I have to argue that the U.S. should never have been in Iraq and should leave immediately?

Question

My topic is The current U.S. military involvement in Iraq has been controversial since
its start. Some people see the actions as a U.S. attempt to rid the Middle
East of an evil dictator, while others focus on the question of oil money
and U.S. financial gain. What's the truth? Are we doing good work? Or are we
acting as unwelcome rulers ourselves? Are we helping families get back on
their feet after years of difficulty and oppression? Or are we bringing on
more chaos in a culture we don't understand?"

Answer 1

i must say, i agree with you totally. America should not have been in Iraq, but theu are their now, so how do they get out? they cannot just leave suddenly because they have crushed what little order saddam had in the country (do not agree with how he attained it) but things were a thousand times better than it is now. this is funny because america hasn't tried to rid iran or north korea of their "evil dictators". are they picking on the underdogs?

Answer 2

Indeed, I must agree with the question as weshould not have been Iraq in the first place. Leave immediately?, more on that later. There was no verifiable evidence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, an argumet made by George Bush before the start of the war. Another argument was that there were ties to Al Qaeda. Intelligence did not have suh evidence either.

Now that Hussein has been ousted, it is believe that Iraq can have the potential to be a democrary, an idea the Bush admnistration believes is achiveable. So far there has been growing pains in the process. But, the Bush administration has been overly confident about that. Many soldiers have died as a result of the instability of Iraq. It has turned into another Vietnam. Also, the military is going through oppresive conditions, namely the heat of the desert.

Unfortunately, it would be irrational to leave right away. We must consider leaving in phases. The violence could spill over into other parts of the Middle-East. Since we are so depended on oil, this could bring an economic meltdown, a worst case scenario, of course. There would be rising oil prices as a result of the instability at least. Then, we might be compelled to go back to war.

The Republicans need a new approach to this problem. The Bush administration, and other supporters, were grossly wrong about Irag. Now that the geenie is out of the bottle, we can't expect to put to it back so easily.

Answer 3

Well, to begin there is a more important and substantial argument for being in Iraq: to make a stable model of democracy in the western image. This sounds off, but there is strong theory to support the idea that if the gov't in Iraq succeeds, than future violence may be averted.
That said, we never should have gone to Iraq under two ideas, 1. it was illegal in the sense that the claim of imminent threat was false (no WMDs), and 2. we have been the catalyst for an immense amount of death and destruction (an estimated 645,000 deaths so far.)
There is a catch to leaving though. The trouble is that at this point we are doing little more than policing a civil war. Our presence there does in a sense limit the amount of bloodshed that can occur. Also there is the problem that if we leave the terrorists might be able to refocus their energies to US soil.
Honestly, it is a toss-up to what the consequences of leaving at this point are, we're damned if we do, and damned if we don't. But we never had a legitmate reason for being there so there seems to be a stronger argument for us getting out.

Answer 4

Think petrol". Saddam was an excuse. If there had been no petrol in Irak, the US would never have gone in. The search for the 9/11 terrorists "led" the US to Afghanistan (what a surprise that was!) and that had nothing to do with Irak. As for "helping" Irak, that would have been a lofty goal, what with all those billions spent. But then nobody could have foreseen the depth of the hatred between those religious factions. There is no easy answer to that one, but the US presence no longer helps. Let the Irakis deal with their own mess - or seek help from other parts of the Arabic- Muslim world in order to try to reach some sort of consensus.

Answer 5

haven't they learned their lessons in their previous numerous invasions?
they must leave, imprumpto!