Do you think President Bush should increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq?

Answer 1

The problem here is that, though I was opposed to this war from the very, very earliest stages, it seems to me that the need for more troops came at the very beginning. This was a country that needed to go into "lockdown" the very second Hussein was out of the power seat. No need for "intelligence" on this one--even a minimal knowledge of the history of the Middle East indicated this. This was one huge, and hugely stupid experiment to see how much we could do on how little--technology was supposed to take care of everything, no warm bodies needed, thank you. It's pretty clear Rummy's theories were proven criminally faulty.

Though every part of me screams "Let's get out of here!" I think W. *may* have it right this time--more troops are needed. However, I think the numbers needed are far larger than what he's committed and says he's going to commit. I also think those troops should NOT be National Guardsmen--wrong, wrong, wrong. The National Guard is not intended for fighting foreign wars--the nation that needs guarding is right here, at home, and that's where I want my National Guard to be.

And...I hate to say it...but even with more and more troops...victory may be unsalvageable. There has to be a plan in place, a plan that must consider so many variables and encompass so many things...and W. appears never to have had such a plan, and, apparently, incapable of formulating such a plan.

Answer 2

Honestly I think we should have sent more troops into Iraq in the first place. Without reguard to politics or whether or not "this" war should be fought. I base my answer purly on stratagy. The more Troops we have over there the easier its going to be contain the violence, train the Iraqi's more effectivly and be able to pull out in a shorter time frame, leaving an effective government in place to protect its citizens.

Answer 3

Bullocks! at the start, MAS has 60,000 military and that incorporates that IP's. Your assertion with reference to the "unproven Iraqi military" is fake. maximum of them have already been in try against and function been efficient, particularly once you think approximately that there will be a BDE of Kurds dwon right here with in the subsequent month. We did not persue the Mahdi military on the request of the Iraqi government and that grew to become right into a extensive tactical errors. Now, with the help of the Iraqi government, we are allowed to run them into the floor and could gain this over the subsequent a number of months. Will there be an advance in the dying toll? certainly, based on the reality that our try against optempo is approximately to advance great time. this is nevertheless a conflict in Baghdad so all and sundry is purely going to would desire to get the hell over it and do each and every thing we are able to to win!

Answer 4

We had 450,000 troops in Vietnam, a country with a population of 19 million (after we waxed two million of them).

We will have fewer troops in Iraq after the president's proposed "surge" than we did a year ago. This "plan" is really just more of the same sleight of hand hoping to extend the war while US companies continue to rake in billions in war profiteering before congressional oversight committees step up to do their job.

We had oversight during Vietnam. We had oversight during WWII. But we have so far had no oversight in Iraq. And now Haliburton proposes moving its headquarters to Dubai, most likely to protect the documents detailing its billion dollar overcharges from US subpoenas.

We shipped shrink wrapped pallets of cash into Iraq. We allowed companies to charge $100 to launder the clothing that would fit into a single duffle bag, and $45 for a single 12 oz can of soda pop. People profit from war, but the profits generated by this war have been insane.

It is good to know that the proper folk are benefitting from federal largesse. I am pleased the CEOs of the companies who made multimillion dollar bonuses every year since this war began are being so richly compensated, while the boys mutilated in this conflict cannot obtain decent medical care our counselling for PTSD. Good to know those who really need help are receiving it.

Answer 5

Iraq is not our personnel problem, nor is IRAN or any other country, if we have any trouble with those people its simply because our government has over the years tryed to force its will on them, if they came here and said you all are going to do as we say or we will force economic hardships on you, what would happen, well we would hate them for the rest of our life, so is it so hard to understand why we now are at risk, you and i are not the problem, the snakes who control us all are the problem, the Russian president told it as it truly was, the American government wants to be the ruler and keeper of the world, look it up and see for your self, and to answer your question NO more kids should be sent to die for the Greed over money and power, send the politicians.

Answer 6

I'm retired from dept of Defense and they have plans on sending another 100,000 troops in the next 6 months. If that doesn't work they will send in another 100,000 troops. In the end we could have about 500,000 troops in Iraq. ( Vietnam had 550,000 troops and lost ) Iraq is another Vietnam in the making. Shame on USA.

Answer 7

No I do not feel we should senf more tropps iraq we need help them get basics ofgoveremtn formed and pull out not our concern to be i middle of civil war in another country us didnt meddle in africa withany of genocide happen there so why butting nose in with iraq

Answer 8

no.. this war should have been fought with air strikes and ground missiles. but . do to innocent civilians being killed by the hundreds, we cant. so, since we screwed up the first time.. troops should come home, try and pay some debt.. then mess them up the next decade.

Answer 9

bring the troops home and let Iraq sortb it's self out.

Answer 10

absolutely!!

the anti-bush rhetoric is nice and all, but people seriously need to snap out of it, snap out of the idea misconception that America is sumhow the bad guy in this war, and begin to deal with the real problem ahead of us... People spend much MUCH too much time following irrational, unrealistic conspiracy theories and too much time being skeptical and combatative (of)/to our president and his top officials. Our president has our nation at heart, and the world best interest at heart. The man is the son of an ex-CIA director and United States Ambassador to the UN (nevermind the son of an ex-vicepresident/president...). What on gods green earth makes you think that President Bush is some sort of terrorist or oil monger? thats what'd like to ask some people above me. All of these things people say that target President Bush's intent or patriotism are absurd and irrational. The reasons we went to war are not questionable... they just arent. End of story... If you read Intelligence briefings, on-site Inspector reports/diaries, UN resolutions, Iraq Study Group reports, etc... if you actually take the time to read these, like i have... you'd understand why we had to enter Iraq and end what was getting out of hand and VERY dangerous.

“My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.”
~ Ulysses S. Grant

Nevermind that President Bush has been trying to pass this bill so that he can do whats best for America and whats best for those innocent people all over the middle east being murdered by suicide bombers, our own elected top General in Iraq, General Patreaus, has asked us for more troops (more then what is being asked for i believe) and more funding for his troops. Why are we saying no...? Didn't Congress just elect the man? Why are we saying no to him? Im not 100% positive i have the correct source here, but even Chuck Hagel said a while back, "NEVER, Never mix politics and war." Your troops are doing a great service to you and your country. If they need ANYTHING, you da*n sure better give them it. Can we afford the funding? Absolutely. Thats not the question... the question is 'Do we want to spend the money?' ... i dont think 'ABSOLUTELY i want to spend the money. Hell, these troops are there to save my life, the least i could do is give them what they need to do their job!!!' These idiots in congress.. and these knuckleheads online disgust me...

This problem in the Middle East is spreading vishiously.. and its only going to expand if America turns its back. America, being the greatest military, economic and free country in the world.. has a RESPONSIBILITY to the help the rest of the world. Just like rich celebrities have a responsibility to help the poor who can't feed themselves. America needs to stop with its bull*%(# because if we just let Al-Sadr, Osama bin Laden, and Ahmadinejad spread all over the Middle East... not only will it allow them to gain support and confidence from their followers, but it will also allow them to grow MUCH more deadly. I can tell you that right now. And if we allow that to happen, by leaving... in 8-12 years, you'll remember this Y!A post, i garruntee it. Why shouldn't we turn our backs from Iraq? this is why ...
http://amyproctor.squarespace.com/blog/2007/1/10/deja-vu-iraq-and-somalia.html
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/21/100353.shtml
http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandDefense/BG1526.cfm

Iran also needs to put in its place. Look what it has done recently.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260861,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,259484,00.html?sPage=fnc.world/iran
arrested. interrogated. and imprisoned 15 british sailors sailing down legal waters.
Iran starts claiming that they were there to harm Iran and that they were there illegally.. rarara.. im sick of it. You know why Iran is mad? because they are frustrated by the sanctions and they do NOT want to stop their nuclear campaign because they want to be a militaristic and powerful country. Its sickening how much he is like Hitler.. In many of his speaches, he uses very similar accusations and claims about Jews and Israel that Houston Stewart Chamberlain did in his book "The Foundations of the 19th Century" (a very anti-jewish author)... also how he denies the holocaust's existance.

America needs to beef up its presence in Iraq to STOP these niological and mass killings of innocent people because of a racial cleansing...

Iran is helping Al-Sadr destroy Iraq's government, because both Al-Sadr and Iran have hated Iraq since the 80's and now that Saddam is gone, Iran would like nothing better than to see Al-Sadr in charge of Iraq. And that is certainly what will happen if we dont stop it from happening. We need to slam the ruler on Iran's school-desk and teach it to lay low and stop causing mahem in the world.

Send 2, 3x as much as asked for by the President. Send whatever Patreaus asked for initially !!