I believe no war is lost until one side capitulates. (Subquestion: Why would the enemy surrender when they observe our less than glorius statesmen in D.C. quitting every day?) It seems to me that the Democrats on Capital Hill have misinturpreted the will of the people and have let their hatred of George Bush blind them. I truly believe that most poeple still want to win and think there is hope for the situation.
2007-05-02 08:43:24 · 27 answers · asked by Big D 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Winning is not abandoning the Iraqi People to a genocide that will make what is going on there now look like Scout Camp. Also, preventing the country from being completly consumed by Islamic Fascists. The fact of the matter is: We created this mess, how about we fix it. It's called accountability!
2007-05-02 09:06:39 · update #1
It's already been lost, thanks to Bush.
2007-05-02 08:49:37 · answer #1 · answered by pincollector 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
We have won the war, the only issue now is putting down the insurgents. We need a strong backing of the Iraqi people to do that, Patreus is our best bet right now. And the people that aren't willing to give Patreus a shot at putting down the insurrection are the ones that want to lose in Iraq - and are traitors, and should be dealt with as such.
You do not have to support the President, or even like him, to support the war - yet so many people blame the war solely on Bush, when it was a team effort to start taking down the Axis of Evil. As for the greater war, World War III and removing the Axis of Evil, only one major player has fallen. There are two more, maybe three, to go.
Yes, go ahead (other answerees) and call me dumb for stating Bush wasn't the only person bucking for us to go into Iraq and Aghanistan, which I will point out again to these folks FLANKS Iran! You do the math. Bush is forward thinking enough to know that Iran is the real threat, as they are proving time and again, and it is only a matter of time before they do something so heinous that even the Bush haters will drop their rhetoric.
2007-05-02 09:09:33 · answer #2 · answered by Wolfgang92 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We want to win, but the Iraqis don't. A stable democracy in Iraq is the second priority to almost everyone in that country. Their first priority is to have their specific group have all the power. As long as a stable democracy is their second choice, we will never be able to win the war. It is a fantasy to say that no war is lost until one side capitulates. There has been many cases of wars in which one side is almost completely destroyed while fighting to the end.
2007-05-02 08:50:24 · answer #3 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Before Bush left office, he won the Iraq war, by adding more soldiers. Iraq was basically at peace in January of 2009, when Obama took power." Bullshite. "...and it looks like Iraq might be headed into another civil war." Not my problem. Iraq was at peace in 2002 before we brilliantly invaded it for no good reason. How do Republicans justify that?
2016-05-19 00:00:00 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The trouble is that there is no "winning" this war. We've technically already won, but there is no way to stop the infighting in Iraq. The majority is now in power in Iraq but that does not mean that they won't continue to have Hussein loyalists and America-hating insurgents. We're just sending our young men over there to die for nothing. It's useless. We've handed them their country free from its dictator. Now it's up to them. It's not about hating Bush. It's about recognizing the futility of this war.
2007-05-02 08:54:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Win what? This is not about Democrats and Republicans. It is about the needless loss of human lives. This "war" was lost the moment it was declared due to arrogance and ignorance. No it hasn't been misinterpreted. Win, what a ridiculous word for this situation!
2007-05-02 08:52:09 · answer #6 · answered by gone 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree with you completely and totally. But I believe Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and a lot of the other Democrats in the 110th congress do want to lose for political gain, and nothing else. I hate to say that, and I wouldn't have last year, it has just become apparent recently.
2007-05-02 08:53:44 · answer #7 · answered by asmith1022_2006 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Define winning.
We lost from the moment we launched the first Gulf War. It was a human rights disaster, but nobody gives a hoot about the lives of the Iraqi people.
We somehow cared about their lives the moment Sept. 11th happend. But it wasn't about terror, it was about corportate interest.
That's why success will be determined by securing national investments and stabalizing Iraqi infastructure. We need new markets!!!
2007-05-02 08:52:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
There is no winning or losing in Iraq....even if we "win" someone will just want to avenge the past anyway and it will happen all over again, which is exactly why we are there now. Bin Laden was involved when it was Desert Storm and he wanted to avenge what he felt was wrongs against his country, so here we are going through it again and I just believe it will be a perpetual circle...someone else will want to take his place.
2007-05-02 08:51:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The war was won in a couple of days. The American army is not at war with any organized, uniformed army. There is no one to surrender, there is no land that can't be taken. This is not a war, no matter what it's called.
2007-05-02 08:51:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Think so? You are as delusional as our President. There is no "war" in Iraq, only a war on slogans. Show me a link where America has formally declared war on anyone, anywhere in the past six years.
2007-05-02 08:50:35 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋