was the Iraq war a good idea or a blunder?

Question

Loads of people are complaining and campaining about the war;but was it actually a good idea?

Answer 1

Both.

The Iraqi people were in such dire straits and needed the help. So, a good idea.

The reasons given for the war were wrong, we have not committed enough troops for accomplish our goals, and we are so used to quick resolutions that we are not prepared to spend the amount of time needed. So, a blunder.

Answer 2

I think this is blunder. This war is dangerous and destructive for the entire world. USA & Britain has already realized that they have committed a grave mistake. It is time to apologies to the people of the world say sorry for such silly mistake. This is the war for oil field nothing else or struggle for power. I think nobody is superior except the people of their own nation. The head of these nations must be prosecuted for war and genocide. Had they got any thing except killing the innocent people. Is it democratic.

Answer 3

[quote]No WMD's?? Read this you moron, and quit making statements that lack any factuality. [endquote]

What an ignorant, uneducated, media susceptable pleb.

So your "world renowned" international reporter Delboy...or whatever hes called has managed to sway your thoughts on what is "fact" and what isnt with this highly informative article..you poor ****!
The strongest indication that anything worse than what could be found in an Algerian farmers kitchen is the list of..:
"other potentially deadly things"
Oh and he doesnt even know what WMD stands for... Weapons of Mass Death..how funny is that?

That the UN, the Atomic research agency...and most of the intelligent world havent been presented with WMD from Iraq, leads me to the conclusion that there werent any...and thats a FACT!

Hans Blix appears before the UN Security Council and says his inspectors have enjoyed uninhibited access to 300 sites over a period of 11 weeks. Everything is in accordance with the Iraqi weapons declaration, and no weapons of mass destruction have been found. He singles out Colin Powell’s assertion to the UN that trucks found in Iraq are mobile weapons labs, saying that the trucks, photographed weeks apart, could have and were most likely to have been engaged in "routine activity" as in localised medical reporting.
Not quite sure who was delivered the facts..."Delboy" or the UN Security Council?

Answer 4

It is worse than a blunder, Bush - Blair (with Berlusconi along for the ride) have no idea what they started - how long it will last nor what overall effects it will have world wide!

Given their might Bush thought it would be a quick 4 day '*** kikin' exercise and the Iraqis would welcome the troops with open arms. Bush said he got the message 'from above' but I would say he has never heard of David & Goliath let alone read the Bible!

Bush and Blair have brought about the decline of their countries!

Answer 5

Extremely bad idea as it distracted us away from our real enemies at the Afgan borders that are promoting recruiters worldwide! Besides, we don't even know if there are those among the millions of Iraqi refugees who will come to haunt us later as more and more Iraqis die while we remain in Iraq.The al-Sadr Shiites are a danger to America. Leaving them alive within Iraq or elsewhere would be trouble for us as they have already repeatedly voiced their hatred against us.

Our occupation of Iraq has freed them to do their ills and their worse openly! And we have been foolish enough to allow the al-Sadr puppets to be voted into Iraqi Leadership! Yep, we are giving Iraqis freedom... especially the al-Sadr terrorists!

Answer 6

It was a good idea.

It safeguards our oil until oil as a source of energy becomes extinct.

It provides realistic training exercises for the British and US forces.

It gives us valuable military bases in case of an oil crises in the future.

Answer 7

Yeas No! it was a wilful attack on the Muslim state a well planed Occupation by UK and the USA the result shows a real Disaster

Answer 8

biggest blunder since Lee attacked and got slautered at gettysburg. Or maybe Gen Custer at little big horn.

actually it was bigger than that. I think "INVADING THE WRONG COUNTRY" will go down in history as the biggest idiotic move.... EVER.

Answer 9

There is little question the decision to take Saddam out was a good one, the mistakes have come he was dealt with.

Answer 10

No.
Mugabe would be better off treated as Hussein.
Anyway who are we to interfere with other countries when Britain can't get it's own problems sorted?