Question to Democrats about Iraq?

Question

I agree totally that Bush's administration has been a disgrace and the decision to attack Iraq was shameful, but as an American I still want things to work out even if that means that the legacy of Bush is not viewed as bad as it should be.

As a Democrat, do you have any feelings of hoping this works out even if troops are to stay in Iraq or are you totally against anything that would work out positively for the Bush administration?

It seems in the US most views are driven so strongly by politics when he reality is, whether Iraq is right or wrong, it is a US problem in the big picture, not just a Bush problem. We are viewed all as one around the world, so if the disaster gets even worse, that is not good for anyone.As a Democrat, does this have influence on your view at all?

Answer 1

An excellent, well written question.
The situation in Iraq is way past any more futile finger pointing - it is indeed an American concern and not a conservative or liberal concern.
The complexity of this problem is clearly evidenced by all of the infighting, rhetoric and useless discourse within our own Congress.
There seems to be no easy answers - it has gotten to the point where the right as well as the left have mutually exclusive motives for either defending the war or literally hoping for defeat.
Success simply means Bush and the republicans are on the right side of this issue - defeat means the democrats are on the right side of this issue - and there seems to be no middle ground in this debate.
Politics must be put aside and real solutions based, not on a political agenda, but on what will be best for America's future security and the Iraqi people who have supported us and who believe we will honor our commitments to them.
I don't believe for a moment that radical Islam will overtake "our corrupt western way of life." I also don't believe that a civilized nation can coexist with a radical Islamic nation - and, without question, the terror and slaughter of innocent men, women and children by a demented ideology is totally unacceptable, regardless of the terrorists' alleged grievances or their demented religious agenda.
No easy solutions for this one, I'm afraid, we appear to be in it for the long haul.

Answer 2

Earlier this week the Democrats proposed a bill to the White House that gave more money than Bush was asking for towards the wars. It did however propose a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq. Military officials agree with a timetable. The bill also contains "pork" which is like add-ons at the bottom - money for farmers and other things that have nothing to do with the wars. But the White House refuses to pass anything with a timetable. Both sides are playing politics and trying to make the other look bad and it is embarrassing. In reality the U.S. will have to be a presence in the Mid East for the next several violent generations.

Answer 3

Harry Reid is wrong the war is not lost, because it is not a war it is an occupation. If people would do their homework, they would find the awarding of contracts that has billions of our tax dollars unaccounted for. When Bremer was in charge he fired over 100,000 former Iraqi troops that could have been used to control the situation. You have to figure over a 100,000 men with suddenly no income are going to resort to vengenace or getting paid by the opposition. This administration claiming to be so accountable 7 years ago and be overwhelmingly by the religious blind, are the most corrupt in the history of our nation. My Bible says God loves the souls of "all" men, including Muslims believe it or not. If Bush and the scowling idiot would be as concerned about rebuilding New Orleans as they have been about Baghdad, New Orleans could be on its way to being better the before Katrina. The little abortion bill passed yesterday is just a carrot on a stick to get the religious right to ignore all the other injustice and focus on the tease.

Answer 4

Not really a democrat, but I would honestly like to see the Iraq situation work out.

The problem is that it has been so botched (including the decision to invade in the first place) that I don't believe there can be a solution without a solid effort of the world community, especially the moderate countries of the Middle East.

Unfortunately, this is unlikely to happen, with everyone basically saying "I told you so!" and Bush basically pissing in the collectively face of the world.

I still have hope, but it's about at the same level as my hope of winning the lottery.

~X~

Answer 5

Bush as messed up for so long and he only has one year of his less-than glorious reign that it will nearly be impossible for him to be remembered as anything other than a man who caused a long, seemingly endless, uneeded war over oil. That is, if he gives up power. Personally I see too many simpliarites to The Bush adminstration and 1984 to even trust him. Also, one might notice that ever since it became niverally acknowelged that the Iraq war was a total and complete mistake , that Bush and his minions seem to be pushing the fact that Iran is helping the terroists in Iraq. They are trying to start another war. It is a historical fact that war-time presidents are looked on with greater merit than those who are presidents during peace, that and when there is a war going on one does not question the domestic happenings as much.

Answer 6

i'm going to't communicate for all Democrats yet i could be elated. the difficulty seems no man or woman has stricken to stipulate fulfillment or win for us. we've been recommended the challenge grew to become performed and that Al Qaeda grew to become in its very final throes however the mess retains unabated. all and sundry is on 0.33 rotations to Iraq. Are you advocating 4th and 5th rotations? will we would like a draft to fill in for the cannon fodder being lost each and each and on a daily basis over there? Frankly i do no longer grant a rat's interior the lower back of approximately Iraq. I care approximately my very own u . s ., which looks to have greater beneficial than various problems right this moment even with if we don't contain Dubya's conflict of revenge. in line with danger if we characteristic up that insanity we are able to start to focus on subject concerns that are substantial to our existence form and under no situations attempt to mold somebody into "mini us".

Answer 7

I wish it would get better in Iraq, but I'm an anarchist. The fact that Bush is a cheerleader in a cheap suit and I have no faith in demoCRAZY because this is what America turned out to be. Government plotted against their own tax paying citizens on 9/11/01, voting is a sham, the middle class no longer exists, and we have open borders is the reality.

Answer 8

As a Democrat all my life (and I just retired) I am going to dump the Democrats and go for the Republicans as they at least are honest and tell you the truth.
After the last election the Democrats have not done any of their promises. Just lip service to ending the war. So I might as well switch to the Republican party as at least they are closer to the truth.
The lesser of two evils..What has the Democrats done positively for the US..lately?

Answer 9

Hope that Argle Bar doesn't get hold of you!