Why don't the military generals stop fighting this lost cause in Iraq, and bring the?

Question

troops home and tell Bush to get lost.

Answer 1

There was a time in our nation's history, just several decades ago, when the populace put [to borrow from the late Douglas Adams] an SEP field around anything outside our borders. SEP = someone else's problem. The term given this mentality of the populace was isolationism. All the US should worry about is the US so everyone thought. The what...Nazis they're called...are going crazy all over Europe? Well, Europe is so far away it's "someone else's problem". The Japanese are invading China and taking over islands all across the Pacific? Bah, that's "someone else's problem". But, we have a set of islands in the Pacific called Hawaii I think...ah whatever, even THEY'RE "someone else's problem". Then, BAM!!! "December 7th, 1941. A date which will live in infamy," happened. All because people thought what happens outside our borders doesn't affect US. Well, it does and it always will. And, as early as 1940, the higher ups in the military knew Japan was a threat and FDR knew England had to be helped to prevent Europe from being taken over by the Nazis. Thanks goodness the government is in charge of policy decisions based upon more qualified information than the populace's un-enlightened mind set.

Answer 2

Our American Generals are brillant. The Politicians need to let them do there jobs, and stay out of the way.

Now a days though, Generals basically are Politicians. Most of our Modern Generals/Admirals(Casey, Abizaid, Schoomaker, Petraus, Pace, Fallon, Mullen) are more political than anything. They are basically the Senators and Congressmen, but not of different States in the Union, more like the Senators of the Military bodies, which in retrospect could represent a body of people on the same level as the entire state of California.

We have to recall when Clemseau once said about war. He said war was too important to be left to the Generals. And when he said that 200 years ago, he might have been right. But today? War is too important to be left to the politicians. They have neither the time, the training nor the inclincation for strategic thought.

Answer 3

Here's the deal. Whether you think it was a good idea for us to go in in the first place or not, we are in Iraq now. The problem we have now is that insurgents mostly from outside Iraq are coming in with the idea to cause as much chaos as possible. They see it as a way to make us look bad to the Iraqis, and they realize the strategic value of Iraq, such that if they force us out, they can forcibly take control of the oil fields. These insurgent groups would then use that leverage to fund Islamic facists, and essentially hold the world economy hostage to their demands and whims.

To make matters worse, if we leave now, there would be one of the largest genocides the world has ever seen. The militants would waste no time murdering every member of the Kurdish clans, as well as any Suni or Shia that has actually tried to work with us. The atrocities that would occur would make Darfur look like Disneyland. There would literally be MILLIONS slaughtered.

The important thing our nation needs to focus on now is what is the best way for Iraq to grow its defense forces to the point that we can withdraw our troops, and have Iraqis effectivly police Iraq. Once that is done, we can look back at any mistakes made, figure out who to blame, and try to make sure we have as clear an understanding of how to better proceed from there. Until then, we have to face the fact that we are there now, and have to make it work, and not make the situation worse by not finishing our objective.

Answer 4

Because in this country the military does not run things. We have a tradition of civilian authority over the armed Forces. Think about some of those Generals telling a Democrat that they are not going to fight a useless war in a backwater like Serbia.

Answer 5

Last time I checked, this was still a civilian run country. The military takes orders from the president, whoever he may be. The troops deploy wherever the president orders and stays as long as he tells them to. Generals follow orders or they get fired.

Answer 6

Mainly because they're generals and so more interested in their careers than anything else. Also, telling any Commander in Chief "no" constitutes mutiny and would only work if *all* high-echelon military leaders went along with it. In other words, what's called a military takeover of the government.

Answer 7

Because the generals can't. Also the troops I talk to are disgusted with our media shelling out half truths.

Answer 8

your the lost cause but they still fight for you. Iraq is only a lost cause to people who don't know what is really going on or more probably refuse to acknowledge what is really going on.

Answer 9

as americans we dont surrender to ANYONE. ever. do you not understand that ?
if we give up this fight it will show the rest of the world that if they just stand up to us long enough we'll run away with our tails tucked between our legs. then there will be more terrorist attacks. and blah blah blah. you liberal pansies really must be the most ignorant people in the world.

Answer 10

Must mean you're wrong.
They must know something you don't.
Could be that they don't feel the need to share national secrets with every seditious person who thinks they're owed a reason for everything the government does.