Why the Iraq war?

Question

Why are you against or for it?I really don't think there is enough reason for being there.I think we should spend more on homeland security and pull out.I laugh when people compare it to wars like WW2.

Even if our intentions are good,I'm with most of you.I don't think it's our job to help another nation.I hear that as a reason for being there in the 1st place.I just don't think it's enough reason to be hated by most of the world.It would've been safer to keep our allies liking us.

Answer 1

I support our military in every way shape and form.
I don't support them based on who is President and who isn't.

Answer 2

I mentioned in a different answer the reason that we should be in Iraq.

Personally, it isn't the politically correct reasons given by the administration or even liberal congresspersons.

I strongly feel that as perhaps the only current world power, that we have a responsibility to project our values of personal freedom and liberty and self government wherever possible.

You can tout many reasons for or against this theater of the war against islamic fascism. But the main thing for me is the attempt to free people from dictatorship and give them an opportunity at self government so that they can remain free and enjoy their liberties.

We have gone far in reaching that goal in Iraq. A free Iraq is a huge positive against the forces of islamic fascism not only in Iraq but across the whole area.

If we, as freedom loving people of America cannot support efforts to provide the world with freedom and liberty, then who will step up to the plate if we don't?

China? France? Germany? India? N. Korea? Italy? Sweden? South Africa? Mexico? Argentina? England?

Who will stand up to those who wish to enslave and punish their people into some theocratic or socialist system of government and economy?

Whether or not you want to acknowledge that there is a war between freedom and fascism, you are naive.

Unfortunately those that work for dominance of their theocratic view of government control are willing to use terrorism as a tactic to create fear and sway public opinion.

Just as has happened in America. They are currently winning the war of misinformation aided primarily by biased media and liberal politicians.

The war will not go away. Pulling out of Iraq prematurely will not make the islamic fascist go away.

Only by helping the Iraqi people create their own free government that guarantees their liberties and rights will accomplish this. And I ask again...

If not America, then WHO?

Answer 3

Because it is both illegal and wrong to invade a country that isn't a threat.

Because bombing the people of Iraq, who not only hadn't done anything to us, but had been suffering tremendously for a long time seemed cruel.

Because it was clear than every "reason" given for the war was a lie.

Because when you attack a country, you never know how much damage you're going to end up causing.

Those were my original reasons.

Now it's because I hate mass murder, torture, rape, and wholesale destruction of an entire country; strongly disapprove of handing over huge piles of money to known thieves, and have gone into severe debt to do so; regret how we have given every human being in the world yet more reason to hate us. (Actually, that last was one of my reasons for not wanting to do this in the first place, now that I think about it.)

Answer 4

Yup !! American presense in Iraq can not be justified on any ground !! and the excuses which Bush is telling the world for attack are funny and lame ! If Iraq is being attacked for terrorist.so on first place where are they?? No answer !! and if for MDW .then again ..No answer becuse these are not there....For teaching a lesson to Saddam so it was not a job of America .it was totally the internal affair of Iraq .there are countries ruled by even worse presidents why US is not taking care of them?? for peace?? so situaion got even worse after the American entry in that place and now they are even more unsafe !! Oh but there in only one justification for it and that is "oil" and power in middle east !! If America is so unprotected , this is the best idea to keep the troops in the country and protect it......by sending the troops abroad, don't you think the US is more unprotected now?

Answer 5

First, let's distinguish between going there in the first place -- which was to depose Saddam -- and remaining there for 3+ years after Mission Accomplished. We went there. We deposed Saddam. That's done. Next.

We are remaining in Iraq, after our defined Mission (and beyond the scope of the Authorization for the Use of Military Force issued by Congress) based on a sense of guilt.

We feel guilty because we tore apart their country, so we want to stay until things are better. Fine. That's a noble reason. But it doesn't give us a clear agenda.

We should be putting our troops where they will do useful things for the US, not wasting them by babysitting a country that is in the middle of centuries-long civil/sectarian war.

Answer 6

Against it, but also against premature pullout timetable not based on progress. The only reason for being there is to secure the country for them. While it would have been wiser to spend more on HS, I think it's better to just fixup Iraq now and then worry about that.

Answer 7

Against it. It is not our position to Nation Build, which is what we are doing now. There also aren't any "rules of engagement" in any legitimate war. The fact that we use them indicates that we aren't "really" at war. You either go all the way, or don't go at all. This cause was never endorsed sufficiently to "go all the way" so we shouldn't be there at all.

Leave them to kill each other off and level Baghdad if they give us any more trouble. Game over.

Answer 8

We're in the war with Iraq because there was sufficient evidence to warrant going to war with Iraq for a few reasons.

1. Iraq had WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) capability. All necessary means to produce multiple nuclear bombs were found in Iraq by United States forces. There were the bomb casings, warheads, enriched uranium and plutonium, and missiles that only needed the warhead added. The only missing ingredient was a completely assembled nuclear bomb. There were also testifications by several leading Iraqi scientists and former members of the Iraqi government that Iraq had the means to create these bombs - which is exactly what was found. There is also video footage from the Iraqi military (under then-President Hussein) of several weapons, either fully assembled nukes or not, being shipped across the border to Syria just days before the American invasion. If that's not reason enough, I don't know what is.

2. The former dictator of Iraq, President Saddam Hussein, and all members of his family were mass murderers of the worst kind. There is footage and thousands of testimonies by Iraqis of Hussein testing new weapons on Kurd and Shiite towns, even wiping out entire villages. There is also private footage of one of Saddam Hussein's brothers killing captured Kurds with swords and guns just for his own amusement. Him and his guards were even laughing when the blood splattered all over from the wounds. And they were killing women and children like this too.

3. Iraq was also manufacturing biological and chemical weapons, which have been outlawed by the United Nations since World War II, including mustard gas, smallpox, and anthrax. These were some of the weapons they tested on the Kurds and Shiites.

4. Iraq had links to Al-Qaeda of Afghanistan, including the Al-Qaeda-in-Iraq leader Abu al-Zarqawi.

5. Keep in mind - the supposed mastermind of 9/11 was captured in Iraq recently, assuming that it wasn't Osama bin Ladin (though bin Ladin is still listed as one of the prime members in supporting the attack financially and in other ways).

6. Lastly, for anyone who says it was oil, let it be known that, to date, the United States has received exactly 0 barrels, or even gallons, of Iraqi oil. Most of our oil comes from right here in the United States (Alaska, Texas, and Oklahoma), and from Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela, and soon a lot will be coming from Russia, which has found vast oil reserves in Siberia.

The Democrats and Republicans of both Houses and the White House were given this information, the best we had at the time, and decided going to war was better than waiting for war to come to us. There's no excuse for being gutless and switching sides to make it seem they were right (right, Hillary?)

Based on all this evidence, I can't really see any reason not to go to Iraq. After all, would you rather let them attack us here in the United States, or beat them to it?

However, I also agree that this war is incomparable to World War II, which was a far more devastating war. The death rate in the Iraqi war is tiny compared to the number of military deaths in World War II, though I still believe that human life is priceless, and each life lost is a loss for the whole country. In addition to this, we entered the war in Iraq to prevent what brought us into the World Wars, namely American civilian deaths (in World War I it was the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, and in World War II it was the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i).

Maybe we should've waited until the Iraqi's or Al-Qaeda smuggled in a bomb or some chemical or biological weapon into some major American city. Maybe then, with tens of thousands dead, the entire country would be behind the war. Of course, you've always got the doves, who would rather die than go to war, but as for me, I'd rather fight for my life and my country, and everything right that it stands for.

I hope this has answered your question. If you have any more, please feel free to ask.

Answer 9

do you remeber what happened almost 7 years ago? do you ever read about pearl Harbor? both times led to a long and involved war, both for the next generations well being!! do you want your children, grandchildren, or even your great grandchildren to go through another 911?

Answer 10

Against. Our president and V.President and their cronies are proven liars, and should be investigated and tried for war crimes. They were steadfast in pointing out the reasons for war, but when their reasons were proven to be fruitless, they began to pass the buck.