We've been at war for a long time in Iraq. What's YOUR opinion on being in Iraq?

Answer 1

I served my time in the U.S. Army. I was in intelligence and the J.A.G.
What I think is, quite simply, I would rather we fight them over there than here. For those people who think Saddam had nothing to do with terrorism, I ask them to remember the 10's of thousands of Iraqui's killed by that mad man.
We went to war to stop Hitler, yet, because of liberal Democrats and a liberal media, people think that what Saddam did is okey-dokey.
Ask yourself why? Which lives are worth saving, to you, and which are not?
As to a long time...read your history book. The Hundred Years War comes to mind.

Answer 2

We needed to do what was done. Unfortunately we tried to do it on the cheap and are paying the price now. We must do our best to stabilize the country to the point where the Iraqi government can stand alone. This is something that does not happen over night. But contrary to what you see on the news it is happening. And to say that it has been a 'long time' is a matter of opinion. If you were naive enough to think this would happen quickly, then yes. But if you understand the enormous task undertaken, then no.

Answer 3

After having served over in Iraq for six months I feel that the need for us to be over there is strong. As long as we keep the fight on their soil we are preventing them from coming back over here. As far as the soldiers getting hurt and killed, yes I am concerned seeing it first hand. What civilians don't understand we are waging a war using laws of armed combat based on an organized opponent. Congress has our hands tied because we are not fighting an army, we are fighting radicals who are cowards that use roadside bombs and drive by shootings. We can not fire unless fired upon and a lot of times that is too late. Think about that this weekend when you are enjoying your long weekend and forgetting who gave everything to give you this holiday. Several young men and women laid their lives on the line so that everyone in the states could enjoy their back yard barbeque's this weekend and always.

Answer 4

I am strongly against it. You can't have a war on terrorism, because like it or not, there will always be groups of people with a grudge and a sense of violence. Why can't we just pull out and use the troops to defend against another attack instead of continuing to try to "stop terror."

Another problem with it is that Iraq is in the Middle East, and the Middle East is known for...? (No, not terrorists) Yes, oil. The stuff that's polluting our atmosphere and most likely damning the future for our grandkids and great-grandkids. Part of the reason for the U.S. involvement is Iraq is the oil. Trust me.

I'm British, but unfortunately I live in America. If it weren't for a quite glitchy government, we wouldn't be in Iraq, and we'd be taking action against the growing pollution problem. Al Gore won the 2000 election. He won the popular vote, the electoral college went and put Dubya in the Oval Office, and eventually he invaded Iraq, in turn taking the life of my sister's friend who was serving in the military.

This war is unnecessary, because in the end, IT WILL DO NOTHING.

Edit- Meh, they tried to get you, and if it weren't for the Brits they certainly would have. And that was only August 2006, so now they're at the drawing board.

Answer 5

I never believed that we should have been there and I still don't. I thought the US was after bin Laden. Isn't he in Afghanistan or Pakistan or somewhere other than Iraq? Iraq is experiencing a civil war and history shows us many times that civil wars aren't won by foreign government intervention. (Think Vietnam.) Also if we are concerned about the life the Iraqis had under Saddam, shouldn't we also be in Darfur protecting those people from genocide? I don't get why we are in Iraq.

Answer 6

My opinion is that we need to quit B*&^hing about the war, let the soldiers do their jobs and support them, because they need our support. Whether or not you like the war, it's on and to leave now would only show the rest of the world that we are weak and a good target for any terrorist that wants a piece of us. We should take a look back at the other wars we have fought. We didn't win, by being weak. War is hell, but so is living with not doing anything.
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Answer 7

I never supported it, but I really think it is possible it has prevented terrorist attacks here because instead of the terrorists spending resources to get here and kill us, they go to Iraq and kill us just the same. As long as we are there and have our guys for them to kill, the chances of an attack here are somewhat diminished.

Answer 8

We shouldn't have ever initiated our incursion. The Middle East has established but has never sustained a democracy, yet we believe that we can enforce one upon them?

If you study Middle Eastern history, it is flagrantly obvious that this region has always been at war and will always be at war. Who are we to intervene?

Answer 9

we tried to fight a war on the "cheap" and now we're finding out just how expensive that can be...of course rumsfeld/cheney have experience at this kind of failure... they worked for Nixon...during 'nam

Answer 10

I'm kinda' mad at Bush because my brother-in-law (which I am very close to) Went there and he didn;t get hurt but he had HUGE chances...I cryed a lot for him....:(
but once he came home I realized that we shoudl stop the war even if it makes us look weaker...just it's sad how our country is dying.