iraq now a SECTARIAN war?

Question

If No -

i) WHY?

If Yes -

i) Why aren't the US Forces adopting a change in tactics and taking advice from British troops based on 35 YEARS experience of a sectarian war in Northern Ireland?

ii) Why can't US troops work as, and within a TEAM alongside Nato Forces - who have trained together and who have regular Nato exercises to get used to so many different forces working TOGETHER as a TEAM with a single aim?

Can it be as simple as far too may chiefs and not enough indians?

There NEEDS to be discipline in order for a fighting Force to succeed, and to do that, EVERYONE NEEDS to be singing from the same hymn sheet...

Re m1a1mikegolf

I'm disappointed in your answer here mate. I used to respect your responses but... the reason for my disappointment.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Asu8SWWY_jrXHgjepd61ZfHsy6IX?qid=20070320011832AARVwXf

Your answer - QUOTE "They are allowed.

In fact the best and most accurate reporting about the war comes from the reporters who 'embed' with the troops. If we had more embeds then there would not be as muck opposition to the war because then the American people would be getting a more accurate picture of the situation. " UNQUOTE.

Yet in THIS response QUOTE "If you look deeper than the BS that the news media is saying ..."

????? You can't have it both ways !!

Answer 1

Hell man, what do 7you expect? You are going to get a lot of inane patriotic bull from the US most of the time.

Answer 2

Iraq has been in a civil conflict for decades. It basically did not look a conflict because the Shia and Kurds were dropping so badly. They were being systematically slaughtered and starved to lack of life by ability of Saddam. for sure a civil conflict is the more serious plausible problem for the U. S.; in spite of the undeniable fact that, this isn't license for human beings to pretend that Iraq replaced into non violent earlier the U. S. invasion. in case you bypass over huge information on your argument (which the argument that Iraq replaced right into a mistake is a available one) than you lose credibility. The Democrats (or liberals) will proceed to lose with statements like this. enable's communicate about the topics as they were, as they're and discover recommendations. in case you state or recommend a premise that the Iraqis were more beneficial useful off below Saddam you've lost the argument on the information earlier it all started.

Answer 3

If you look deeper than the BS that the news media is saying - you will notice that it is not really sectarian. It appears so on the surface because the news media does not provide any kind of analysis or depth to their coverage.

Only a small percentage of the Iraq people are involved in the violence. The vast majority of the Iraq people support the elected government.

BTW - the British screwed up royally in Basra. They are the reason all of the Shia death squads were running around. I would really like to know what they were thinking when they allowed Al Sadr to openly rebuild his Iranian controlled private army in the British sectors.

Answer 4

The American people are beginning to recognize that hostilities in Iraq are sectarian, tribal. If consulted, Native American Indian tribes could have given the U.S. government some insight into tribal loyalty, and a tribe's perseverance to maintain their sovereignty.

There must be hundreds of tribes in Iraq, Iran, wanting to maintain their sovereignty, willing to "fight to the death", as the Apache, the Comanche, the Arapaho, the Sioux did when the "White Man" wanted the "Red Man's" land.

The Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole were driven from their ancestral lands, forced to relinquish their land and relocate to barren, infertile soil. The only people "singing" from the same hymn sheet were the greedy politicians, land barons, and "White Men" who wanted to excavate the gold that had been discovered on land inhabited by Native Americans.

Unfortunately, today, the U.S. is not working as a "team" with any other country. The U.S. wants to be "the boss"; but no longer has the power to do so. The U.S. has annihilated Germany, Japan, Russia, England; almost every major power that could give assistance. Why should they, though? The U.S. has defeated their armies, denigrated their government, and treated their citizens as second-class.

The Executive and Legislative branches of the U.S. Government chose, and I believe, sought a confrontation with Iran and Iraq under the guise of fear: Fear of Sadam Hussein, Al Quaida, Muslims.

Where was this fear when Adolph Hitler was proselytizing his Mein Kampf and began eradicating the Jews? Where was this fear when Joseph Stalin was slaughtering millions of Russians. Government officials knew of these atrocities, yet did nothing!

The founding fathers may have intended that Government be "for the people, by the people, and of the people"; but Government today is "by the politicians, for the politicians, and of the politicians". A "politician" is one who is experienced in the "art" of government, similar to the "art" of acting.

Answer 5

I am thinking yes. We created a political vacuum and touched off a civil war through complete ignorance of history, culture and strategical planning. I honestly think our muddled situation reflects factions and divided thinking that goes all the way to the top of the American government.
We got into this through a series of miscalculations and have no cohesive position on Mr Bush's war...so if the American leadership can't agree on this war or even why we are even IN Iraq, then how can we be expected to coordinate with other NATO forces as a single team.
This is not WWII and it never was. This was oil imperialism done on the cheap and what has it gotten us?

Answer 6

So just how successfull were the British in Ireland?
Actually not very, eh

The British have been blundering around Iraq for almost a century. They've used poison gas, torture and murder to no avail.

Answer 7

The Iraq war has turned to a conflict between Christians and Muslims. The US must adopt a counter-insurgency strategy to convince the Iraqis that democracy is suited for them instead of the Islamic government.

Answer 8

We want to deny there's been a change. I agree with what you said about the Brits. Go K9!

Answer 9

Until now.
They were still at loss and blurr on what went wrong out there in planet of apes.
Only those like playing base-ball knew something was not right out there.
But still cannot make it to the home-run.
Keep on trying.
"We can make it out"