Will we ever get out of the war in Iraq?

Question

Honestly, I'm not certain.

Answer 1

no we must stay to stablize think what happen if US just leaves!

Answer 2

First of all, it is my view that the "war" part of this ended a while ago. Like when the US military does what it does and smashed the Iraqi Army in a couple of weeks. From then on, it became a "police action". I know it's semantics, but I think they are important.

Now we have millitary troops carrying out a peacekeeping mission, which is a role politcians have thrust upon them. They are over in Iraq, propping up a government that has no will to actually rule the country. They want us to stay over there as long as possible-to avoid the inevitable and to make as much cash off the US as possible.

In the meantime alSadr and other Shiites are planning the demise of the Sunnis, who are doing vice versa. And of course both of these groups are planning on exterminating the Kurds in the north as soon as we are out of there. The Shiites are being funded by and armed by Iran. The Sunnis are mostly the old crowd that our installed dictator, Saddam Hussein was a member of. Actually the Kurds are the only people that really want to live in peace there, and they have no chance.

Anyone who thinks that the Iraqis at any point are going to govern themselves and become a democracy, are in my view, delusional.

If after four years of babysitting and having our troops murdered, the Malicki government still isn't ready, then I ask when?

We will get out of Iraq when the American people realize that supporting our troops has nothing to do with supporting a political process in Iraq that is doomed for failure.

Answer 3

Prognostication time.

The "Surge" is a band-aid. It's purpose is to temporarily reduce high profile violence.

The fundamental issue in Iraq now is that none of the three large social subsections of the country (Shia, Sunni, and Kurd) have any vested interest in a united Iraq. This should not be surprising since the country was effectively pasted together as an expediency at the end of WW I.

The US public and Congress will demand a troop draw down beginning in fall of 2007. Violence will escalate as this happens and strong men in each group will begin to assert their dominance in their respective geographic strongholds.

Bush will do whatever he can to put a positive spin on the situation and American involvement will not end until he is out of office.

Once the Americans are gone, a full scale civil war will ensue and one group will emerge victorious and impose order on the other two, likely the Shiites with help from Iran. There will be a massive purge at this point, a la Cambodia in the 1970's.

Answer 4

We must.

All the dire warnings if we leave are only dire warnings. It could happen that the country will turn into a massive blood bath, or end up going ahead peacefully, or something in between.

There were dire warnings when we left Vietnam, warnings when Britain left Hong Kong, etc, none of which came true.

Its time we stopped being the fix it country and concentrate on our own future instead of others. We are miserable failures in nation building. Let other countries have a right to self determination instead of shoving democracy out of the barrel of a gun onto others.

Answer 5

I don't know when we will ever officialy end the war in Iraq, but I think that it is pretty safe to say that we will always be over there, in this i mean we will always have some type of base there, like we have bases around the globe.

Answer 6

We'll Leave Iraq about the time we leave, Japan, Germany, and South Korea, but of coarse we are occupiers in those countries too....NOT. We'll always have a presence there as long as the Iraqi Government wants us. As long as we have an agree ment with them we'll stay. Currently the Iraqi Leadership wants us there, for how long is up to them.

Answer 7

Did he vote for the Invasion of Iraq?
(if he didn't know better, he should have)
Did he vote for the Patriot Act?
(anyone who did has no respect for the Bill of Rights)
Anyway he is still a Republican and the same old chronies would still be hanging around Washington

Answer 8

America should leave Iraq as soon as possible.If the US Military could have crushed the Iraq Freedom Fighters they would have by now.By their Actions in Iraq and Afghanistan the US Armed Forces should change their name to the United States Keystone Cops,they can't do anything right.

Answer 9

Do not let anyone confuse you between war in Iraq and war on terrorism! two different wars! two different reasons and politicians get them mixed intintionaly to get other gains. Educate yourself by reading real history books, no media, no internet and do not ask here because they will confuse you even more. start by reading history of middle east, Israel and conflict headlines from differente resources. Local and international.....otherwise just watch GWB and other cowboys talk about the bad guys in their new action movie "WAR ON TERROR"

Answer 10

A lot of filled body bags . Hatred by a new generation of Iraqis who are losing fathers, mothers, brothers. sister,cousins friends ,schoolmates, neighbors the list goes on.Animosity for the next generation of American to bear.
Your tax eaten away by the war. You will receive inferior public service like housing , schools ,medical attention.I hope this is enough.

Answer 11

I seriously doubt it. These people are not self-confident, after all look at their life with Saddam. If we pull out the terror would be relentless even worse than it is now with the Forces there.

Plus I can't shake the feeling that Bush and Cheney is up to something, why would Cheney move Halliburton to The Arab Emirates?