Why are we supposed to care about the Iraqi people?

Question

Not to be insensitve, but why them before the people of the Sudan, Darfur, or North Korea?

Answer 1

I fully agree with your premise. By now, we all know about why we are there, and the motivation of this administration.

However, now that we have invaded a nation, destroyed their infrastructure, and quadrupled the number of terrorists in their country; I think we DO have an obligation to care about these people.
We didn't directly cause the genocide in Sudan/Darfur; and we are attempting to deal with North Korea (the only bright spot from this administration?), but it is hard for me to 'ignore' Iraqis after we have done what we have done.
Also, while this was not our job in the first place, they were being held down by one of the fiercest dictators in the world. However, that *supposedly* wasn't our motive; and it's illegal for us to invade nations and remove dictatorial leaders.

In the end, I believe we should care about everyone and try to create a civilized world where we all work in a cohesive nature to the common goal of a peaceful world, a prosperous global economy, and a healthy environment. And that can only happen by being positively involved in global events.

Unfortunately, currently, we do nothing but impede global progress.

Answer 2

Because you have troops there.

The Darfur province of Sudan is "taken care of" by the United Nations and the Organisation of African Unity. Which explains why the carnage continues unabated and also explains why the slave trade is flourishing. BTW Sudan also has oil- otherwise how do you think they are paying for their Chinese weapons?

North Korea is "untouchable" simply because there is a ceasefire in effect- between the United Nations (who formally fought the Korean War on the side of the good guys) and the nutcases. The fact that China has a veto vote on the UN has something to do with why it remains untouchable (same for Sudan, BTW)

Of course, both Sudan and North Korea might just do something really, really stupid...

Answer 3

I really have attended 2 commemorations of the deaths contained in the Iraq conflict, and both have protected major interest to Iraqi casualties to boot because the deaths of human beings. At those activities, that are part of a chain performed periodically nationwide contained in the U.S., I really have listened to commemorative readings of names of both American infantrymen and Iraqi civilians killed. on the most cutting-edge celebration, i myself volunteered to help with the reading, and the lists protected Iraqis who were obviously civilian kinfolk communities between the casualties. There has also been major attempt to estimate the Iraqi civilian casualties, and some argument over the estimates, which shows that a minimum of a few major part of the U.S. inhabitants do, certainly, take them heavily. i'm sorry you've not been waiting to determine it, yet i will attest that interest is being given to Iraqi casualties, both in my opinion and numerically, through major American anti-conflict communities.

Answer 4

Why them before our own kids also.The ones I hear on here supporting the war and saying we must stay to help the Iraqi are the very people who want to shut down every government program that helps shelter and feed our own U S children.The only thing I can come up with is they're bigots and war lovers.Maybe they secretly hate kids or something.I give up trying to reason with some of these people.

Answer 5

I can't define allegorical "fences" about any group of people. We are...That defines the entirety of our planet. It is my argument and concern that we focused our attentions on that part of the world for economic reasons relating to our consumption of oil. This term "our" suggests a "their" and is further divisive. There are certain sections of this planet where people are discriminated against and ill treated but it is not by violence and war that these issues should be addressed.

Answer 6

It's a matter of who really needs help right now.True there are a lot of people in other countries and this one that need help but here and in some other places things were not being ruled by a dictator.Here we are in a democracy not a dictatorship.They may have attacked us in 2001 but I believe that everybody deserves a second chance and I believe they did that because they were forced to by Sadaam Hussein.

Answer 7

Because the Islamic extremists are going to win. A massive number of people are willing and even wanting to die for their religion and that will beat our consumerist culture easily. I don't like it anymore than you do but it's true.

Answer 8

It was part of the Neocons' Grand Scheme to remake the Middle East. It was a huge disaster in every respect. The Neoncons are discredited permanently. Frankly, the Iraqi people are not worth a single drop of American blood.

Answer 9

Because it is politically correct.

Bush does not give a damn about them, should be apparent by now.
He wants to control the 2nd largest oil field on earth.

Answer 10

Because the USA didn't invade any of the countries you mentioned, rape their lands, their women, destroy their infrastructure, install puppet regimes, brought every spare terrorist around the world into their country and destroyed their way of life.

I hope this helps you understand why........