Do you think if you stay longer that the militants will go away? Do you really think you will make the difference for 50 million people with a force of 150,000? You don't have enough force to even influence events in one city. They have you running around in circles.
Can you explain the government's rationale and objectives for keeping your brave and gallant, young American soldiers in such an impossible situation?
2007-05-11 07:07:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Well we have been in Germany and Japan for over 60 years now........
2007-05-11 07:22:53 · answer #1 · answered by lethander_99 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unfortunately, we started a job that we have to finish. We have the best trained and most highly capable military in the world. They can certainly handle their own. Hopefully, the Iraqi government and army will be capable of taking over soon. Unfortunately, it's costing lives in meantime.
In some regards, the war seemed like a good idea at first. As it drags on, it doesn't look like it was such a great idea. During World War II, everyone wondered why we didn't do something about Hitler before he got out of control. Hindsight is 20/20. Would Saddam Hussein have become another Hitler? He had a lot of the same principles and killed a lot of people before he was finally stopped. We'll never know if he would have terrorized the region the same way Hitler terrorized Europe in WWII, but it's highly possible. More or less, we were damned if we did go into Iraq and probably would have been damned if we didn't. No one likes war, but it's an unfortunate part of our lives. Let's just support our troops and pray that they come home soon.
2007-05-11 07:35:25 · answer #2 · answered by Jose 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The U.S. has a history in staying in an area after a conflict. The U.S. is in Cuba and the Phillipines since the Spanish American war and that was from 100 years ago. The U.S. is still in Germany and Japan and that's been over 60 years since WWII. The U.S. is still in Korea after the stalemate 50 years ago. The U.S. is still in the former Yugoslavia and that's been eight years or so.
Yes it's 150,000 U.S. soldiers, but it's more like 700,000 troops when you factor in the Iraqis. So those 150,000 are there to patrol with, train and resupply those 550,000 troops (including the police).
About one third of the Iraqi forces are already acting on their own. It's a matter of training and equiping the other 2/3 so that is keeping the U.S. forces in Iraq. There are signs things are getting better. There is 30% less violence tha this time last year. The death toll in Iraq per 1,000 was already half that in the non war zones of Italy and Germany (there are lots of ways to kill a person) in 2006 according to the online CIA's world factbook. A person is also more likely to die in The U.S. and France than in Iraq.
I think there will be a mass retreat by U.S. forces in January 2009 when the next U.S. president takes over. Almost every person running for president is trying to get Bush to order a retreat now. I would be surprised if the Democratic led Congress cut funding to the Iraqis like they did with the Vietnamese after the U.S. left. Just 60 years ago, the U.S. government was willing to sacrifice 2,000 soldiers a day during WWII. The U.S. hasn't lost 4,000 soldiers after four years in Iraq. From fighting to reconstruction, the U.S. put in a total of 12 years of time in both Germany and Japan without anti-war protesters. The U.S. had anti-war people from the get-go in the second Iraqi invasion and now it has become a popular thing to want to pull out of Iraq.
2007-05-11 11:18:43 · answer #3 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can not rebuild a country in days, weeks or months. It takes time to get everything in place. The USA has been around 231 years and we still dont have it 100%, but pretty dam close. So chill out and lets let it happen.
Been in Korea 50 years and it is finally working nicely We are buying Kias and lots of high tech and clothing. Korea is comming along well, so will Iraq, if given the chance.
If all you whiners were so smart, how come you don't have a real plan, except to BASH everything? President Bush has the only workable plan at the moment. So let it work and go find something else to whine about....Like Liberals raising the gas tax.......again
2007-05-11 07:18:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We intend to stay long enough for the Iraq people to take over the fight to control their own country... right now Iraq is over run by non-governmental sectarian militias and foreign terrorist insurgents... our objective is to give the democratically elected Iraqi government the strength to with stand these violent terroristic organizations...
2007-05-11 07:11:21 · answer #5 · answered by Ryan F 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't want us to stay there. I hate the idea of war, but no amount of Bush bashing is going to change the fact they we are there. I can only pray that sometime soon we get the Iraqi government on its feet and turn it back over to them.
2007-05-11 07:11:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
we'll stay as long as it takes to get the job done... WW2 ended over 60 years ago and guess what we have several military bases in Germany right now. so that makes me think that we will truly never leave Iraq either....! fine with me.
2007-05-11 07:21:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd rather leave tomorrow, then nuke the place and drill for oil through the glass.
2007-05-11 07:43:37 · answer #8 · answered by ladyinpurple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Till the job is done and they can take care of themselves.
Now,go back to Tehran.
2007-05-11 07:15:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXNbhh2R6uc
2007-05-11 07:11:13 · answer #10 · answered by brian e 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋