why are Americans letting the war continue in Iraq?

Question

if we are so against it..and we overwhelmingly are, why are we watching it happen like it's an episode of "Survivor".. we are so conditioned to "vote" when we get the chance that we sit back and let these anti American extremists run us into the ground?
Yahoo Y/A is not representative of the people on the ground in this country, Lib/Con..it's all BS.. those are our Boys and Girls getting their bodies and minds destroyed and don't forget the untold civilian Iraqis... when do we step in and stop the carnage...
do we still know how?

coming from someone calling themselves pure evil.. your answer makes perfect sense

I hope your son doesn't get killed, but if he does I guarantee you'll be the first to decry this travesty for what it is... shame on you and I hope your kid is alright!

Answer 1

What is it, exactly, that you expect us to do?

If I were to call Americans in Iraq and tell them to come home, that would do what?

Just as I had no control over starting the despicable thing, I have no control over when it ends.

The ballot, the email -- these are the kinds things I have.

All my representatives know how I feel, and most of them are on my side. (The others just blather at me about terrorism.)

I'm keen to know what it is that you think I, personally, can do about it?

Answer 2

You're assuming the American individuals truthfully have the energy to bodily withdraw the troops, and so on. We do not. What we will do is be very loud and pray our company accredited representatives pay attention. The truly purpose is that the Iraq battle has been within the works on account that no less than the early 90s and the individuals liable aren't going to quit with ease. And then you've got the usual brainwashed individuals like "goldenra..." a couple of posts above me who truthfully suppose it's in our countrywide pursuits not to best be in Iraq however to be country developers. Did you learn the socialist/commie/pinko manual or whatever? Hate to wreck it to you however country constructing isn't an American perfect neither is it rewarding for the American individuals. However, if you are a security contractor, country constructing is fine for industry.

Answer 3

I doubt many of the senators have family or friends fighting in Iraq. Note, many, not 'any', if some do have a personal interest in bringing troops home safe. Regardless, the people of America can't actually do anything until the next election. The Democrats barely have a simple majority in the senate, and aren't too much better off in the House. Any bill that's passed requiring the president to draw the troops back home will be vetoed, and the Republicans have the numbers to ensure that his veto is not overridden.

And some of the Dem's stand to make money in Iraq, it's not just limited to one party. But that's just how politics work.

Answer 4

Mostly not. If we were fighting a war in any conventional sense the way foreword might be clearer. From the U.S. perspective it's not really a war at all, never was. The U.S. military action was an ill founded and uncalled for invasion and occupation of a sovereign nation. It should never have happened, but it did. Now, any American with a conscience has to ask not only, "How can we get out?", but "How can we even begin to clean up the mess Bush and his buddies made?" I've expressed my own thoughts on this before. In short, I like Murtha's ideas best, but there are a whole bunch of different ideas out there and, as usual the extremists on both sides are making reasoned debate difficult to impossible.

Answer 5

the opinions of ordinary citizens are completly ignored unless you belong to a party are a politician or some such you are just relegated to a prop to bring out whenever it suits just a backdrop to the political games of whichever party wants to play the opinions of the population of whichever part of the globe are not considered as important as a head of state or monarch in history or at any other time what people think or thought is never recorded entirely or maybe not at all yet in history people say things like they behaved or thought like this or beleived that

Answer 6

Because Americans have lost control of their government. Thanks to our shallowness, hubris, arrogance, sloth and lack of interest, the 'Republicrats' have become a monopoly in this country that runs everything as their wealthy elitist contributors, corporate sponsors, and special interest donors see fit. Americans have no 'say' in their government anymore because we're more interested in Britney Spears' love life than we are the political future of our republic. -RKO- 05/08/07

Answer 7

why do you ask a question, that has been asked 100 times on yahoo answers. we don't care about your opinion, this isn't yahoo-opinions.com. you aren't even asking a question to get an answer you are being argumentative.

you aren't following the rules.



but more importantly, what are you doing for this country besides sitting around disagreeing with the war on the Internet?

Answer 8

Americans aren't letting anything continue, America voted out the cons that fabricated the war and replaced them with Dem's that are trying to get this stubborn ol mule Bush to put a time-line on the withdrawal, which HE refuses to do.

America has spoken, we're sick of it, but Bush has the final word.

Answer 9

Have to wait til 90-95 percent are against the war, then you'd see some crazy stuff happen.

Answer 10

The US has mechanisms in place that allow the people to create political change. Voting is part of it, so is making your opinion know.

So far, voting has made it very clear that the American people want out of Iraq, even if it means accepting a military defeat. Congress just has to de-fund the War, and it's over.

Write your Congressman. Assure him you'll vote to re-elect him in spite of his vote to lose the war. If he's convinced it's politicaly safe to legislate defeat, he'll vote to de-fund the war, and it'll be over.

The Democrats /do/ have the power, in Congress, to end the War. They just need to know that doing so won't be political suicide.