Someone define "winning the war" in Iraq" because I thought the mission was already accomplished?

Question

Someone tell me what we are doing exactly over there....and I don't mean rhetorically I mean literally....what is going on over there and what the "mission accomplished" BS meant over 3 years ago. What "mission" was accomplished? and if the mission is accomplished then why are we still there?

I don't want any smartass remarks I honestly want to know.

Answer 1

The "mission" was to find weapons of mass destruction and remove Saddam from power.

The first part of the "mission" was a total fabrication by Bush and company. The second part was accomplished long ago!

Now, Bush is adamant in the power of the military in forcing a fully democratic form of government on a nation made up of three main sects who have traditionally been mortal enemies.

There is no way that any military will force these factions to "get along" in a unified government unless we completely subdue the entire country under iron rule. That of course would be just like Saddam!

There is no clear cut mission any more. Our military is just trying to reduce the carnage if they can at this point. The only solution in Iraq will have to be a political one, not a military one.

Answer 2

Ok since you asked. This is the truth about that statement. Bush was talking about the mission that the men on that particular ship had accomplished the mission they had been sent to do. The liberal media has taken it out of context and made it into something it was not meant to say. Like they alwys do. We are still there partly because too many want to fight this war in a politically correct way. How can these guys go out on patrol and not worry about being interagated by some military lawyer with the mind set of a John Kerry if they engage the enemy and are lucky enough to kill one of the sick ........When half your country is not behind you because of liberal BS. War is hell it's unpredictable, but if we were united no one could defeat us. The way it is now and the time it's taking and the pep talks the libs keep giving the terrorists by calling our president a dunce and Hitler like and just hang on a while longer we will be running with our tails between our legs soon. Anyway that's part of the reason that we are still there.

Answer 3

The original mission was accomplished. However the failure to account for insurgency and problems establishing a new govt. has created a new mission.
We made a mess, now we must do the right thing and clean it up.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

To bring democracy to Iraq and to the region.If we leave now there will be a sign held up be the terrorists saying, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. We don't want that now,do we?

Answer 6

All you need to know, seriously, is that oil is the absolute be all and end all reason why the United States invaded Iraq and are still there today. Control of the oilfields. It is really that simple. None of the other crap matters it is just put into the mix to confuse people.

Answer 7

The mission was accomplished, we took down the regime.

Now there is no mission, so you can't win.

That's not being a smart ***, it's the truth.

Answer 8

There is no war. There is an occupation where soldiers are forced to shoot families because the leaders want a massive parking lot. That's all.

Answer 9

Our society is obsessed with war. We wage war on just about everything. We name domestic public policy campaigns as "The war on...." hunger, poverty, crime, pollution, terror, fat, etc. In our foreign policy, we wage violent and deadly wars of choice, convenience, and imperialism. Our schools have long been a battleground in the war on (some) drugs. Both good and bad tactics have been used for decades in schools, from 70's "rap sessions", to "Scared Straight" tours of cons and ex-cons as motivational speakers, to DARE, to Health classes, to those driver education movies that dramatize the prior events and then show real police film footage of the car crashes. The current surveillance which includes drug-sniffing dogs is yet another tactic in the war on drugs, which, unlike those previous mentioned, are explicitly not educational and explicitly not about respecting students. Quite the contrary.

With each new domestic war waged, there comes a restructuring of the established order. On the battlefield of the school, we can expect a shift in the established academic climate. Will it be toward more resentment and (hopefully) rebellion as the police state further encroaches into the school, or toward less resentment as the school culture sheepily and sleepily assumes the notion that a militarized school culture is a good thing? Control, discipline, morality, safety...these are the buzzwords by which fascisms are sold to society.

Answer 10

world war 2 ended in 1945,why do we have troops in Germany and Japan.Korean war ended in the 1950's why do we have troops there.Wake dude and do some research and you will find your OWN best answer!