If liberals and democats get their way in Iraq, then what?

Question

Let's pretend for a moment that the US packed up, cut and ran, and completely left Iraq like liberals & democrats want. Let's pretend that they actually convince eveyrbody that defeat and failure truly is our only option........

Will democrats take responsibility for the aftermath of what happens in the middle east after the US retreats? With US forces gone, will they take responsibility if Iran becomes more aggressive and expands into Iraq? Will they take responsibility when millions are killed in a civil war between shiites and sunnis? Will they take responsibility when the entire region is destabalized and gas is $10 a gallon?

Or are they going to hide under their desks, blame Bush and the republicans, and insist that this wasn't their mess to clean up in the first place?

Well judging by some of the answers it's obvious what liberals will say if we withrdrawl from Iraq: "Bush's war, Bush's fault, Bush's problem, Bush's mess, not our fault what happens." Once again, liberals and democrats are proving to be absolutely 100% worthless!

Answer 1

I slightly, but respectfuly, disagree with you. They are not worthless. But they are thoughtless. Their blind hatred for not having control of The White House. As them not seeing the whole picture. And it can get us in a whole lot of trouble. Should Mrs. Bill Clinton, get the Keys to The White House. Good Question, as always. Keep it up. I got your back!!

Answer 2

First, what makes you think that only Democrats and Liberals want to leave Iraq? and Second, do you really believe that we could not re-invade either Iraq or Iran should the situation become necessary?

I am a conservative independent and I do believe that it is time for us to start seriously considering leaving Iraq. At some point the Iraqis are going to have make the decision to stand or fall for themselves. They have a government and they now have a military, but they are falling well short of expectations required. It is time that they take responsibility for their future. We cannot force Democracy on these people and we cannot play beat cop in this country forever. The only way these people can ever truly achieve freedom is to take up the fight for themselves.

I support the United States military and fully believe that there is not a war we cannot win if we choose, but we are not fighting a war in Iraq anymore, we are losing a peace. Lump me in with the Democrats and Liberals if you like, but these simple facts cannot be denied no matter how much the Bush administration may believe they can be.

There is no shame in leaving Iraq now. It is not a loss. We have accomplished our goal. Hussein is gone and Iraq has a democratically elected government. I guess it all comes down to what you classify as a win. Some people will not be happy unless will kill every terrorist in the world, but I'll let you in on a little secret that many of the supporters of this war do not seem to understand. It's not going to happen no matter how many years we stay in Iraq.

Answer 3

Your premise is false and right wing spin. The Democrats are talking about getting combat troops out which isn't abandoning the country. We have an embassy in Baghdad under construction that is the size of the Vatican.

You talk of taking responsibility when in nearly 8 years of bungling and missteps this administration has taken no responsibility for anything. Blame the liberals, blame Clinton, blame Islam. The US started this civil war. That includes Democrats and Republicans, we are in it together whether you admit it or not.

It's like your blaming the Democrats for the future problems in Iraq but you ignore the past 5 god awful years there.
Is Bush going to take responsibility for the 3000+ soldiers and the hundreds of thousands of civilians who have been killed or displaced? Not likely.

Answer 4

Forget your "If....then?" question. Here's the situation:

Bush has HAD his way in Iraq for six years solid. The real question you would be asking if you really believed in even a shred of actual responsibility is NOW what?

What would it take for you to admit that invasion wasn't the correct course and that it had actually made the situation worse instead of better? That would be another way of saying that it had failed, which so far it has.

How long would you keep driving a car that cost you two thousand dollars in repairs every month for twenty-four months in a row?

Come on, cons, when are you guys going to cowboy up and accept some responsibility instead of trying to blame it all on the liberals?

Answer 5

This question doesn't really make sense. It basically asks: Will Democrats take responsibility when Iraq becomes like it is now? I hate to break it to you, but Iran is already infiltrated in Iraq and controlling militant groups, there is already a civil war that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives, and the entire region is already destabilized.

Edit: Also, do you realize that at the same time you are blaming democrats for not accepting any responsibility, you refuse to let republicans or Bush accept any responsibility. Is this an ironic joke?

Answer 6

What do you think is going to happen if we stay in Iraq at a cost of $10 billion per month for the next 10 years?

The second we pull out of Iraq, Iran is going to take over the country anyway.

There is nothing that we can do about it now. Bush & Co. needed to address this situation in 2003/2004, but they were too busy running for re-election to pay attention to the war they started.

=Regardless of whether you like it or not, this is Bush's war. He is the Commander in Chief, regardless of appointing a war czar to do his job. He presented the data to Congress and had them vote on it. He appointed the military and civilian leadership and is responsible for their actions.

What more do you want?

Answer 7

You asked "Will they take responsibility when millions are killed in a civil war between shiites and sunnis?"

The only person who can accept responsibility for this situation is George W. Bush. It's his war. He destabilized the region with his invasion and occupation. And the end result of his failure to involve the world in stabilizing the situation when he had the time.

Facts are facts. Face them. Asking if someone else should carry his burden is absurd and irresponsible.

Answer 8

Some will blame Bush, a majority will blame the Arabs. While it is true it is their fault, we can still help. We would be responsible for starting this instance of the mess they've faced for hundreds of years, and maybe they need a force like the west to make progress in ending it.

Answer 9

Yet another question implying that Democrats want to leave Iraq immediately......show me one plan....one...that suggested that we leave immediately..the plans that were put forward were for a slow withdrawal over the course of a year. This is the best way to get our troops out while trying to avoid mass chaos....here's the facts though...there is going to be chaos regardless of when we leave. We can set up all the puppet govt's we want, but if we leave in Sept. 0f 2010, the govt will be overthrown by Oct. of 2010. All we are doing now is prolonging the inevitable.

Answer 10

"Cut and Run" is probably my favorite bumper sticker tagline related to this war.

Suddenly, wanting a war to come to a swift and reasonable conclusion is a bad thing.

What would happen if we stopped interfering? The Iraqis would be forced to stand up for the freedom you guys keep saying they want. They'd have to win their own war, and therefore, they would value their freedom, won as it would be with the blood of THEIR countrymen instead of ours.

They'd be forced to structure their government so that it best suited their cultural and religious needs, like democracy is supposed to allow you to do.

It would take a long time, but they would know what Americans know: one's own liberty is worth dying to protect.

This is all a much more attractive option to me than letting our soldiers continue to die for something that won't ever happen because the Iraqis won't do for themselves.