For all you Democrats out there...?

Question

What direction would you like to see the country go as far as the war is concerned? What would you do differently and please tell me why?

Answer 1

I'm not necessarily a Dem, but I do have some strong opinions on this question.

Being a country at war is difficult enough, now compound that with being a country that is heavily in debt. Two of our war time presidents of the past- Woodrow Wilson from WWI and FDR from WWII- had the foresight to realize the entire war effort could not be funded solely by the government. Because of this, Wilson STARTED and BOUGHT the first Liberty Bond and FDR STARTED and BOUGHT the first E series War Bond for WWII. Why something along these lines hasn't even hit the radar screen is beyond me. To quote the Dept. of the Treasury, "The war bond campaign has been called a unique fusion of nationalism and consumerism. They offered Americans a financial and moral stake in the war." REMEMBER, SUPPORTING THE TROOPS IS NOT THE SAME THING AS SUPPORTING THE ADMINISTRATION THAT PUT THEM IN HARMS WAY.

Cutting and running is not a viable answer now. Iraq is not a piece of trash laying on the side of the road that we can expect someone else to clean up. We made the mess, we have to be responsible for cleaning it up. Arrogance has been a hallmark of the current administration, no more apparent then when he stood on the deck of the USS Lincoln on May 2, 2003 and declared "Mission Accomplished." Pres. Bush has lost the information war with regards to framing the war effort here at home, possibly abroad as well. God only knows what it's like on the ground in Iraq, but I can't imagine it's much better there. He must generate support at home, in Iraq, and abroad for a plan that will quickly transfer control and responsibility of the situation in Iraq to the people and the newly formed government. I believe the people in Iraq are the key. A democracy, fledgling or otherwise, needs its people in order to function.

Answer 2

I am a democrat.
Here's how I see it. If we leave abruptly, there is going to be a power vacuum that some despotic powermonger is going to step right in to. He's going to rise to power on an anti American "look what they did to our country" campaign and win. Then he'll undo all of the democratic reforms we tried to put in place and we'll have a meaner, more dangerous Iraqui dictator to deal with.
If we stay, we will continue anger some people in Iraq. We make more enemies every time we kill, wound, imprison, interrogate etc. I don't know what our objective is other than bland presidential platitudes. Our strategy of winning peace and security for Iraq through our military might seems to not be working.
I am thankful, somewhat, that at least I did not vote for the man who dragged us into this mess in the first place.
Maybe we should punt. Go to the UN and ask for help.
Maybe us leaving or planning to leave will push the iraquis to get serious about securing their country.
I don't really know.

Answer 3

First I would have kept going in Afghanistan and killed Osama bin Laden. You know, the guy who actually ordered the 9/11 attacks. Then I would have told the Saudi royal family, Saddam Hussein and Bashar Assad, "This is what we do to people who try to kill our people. This is what we do to people who harbor people like that. Stop it and leave us alone, or else you will be next." Then I would have signed an executive order banning all oil imports from non-democracies. And I would have told them, "You need us. We don't need you, and we don't want you."

Yes, this would have made gasoline incredibly expensive, even more than it actually is. It would force us to look into alternative sources of energy. Would you have gotten angry about this? I would say, as a wise man once did, "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."

We need a President with this kind of vision and this kind of courage. George W. Bush has what his father called "the vision thing," certainly. But he has no courage. And if he ever had the moral authority to be President, he surrendered it when he backed off on the pursuit of bin Laden.

Answer 4

What war? Iraq is a occupation not a war. The war ended when Bush said mission accomplished and the occupation began. If you mean terrorism then I would say we need to treat it like a police matter in any of the countries the hijackers came from and that means Saudi Arabia too where 15 out of the 19 911 hijackers came from and Bush pulled the troops out of there because they told him to. Afghanistan has rebuilt and the Taliban is opening schools back up there. We are fighting criminals not countries and police deal with criminals and the military mostly deals with countries and governments.

Answer 5

We would like to end the war and bring our troops home.

I know that our troops are now supporting the oil corporations to build the extraction plants and the pipe through afganistan.

As much as we need this oil, since make no mistake, we are not there for freedom, with all the money invested in the war, 400 billion dollars, this money could have been invested in research for alternative energy resources. Make no mistake, 400 billion is a huge huge amount of money...

But yes, definetly stop the war and spend money in alternative energy resources: sponsor companies to develop hydrogen and electric cars and help build hydrogen gas stations accross the country. This change will need to be done and 400 billion would have gone to our people in this process.

Answer 6

you people make me sick. you wanna live in your little box and pretend that nothing outside our borders pertains to american interests. well, the world doesn't work that way as ideal as that sounds. these people are not angry that we are there. these people are angry that we EXIST. and they will not stop even if we pulled every american civilian and military personnel back into our borders. you are naive if you don't think would happen. and you can't expect to go into a country, destroy pretty much all infrastructure, take out their central govt., introduce them to a new way of life and expect them to be on their feet in 5 years. especially with the likes of Syria and Iran with neighbors. you're just asking for it. what do you think would've happened if we pulled out of Berlin or Japan? we were in both of those places for decades. we made the mistake of doing what you're asking after WWI and look what happened. the Nazis came to power. you're wanting the impossible. there is progress being made there. you don't hear those things from the media. that doesn't make news. people dying does. as well as going against this administration's decisions.. we're still at war. obsviously. people die. it's a sad aspect of war. but, would you rather there be military casualties or would ya rather be at a baseball game and all of a sudden there are 30,000 civilian casualties??? as long as we stay there and keep their attention diverted, they won't have as much capability to attack us on our own soil... doesn't that sound much more appealing??
and all this talk about going to the UN for help? are you kidding me? the UN is as corrupt as it is inept. we pretty much do all the leg-work for the UN anyway. why should we have to go and beg people to help carry this burden? they should WANT to help. this is not just american interests at stake here. they just want us to fail. jealousy is an ugly thing...

Answer 7

No more war! Stop the war! Do you know how much $$ Bush has been spending? Why the hell does he need to send out more troops to war, let them get killed and not give a damn? Besides, now that we got this whole thing between the British and the Iranians, now everything's REALLY gone overboard.

People, can't we just have some peace and quiet out there for a change? My guess is that once a Democratic candidate gets elected for president in '08, we wouldn't have this problem anymore.

Answer 8

i would like some payback for the 9/11 attacks.

and i'm deeply confused as to which part of this gives you the slightest bit of confusion.

iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, american security or the broader war on terror.

i would have stayed in afganistan with the full force until we fully resolved that issue.

i would put a huge focus on getting bin laden.

i would go on, but i know you're not listening anyway...

Answer 9

End the war, stop aiding Israel's Occupation, seal the borders, kick out all Illegals, raise minimum wage, make marijuana legal, have national health care by making it not for profit, free college, many many other things.

Answer 10

We should get our troops out of Iraq as soon as possible. There is nothing left to be accomplished there that the Iraqis cannot do themselves.

WE cannot be responsible for keeping Sunnis and Shites from killing each other.

WE cannot make the government get their act together.

We should be supporting the Iraqis, not doing everythign for them.