Should we get out of Iraq and NOT finish the job?

Question

ok..lets be honest with our selvs.do any of us ever watch the news and not hear a liberal complaining that we need to get out of iraq? dont get me wrong..i disagree being there with our death toll rising each day..but if anything i think we need to get out of iraq when we elect a new president..OR when the job is done..what do you yahoo users feel about his major subject?

Answer 1

we need to wait until the job is done. If we pull out now no country would fear us and we would be vulnerable to more attacks.

Answer 2

"OR when the job is done"

I have a question for you: What do you mean by "when the job is done"? What qualifies as the job being done? When the nukes are found? When Iraq is established? So far, neither the Bush administration nor the advocates for the war have given us a benchmark or some kind of clue to what "job done" means. Nor have they given us any reason to hope for the idea that the job will be done. Here's what: When the United States government comes up with a plan or set of goals to what "job done" means, I'll support the US staying there. But, so far, none of that has been provided.

Answer 3

The definition of what those in charge would call "finishing" the job will never happen with us in Iraq. We knew this going into there in the first place. If you believe we should stay there until that is accomplished then get used to having soldiers deployed in that area for the rest of our lives. We will not be a part of the peace in that area of the world...never have been...never will be. It is nothing more than a cash cow for a small group of very rich men in this country as to why we are there. It honestly has little to nothing to do with fighting terror.

Answer 4

I don't have a problem with finishing the job but I am against it taking 5 damn years or more. Let's get on with it. If the terrorists are hiding in a Mosque, blow it to hell. Let the people we are trying to save complain about it. Would they rather be blown up on the streets? We know the Iraqi's are hiding the terrorists. They have to be. Find a bunch hiding in a community, take it out. We have the force to do it. The citizens of Iraq are not helping get rid of the enemy. They know who and where they are. We need to make them more afraid of us than the insurgents.

Answer 5

We need to wait until we finish the job. If we leave Iraq now, the terrorists will just take control over it again. Then all the money, and more importantly, all the lives will have been wasted for nothing.

Answer 6

We should get out of Iraq because there is no "job" to finish. We had no business invading another sovereign nation that in no way threatened, provoked or attacked the United States. This unconstitutional, illegal, unjustifiable, immoral 'war' was - from the very first day - about three things:
1. 'Getting even' with Hussein; ever since Desert Storm, when George H.W. Bush was criticized, ridiculed and humiliated for 'not finishing the job' and ousting Hussein at that time, the Bush family had a personal vendetta against the Iraqi dictator it needed to satisfy;
2. Cheney and his Exxon-Mobil buddies want all that OIL swimming underneath Iraq's sands so they can all get richer and richer and richer feeding America's addiction to cheap, easily-accessible foreign OIL instead of developing cheaper (and less profitable) alternative fuels of demanding that auto manufacturers build more fuel-efficient vehicles;
3. Ever since World War II, the giant U.S. military-industrial complex recognized how profitable 'war' could be. So all the politicians were bought up, pricey lobbyists were hired and special interest groups were formed to encourage and promote more 'war'. Thus, America was involved in the Korean Conflict; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the Cold War; Vietnam and Desert Storm, all so McDonnell-Douglass, Lockheed-Martin, Sikorsky and other government contractors could make billions in profits. A 'new' war was necessary to boost those sagging corporate profits - and to bring two 'newcomer' contractors to the government cash trough. The Carlyle Group and Halliburton both are raking in BILLIONS from this 'war', and both have direct ties to the Bush/Cheney White House.
From Day One, this repugnant 'war' was all about OIL and WAR PROFITEERING, not about bringing democracy to Iraq or peace to the Middle East.
Surely Satan has reserved a special oil-soaked, blood-stained corner of Hell for Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and all 535 members of the most arrogant, contemptible, wicked, incompetent, cowardly, corrupt Republican-led Congress in U.S. history [which turned its back as Bush violated our Constitution]. These cretins should be tried in an international tribunal for high crimes against humanity, and - if convicted - must be hanged just as they arranged to hang Hussein.
"The job" won't be "finished" until we've sucked every drop of OIL from Iraq's sands. That's why we're building the largest embassy in the world on a 104-acre site in downtown Baghdad overlooking the 'new' Iraqi puppet government installed by the Bushites. We will maintain a presence there for decades, ensuring that China (or any other developing nation in need of more OIL) doesn't get its hands on all OUR oil buried underneath Iraq's sand.
America should be ashamed of itself for allowing 675,000 Iraqis and 3,500 U.S. troops to die just so a few American corporations can get filthy rich. -RKO- 06/22/07

Answer 7

I think we really should get out. Yes, we need a new president. Bush is crap. He's decisions suck. He has made the worse mess in history since he's been in office. We really don't even know why our troops are in Iraq and some of them aren't too sure either. One of my friends are there and he says there is no reason for him to be. Bush is a waste. He is not focused on homeland issues and nosing around anywhere but here.

Answer 8

ummm, what job? we invaded a country against UN orders. For what? Oh yeah!! OIL!!! I guess we havent claimed the oil yet. I guess the job isnt done yet. Sorry for my confusion. I would like to remind everyone AGAIN that IRAQ DIDNT ATTACK US!!!! We arent there for any good reason. There are brave men and women fighting and dying for nothing!!

Answer 9

We got out of Korea and Vietnam without finishing the job. As a matter of fact we are legally(?) still at war with North Korea. We only have a truce with them and not a peace.

Answer 10

Meh.

I think Britain should re-annex all of its old territories. How would you AMERICANS like having the British right next door in Canada...

Oh well, at least they'd keep the Middle East under the yoke.

Answer 11

As I recall, George stood on a battleship with a big banner that said the job was done. I'm confused as to why we're still there.