Question for american soldiers or veterans.WHY IS USA IN IRAQ?THE TRUTH PLEASE?

Question

don't say for install "democracy",or because GOD told us.I just want the truth,why so many killings,lies,why?

Answer 1

Considering that none of the previous answers appear to have been from anybody who has actually been in Iraq - here is my answer (I am an Iraq veteran).

We were never there to 'install' democracy. Instead what we did was provide the Iraqi people to choose how they wished to be governed. They freely and in UN certified elections chose to implement a parliamentary democracy.

With that task successfully accomplished - we are not providing stability until the Iraqi government and people are able to defend themselves.

If you pay attention you would notice that the Iraqi people are being killed by terrorists. Do you really want to force the Iraqi people to abandon the form of government they chose and be ruled by people who send suicide bombers to bus stops and schools?

It is frightening that 'liberals' tend to support terrorists and not elected governments.

Answer 2

Everyone who answered here should go back and read the
long but true facts from "just the". This is a well written and
studied answer which really and completely tells us why the
USA is in Iraq. This question should not come up again as
it has now been once and for all answered. Actually, I don't
think most of the answers has honestly come from soldiers
or veterans. My husband has served (in case you wondered),
and I'm proud of him. Terrorists are a real threat all over the
world now (Morocco, Algeria, Casablanca, North Africa,
Egypt and Sudan) and also the United States. This is a real
serious matter, so quit blaming Bush....he's trying to put out
the fire but needs more firemen.

Answer 3

Talk and diplomacy have there place but sooner or later you must realize that you are being played. Then it is time for action.

We have been at war with radical Islam since Iran took our embassy people hostage during the Carter administration. We chose to ignore this disease known as international terrorism for decades. We finally realized that we are at war after the attack on 9/11. The only reason it ended up in Iraq right now is Saddam overplayed his hand. He would still be in power if he had cooperated with the UN inspectors. He liked making everyone believe he had horrible weapons. After 9/11 we could not take the chance that he did and might provide the technology to terrorists. Since we were still at war with Iraq since Dessert Storm, we took the opportunity to take out his perceived threat.

The terror supporting countries in the region realize the threat to them that a Free Iraq would pose, have been supporting the insurgency with money and sophisticated weapons. The disease of fundamentalist Islam tyranny cannot abide the cure that liberty brings to the long suffering people of the Middle East.

Answer 4

The number one reason... I believe is bad intelligence that everyone wanted to believe.

The second reason is the Untied Nations is ineffective to do anything but give the world lip-service - and every country knows it.

The reason the US is still in Iraq?
A United Nations resolution that says we will stay until Iraq is stable enough or the Iraqi government asks us to leave.

Great solution would be to dump it the UN's lap but we would still be there as the UN won't do it without the US.

Answer 5

The US invadsion of Iraq was based on lies. It was obvious to the rest of the world that the invasion was going to take place even before it happened. Bush just wanted to finish the job that his daddy started.

All the excuses just disguise the real reason; and that is to make a few men very rich. They don't care about the blood of young americans spilled in the desert.

It is not about terrorism or 9/11. There were no terrorists in Iraq before the war. The genearals essay stated in 1 response uses attacks by Iran on the us embassy as an excuse, what rubbish - Iran & Iraq are enemies. How can you blame Iraq for the actions of it's enemy.

It's a pity that many on this site can't see that they are being maniopulated by a few rich men. They are considered disposable. They are pawns in a game designed to make rich men richer

Answer 6

Record of Iraq War Lies to Air April 25 on PBS
By David Swanson
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041207D.shtml

Answer 7

You've been told a thousand times on here why we are in Iraq and it had not a damn thing to do with what God told us to do. Are you just incapable on understanding anything? Or are you hoping the 1001st time you will get it? We removed Saddam from power. The Iraqi's have set up their OWN democratic government with their own constitution and we are there insuring that they get the chance to survive before Iran ad Syria try to install their own radical Islamist Government.

Answer 8

Why do you assume they know why they were sent?

Heck a lot of them are in the Guards, and signed up to defend our soil and help in emergencies.

It was a breach of contract to send them overseas.

The invasion was for 3 reasons: Bush wants to go down in history books as a "Great" president; Cheney wants Haliburton to rake in the big bucks, and give him some; Rumsfeld wanted permanent bases in the Middle East.

Those are the reasons. The poor souls sent for those reasons have no more insight into the situation than anyone else.

Answer 9

As far as the military is concerned, we're in Iraq because the military was ordered there, pursuant to an Authorization for the Use of Military Force passed by Congress. The question stops there -- the military is in Iraq because they were ordered to deploy there.

Now, if your question is -- why did Bush order them to deploy to Iraq, and what does he hope to accomplish in a few months with 22,000 extra soldiers that he couldn't do in 4 years with 6 times that many -- that's a political question.

Answer 10

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