The Iraqis do not want a fence built around Baghdad. Response?

Question

SHould we allow them to tell us how to handle their security? If they have better ideas, shouldn't we just leave?

Answer 1

Yes and yes.

Seriously. It's about damn time they stood up and said what THEY want. They aren't a U.S. territory; they are their own country and need to be responsible for their own security.

Answer 2

It is not really a matter of "better ideas". Baghdad is the capitol city of Iraq, and building a wall, or fence, or anything around it would be cutting off the capitol from the nation itself. Of course there are security issues, suicide bombings, strret fighting in and around Baghdad, but building barriers around the Capitol andf the government there is the same as surrendering to those that would like to overthrow that government.
It is not the place, or the job of the United States of America to decide how best to secure Baghdad. That is an internal issue. U.S. backed governments do not have a very stable record of success, for example in Cuba, South Vietnam, and more recently in Somalia and Kosovo. Iraq is now, and doesn't want to be a dependent state. The U.S. overthrew one government and protected the Iraqi citizens as they voted for a new one. We cannot hold that government up. It is simply not in either the good interests of Iraq or the U.S.

Answer 3

I looked at the newspaper today and it said BERLIN WALL FOR BAGHDAD, which is exactly what will happen if such a wall is built. I'm Kuwaiti, and Kuwait and Iraq don't really mesh well together. But in the case of building a wall, i would be against that idea. why ?, because as much as Iraq is damaged now, i think a wall to separate it should be kept as a last resort. Lets look at a more simpler example ; i know allot of siblings who share a room, once one of them tried the separation technique thinking it would resolve his brother messing his things up. the exact opposite happened, there was more confusion on claiming items, and the room seemed to become messier by the minute. so back to the point imagine a country as dis-organized as Iraq still having to deal with civil war, religious rights, and trying to survive, have to deal with yet another pre-failing idea such as the wall. So as a conclusive statement, and keeping it plain and simple, no. i do not agree to the building of the wall.

Answer 4

Think of it like this, you know when a mother puts up a baby gate to a certain room to keep the baby from entering a room that has known dangers in it, well this wall is the same concept.

Answer 5

It's not a wall around bagdad....it's a wall to fence in a small section. Those people in that small section don't want to be isolated.
It's not our country. Hell, we can't even keep our neighbors from flooding into our country!
It's it wonderful that terrorists know that our borders are wide open?

Answer 6

I agree if they don't want it why waste the money to build it. Of course, pardon me now, that is how and what Georgy Porgy Bush wants. Prob. anything to increase the national deficet and get more oil so he can get richer. It seems not to bother him that our family members, not me personally, are getting killed for nothing. Of course he can't poss. care: neither he nor his cronies have any family over there, unlike other countries that send their Prince, whom could be in line for the throne,to war.

Answer 7

This is a defining moment, it proves that the Iraqis are sick and tired of the meddling by America. They want the troops withdrawn so they can start running their own country.
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Answer 8

The divide is not around Baghdad. Get your facts right.

Answer 9

If Al-Maliki thinks he can use the threat of the wall to reach a compormise, let him try.

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Answer 10

We're creating another Palistine. Ugh...