I'm so sick of all this anti-war protesting, anyone else!?

Question

President Bush has a reason for being over in Iraq, so if he has a reason thats good enough for me. And as Americans I think we should stand behind our President, and encourage him instead of mocking him and protesting the war. Does anyone know when the last time a war protest actually worked out, and the war stopped because of the protest?

Answer 1

People that protost the war are also protesting their right to protest. This country is free because of the men and woman who fight to keep us this way AND we should all stand behind them.


We have a group that stands out on one of the main roads in my town every weekend protesting the war. Usually about 15-20 people.
It was raining last weekend and they were still out there holding signs and yelling at passing cars. There was one man sitting on the opposite side of the road holding a small sign that says God Bless the USA and My Son for serving. I would've stopped to go stand next to him but I was in a hurry and had no time to stop. I thank that man for standing out in the pouring down rain across from those JACK A**es who degrade the heroes of this country. They should be ashamed of themselves.

Answer 2

I am actually more sick of the war that is being protested than of the actual protesting. As much as I would love to see Bush's troop surge work and peace an stability be brought to Iraq, while at the same time making us safe, I do not believe that is what will happen. I believe our presence in Iraq is provoking more unrest than it is preventing. Furthermore I believe that although we are catching and/or killing some terrorists, we are also causing more people to become terrorists.

You second question, "Does anyone know when the last time a war protest actually worked out, and the war stopped because of the protest?", is an interesting one that I do not have an answer to. I know the Vietnam war was heavily protested, but I cannot say whether that in any way sped up the end.

Answer 3

the biggest anti war protest ever was held around the world before the US invaded Iraq and it had no effect on the President's decision, but it showed that most of the world was against the invasion of Iraq from the beginning. now, 4 years later, we still don't have solid reasons, intensions, or objectives. piss poor management, no exit strategy, faulty intel.

i've always been against the war, but it was necessary to take out Saddam and the US is going to be a presence in the Middle East anyway, why not set up a police state where we can protect the oil and hunt terrorists and guard Israel and watch Iran.

it's nasty business this war and i don't trust the president. the war industry has profited big time and the longer this goes on, the more blank checks they get, the deeper we are stuck in the Middle East, the richer the war profiteers become.

what's the point of protesting?

Answer 4

I agree. I am so sick of hearing about people protesting this war. I don't know what they think they are going to accomplish by it. Republicans are going to stay until the job is done and the Democrats know they cannot just pull out the troops or they would have cut funding by not passing budget for the war. I think it is hilarious how the media always rants about how low Bush's ratings are and that he is doing terribly when it comes to the war in Iraq. Yet they fail to mention that the Congress has a much lower rating and they were only voted in a short time ago. It is time the people that are against this war get a spine. We made a commitment to the INNOCENT people of Iraq to make things better for them, the moment we stepped onto their soil and started killing people. We don't start something as a country, yes most of the country was for the war in the beginning, and then quit in the middle, leaving things done half assed! No one said it was going to be easy and I hate war as much as the next person, may be even more since I have had family killed in Iraq, but the people protesting need to rethink their attitudes and start supporting our troops. You tarnish our dead soldiers memories by doing otherwise!!!

Answer 5

Most of us who have been "over there", are there now and those of us going back, really don't mind all that much (at least all the Spec Ops, and Grunts I know) but when we come back and hear a country divided it really doe's blow.

After going a few times, sometimes you get to work the same areas and people (Iraqis) remember you and you remember them and you see that now their children are going to school because we protected it, now their sick uncle is better because we helped start the hospital and protected it, their lights are on for the first time since the mid 80's because we got them to work, and people are living with out fear of being killed in their sleep because their police are protecting them and not working for Saddam.

Wish the NEWS would report more Truth like that. May be then there would be more people supporting the War.

Answer 6

Wow. Way to think for yourself.

Seriously? "He has a reason, that's good enough for me"? My opinions on the war and protesting are entirely irrelevant right now, because regardless of what the issue is, that's an appalling way to view your duties as a citizen. You have a duty to carefully and critically review what your government does and draw your own conclusions, and then act as your conscience dictates. To allow yourself to simply be led around by the nose by people who happened to have enough money and connections to get elected is an abdication of your responsibilities. This is a democratic republic. Do your job.

Answer 7

Protesting? What? There hasn't been any protesting. Unless you count people sitting on their couches complaining.

Protesting is what happened during the Vietnam War. What is happening now is just sad.

Answer 8

I don't agree that President Bush had a good reason to go to war--- every reason given has been disproved. Why can't people protest? A majority of The American people (including those who voted for him) disagree with the President over the Iraq war. President Bush continues to disregard what the American people want . The people need to be heard and while it might not end the war, the President cannot continue to ignore them.

Answer 9

A strong

"yes, I'm also sick of the anti-war protestors"

vote comes from South Korea.

Answer 10

I totally agree. I also believe we should take out Iran. In fact, I believe we should have went to war with them first because it would have been much easier dealing with Iraq after Iran instead of now where we can't do nothing. We actually needed Saddam Hussein in power as a buffer to keep Iran at bay. Saddam was a mafioso type. Iran is apocalyptic. We should have bombed Iran back in 1979 when they threw out the Shah who was an ally and took our hostages and raided our territory which is what an embassy is. But Carter did nothing. Worst president in American history on the domestic and international front. Protests had alot to do with us leaving Vietnam. And now the democrats want to do it again. What do they think will happen if we leave? Utter mideast chaos because Iran is funding Hamas in the Gaza strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon. They have also called for the extermination of the Israelis.