i keep seeing the statement over and over again about how the president/republicans/some government officials not wanting to pull the troops out because it would admit failure. it seems like they'd let more troops and more iraqi citizens die just so they don't have to say "you know what, we made a mistake, let's learn from this"...is it better to let more die to save face? i don't think so...
2007-03-23 08:22:14 · 20 answers · asked by Kismet 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It's hard to admit your mistakes - especially in politics. Their greatest difficulty is never having defined what "victory in Iraq" would be. Was it finding WMDs? That didn't work. Was it getting Saddam out? That did work. What is it now? A peaceful Iraq that runs itself like a western democracy? It may become better than the dictatorship it was under Saddam, but I just don't see a western style democracy forming there. What I'd rather see our government work on is actually dealing with terrorism, you know, bin Laden. Remember him. Finding bin Laden and bringing him to justice like the president promised us years ago would be a great thing, but you almost never hear anything about that anymore.
2007-03-23 08:36:15 · answer #1 · answered by finra 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a war, people are going to die. You should really accept that. Iraqi citizens will continue to die if we're not there, so stop using that as an excuse to pull out. Stop pretending you care about them, cause if/when we do leave they'll continue to get slaughtered by the extremists.
If we just up & pulled out, from the time the Libs started demanding it up until now, what message would that send to our enemy or possible future enemy? Put up a little fight and the Americans run away.
The problem is, the war is being decided upon by politics and the military is not being used to its fullest potential.
2007-03-23 15:31:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
oIt's hardly a failure. The latest report has violence down 50% from last year, many rebel leaders were killed and captured and the Iraqi president said Iraq should be able to secure itself in June 2007. The new secretary of defense has said that it's possible that the troops can leave in fall or winter of this year if the surge works.
2007-03-23 17:09:44 · answer #3 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it's not. It's not over yet, you are looking at a snapshot of history that I will freely admit does look bad. And guess what: if we pull out, the killing won't stop, and will probably escalate. Given those facts, you can't argue that pulling out is better, or somehow prevents Iraq from becoming a failure. I can tell you that if we stay, Iraq MIGHT NOT be a failure, only time will tell.
2007-03-23 15:27:35 · answer #4 · answered by Pfo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the Iraqi war is not a failure. we captured the military dictator and got rid of him so that the people in Iraq will now control their government. if you only knew what those people had to live through under Saddam's rule and how grateful they are to have our freedoms that we take for granted you would look at it differently.
2007-03-23 16:54:47 · answer #5 · answered by Brutus Maxius 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do liberals want to admit that it is? Freedom for an oppressed people is never a failure. Would you want Saddam to continue killing people because they disagreed with him? Would you want Saddam allowing terrs a place to train and giving them the money to do it? Truth is, if we do not continue to fight until we win, then we will have failed. As long as we fight we are neither winners or losers, just on the way to one or the other. Strange that the Democrats, the Owners of Defeat, want us to lose. Why would that be? I think it is to set the precedent that we never defend the country on foreign shores again. No foreign wars would allow the Democrats to spend the billions we now spend on defense to be spent on social programs that are bound to fail to buy the votes of those who want the government (meaning "your money") to provide them a living. Democratism is all about buying the votes of those who are too lazy to make their own way through the world. Democratism is all about making people dependent on government. Democratism is all about making people victims so that government can ride to their aid-- with your money.
2007-03-23 15:39:11 · answer #6 · answered by christopher s 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We must thank God for leaders like George Bush.
Just imagine if 9/11 happen under the leadership of Jimmy Carter, All Gore, Nancy Pelosi ,John Kerry etc etc etc
Iraq war is part of a puzzle, and eventually the pieces will fit together have patience
2007-03-23 16:19:00 · answer #7 · answered by argus 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It isn't a failure. If we don't fight this over there we will be fighting it on U.S. soil. One attack like 911 it will cripple the economy. Just like it did before. Airlines will lose money, people stop spending money just like before. Everyone hates war. It isn't that "We" republicans get off on this war. We just see it in a different way. This isn't a war that can be won easily. And to tell ya the truth I think it is a topic that will be never ending. Radical Muslims hate our way of life. That isn't something The U.S. can just sit down and talk about. It is iraqi's setting off the bombs that are killing their own people.
2007-03-23 15:38:12 · answer #8 · answered by bella 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You know there is qoute in a episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that i think George Bush and his supporters can learn from and goes like this:
"Destroying an empire to win a war is no victory, and ending a war to save an empire is no defeat"
2007-03-23 15:45:50 · answer #9 · answered by fox mulder 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The question is miscategorized. Instead of asking it in Military, you need to ask it in Psychology, and people will tell you about denial more than you ever wanted to know...
2007-03-23 15:31:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋