Do you think Iraq is better off after US occupation?

Question

Give me your reasons please.

Answer 1

A recent poll shows that Iraqis are very unhappy with life in Iraq and many would leave if they could. There are already large numbers of Iraqis in Syria and Jordan. 51 percent of Iraqis say it is acceptable to attack coalition forces.

Since the Iraqis did not cause the overthrow of Saddam, they blame the US and coalition forces for the conditions, which have worsened and for the lack of progress in reconstruction. Iraqis are still divided, however, by 48-52 percent, over whether the United States was right or wrong to invade in the spring of 2003.

Answer 2

No, the Americans have unleashed a wave of violence that is tearing the country apart. Under Saddam people only had to put up with a crazed dictator now the country is in a much bigger mess. People have to put up with bloodthirsty American troops who kill, rape and torture anything that moves. They also have to put up with sectarian militias who are killing people on both sides of the Sunni/ Shia divide. Added to this foreign Islamic fundamentalists are using the conflict as an excuse to hit the Americans by sending weapons and men into Iraq. Iraq was bad under Saddam but now it is much worse. It is most likely that when the Americans leave the country will split into a Kurdish North, Sunni Centre and Shia South. Iran will have more influence in the region than ever before and the region will be even more unstable than it is now. The NeoCons are braindead morons who are actually responsible for creating an environment where terrorism can thrive and where American weaknesses are exposed, at the same time they the morons actually believe that they are getting rid of terrorism and making America stronger

Answer 3

iraq is better off
1 )4 years of occupation and many areas had no electricity
or water
or even petrol
2 ) the percentage of unemployment
3)country is very poor income is very law
4)todays toll of iraqies killed where 200 while saddam was excuted for 148 killed after trials and courts
5)one would say that is muslims killing muslims
no america uk australians now in charge
it is the same as saddam was in charge
now bush is
airoplane shilling in side baghdad
6)western figures 665 000 iraqies innocents were killed in 4 years
7)iraqie figures 25 000 westerns are killed in iraq in the last four years
so what else
iraq is better
jordan has some attacks extention of iraqs war
syria unstable
iran stronger
saudia needs help

Answer 4

If there was an American occupation, there would be no Iraqi government and there would have been no election. The Iraqi PM has already stated that HIS government will take over the security of the nation by the end of 2007. our involvment is to train and support the Iraqi military and police in curbing the sectarian violence currently being carried out by extremist Sunni and Shia. This is compounded by the ongoing support for the extremists by Iran and Syria. The only ones who are willing to do anything about this is America, since we know that the UN Security Council were the conspirators behind the Oil For Food scam as well as sending war materiels to Saddam during a UN embargo.

Will victory be easy? Hell No!! Too many Americans suffer from terminal "drive thru window" syndrome and thought that defeating the radical islamic threat would be a walk in the park. More Americans know this is not the case. Our troops in Iraq and Afganistan recognized the threat and knew the risks when they courageously volunteered to be part of the effort to stop it. Meanwhile, little whiny asses who pretend they care about our troops echo the hollow whelps of "illegal war" or "Bush lied" and other pointless nonsense; or they support al Qaeda and its efforts to destroy America while hiding behind our Constitution to carry out their subversive agenda.

South Korea stands as an example of what can be achieved.

Answer 5

much worst. it has become a lawless land. we need not like Saddam, but the country was stable under him and people can continue their daily lives. Today, it looks like Iraq is the least habitable state. How to live in a place where going to the market is as bad as entering a war zone? You may be bombed anytime. So much hatred has been unleashed.The US war in Iraq has killed more people in the short 4 years than the decades during Saddam's rule. US has started what seems an irreversible factional war in Iraq. Why?

Answer 6

It really depends who is being asked the question.

If you're Kurdish, things haven't changed very much since the invasion. They were basically autonomous since the end of the first Gulf War, and are still basically a semi-autonomous state. The level of violence is relatively low in Kurdish areas, but insurgents have disrupted their ability to export oil. SO things haven't changed much for them.

For Shiites, things have improved a little. They are in charge of the government, nad they are not suffering the same number of casualties they did under Saddam (~300,000 were killed by him in the 80's and early 90's) They were also used as cannon fodder during the Iran-Iraq war of the 80's. However, they have borne the brunt of al Qaeda and Sunni insurgent attacks, which are far more spectacular and public than Saddam's depradations. Shiites have the ability now to worship any way they want, freedom of expression, and the government's revenue is not reserved for Sunnis and cronies of Saddam. In some Shiite areas there is more eletrical power than before the war, but in areas around Baghdad there is less.

All in all, Shiites in general are a little better off than they we under Saddam.

For Sunni's the answer is clear cut. They are much worse off. Less power, they are being massacred by Shiitie militia death squads, they do not control the government, they have lost access to oil revenue and no longer skim the top off of all economic activity. They are no longer able to curry favor with top officials they way many associates of Saddam's regeime were. So, Sunnis are much worse off.

In terms of violent death toll per annum nationwide, it is about the same as it was under Saddam (350,000 killed under Saddam, 35,000 people a year dying violently now), except it is mostly Sunnis and Shiite Arabs being killed, instead of Shiites and Kurds like it was before.

So, the end equation is mixed. More freedom, less essential services (insurgents keep knocking them out), same level of violent death. You can draw your own conclusions on if this is an improvement or not.

Answer 7

OK, once again this is becoming a media problem. I've read a lot of answers that had to do with there's more car bombings and crap like that.... NO THERE ISN'T! Sorry, but the media likes to make these things that have been going on for centuries BIG things now, because we're over there. No, it is much better without Saddam.

Like one of the 1st answers said, he was responsible for one of the worst Genocides that the world has ever seen, aside from WWII.

Also, it wasn't just Bush that put us over there, remember, congress and senate both had to approve us to go there before war could have been declared.

And, the reason why Bush isn't stepping up and becoming the leader there is because of the fact that it was never the intent of the US to take over Iraq and become it's "Parent Country". There is no reason for that. Now that the tyrant S.O.B. is out of there, the Iraqi people are now allowed to be actual people and not just the slaves of Saddam.

Answer 8

What pissed me of, is the thought of so much waist. Bush spend Trillions of our tax money to destroy a country, which was just one of 60 dictatorships around the world.
The result - more problems then before, for everybody and now all the other 59 dictators know, the USA can't even fight some insurgents successfully, which emboldens them..

With Saddam, they had their rhythm, similar like the east Germans under USSR occupation. People knew, what to expect. If you look at East Germany today, it just doesn't get anywhere. Young people leave and the old want the Communists back. Most people hate change.
Iraq is economically dead, since the war. It wasn't much better of before the war, but people had their place. Look at Cuba. People are poor, but most of them happy. They have to eat and live and party. Money is not the sole reason for happiness.

Answer 9

That is a differing position. Iraq stile is very unstable and at least probably 1 person dies a day(just a guess) but the US has occupied Baghdad for 4 years now. But that's up for the president to decide. So many soldiers have been killed many people want the US occupation to seize and the troops come home.


Call me unpatriotic but I think we should end occupation.

Answer 10

I think it's good that it is becoming a democracy now. It's also going to be able to get benefits it may not have been able to have before the United States began occupation of the country. This has also caused almost a civil war though too. It's pretty much a fifty-fifty thing. Iraq is better in some ways, but in other ways it's not.