Please respond with analytical answers and not emotional tirades. I don't care how much you hate bush or demorats. Please give me your own personal, educated, estimate for the length of time we will stay in Iraq if the current conditions hold. Essentially how long will a U.S. government, led by McCain or Guliani, continue the war in Iraq?
2007-05-16 16:51:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Let's say the violence doesn't stop, like it didn't in Vietnam. And things just continue the same for years. How long will it be, in your estimate, before a U.S. President, like Nixon, says we have to get out? Will in be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 years.
2007-05-16 17:03:25 · update #1
I have no strong sense of when enough would be enough. For some reason, I can't see McCain or Guiliani pulling out even after 8 years in office and total of 14 years in Iraq. I could see Iraq eventually becoming a World War, with Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and a U.S. led coalition of European and Asian allies all fighting for all or part of Iraq. Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey may do so through proxy militias. Iraq would be the battleground for the control of the world's energy reserves. If a Democrat is elected, the U.S. will probably pull out. My thought is that pullout would then lead to some type of conflict between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Iran for control of parts of Iraq. The course of human history could come down to who wins the 2008 Presidential Election.
2007-05-17 18:54:55 · update #2
The objective is for conditions here in Iraq to improve. I believe that McCain would make that happen as President. I figure since he was a POW, he knows the importance of victory more than any other candidate, and he would allow us to fight in a manner that will facilitate victory.
And don't fool yourself. A democratic President would keep us in Iraq just as soon as a rebuplican, because they know that terrorism doesn't stop just because we choose not to fight it. That's why they want us out of here before the election; that way, they can blame Bush for whatever negative happens if we leave prematurely, and take all the credit for any positive change.
2007-05-16 17:00:36 · answer #1 · answered by DOOM 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My guess is that McCain is more pragmatic while Guliani has proven himself to be bullheaded and quasi-dictorial. So McCain would leave first. However the real question is under what conditions would either of the two pull out, and how they define success in Iraq, specifically whether the see it as establishing a US client state or simply stabilizing the country so that it can recover from over twenty years of intermittent war.
2007-05-16 17:07:49 · answer #2 · answered by PoopsMagee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Until the war is over. My son is an Army Officer & Ranger & he said the fighting should end in 8-18 months. He said the war is going much better than the media was reporting.
He said the increased deaths are coming from the increase in fighting, & that is neccessary to win. The length of the war will only change if someone chooses to cut & run without a win or if the Iraqi goverment decided they do not need help anymore. They postring is nothing more on either side than posturing - we will win or the Iraqi goverment will decide to go it alone. Who is president will not change that.
2007-05-16 17:03:37 · answer #3 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Guiliani and McCain have both stated many times that they want to stay in Iraq until the job is done.
2007-05-16 17:23:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question.
Obviously the next Presidential election will be totally about the Iraq war.
Only those against will be elected.
Its not about the troops, everybody knows that.
Well, in a away it is, because we all want to get them out of there and back home.
Out by 2010 and that is too long.
2007-05-16 17:07:59 · answer #5 · answered by robbie 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look at Africa and see what pulling out can do to people not ready to run a country. Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone. Look at South Africa that was a slow pullout.
2007-05-16 17:04:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
John McCain has repeatedly said that he will be "the last man standing" in Iraq until the job is done.
2007-05-16 17:01:06 · answer #7 · answered by missingora 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
is that this documents, or purely one terrorist douchebags opinion? The domestic dog raper additionally reported AQ does not kill innocents, that wipes away any declare he ought to have had to believability. it is Jihadi propoganda. there are a lot of motives to stay in Iraq and end the activity besides this butt pirates "speech".
2016-11-04 04:47:40 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well the facts to me say that we can not leave till either the whole country falls apart or it pulls together.
but i think that McCain would pull out first he just is too weak when in the spot light.
2007-05-16 16:58:55 · answer #9 · answered by tigerbarr1 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋