Source: Here in southeast Michigan. Home to 500,000 Arabs. Information? 8 Iraqi men informed me the Americans will not win In Iraq. It is a lost cause they said. They said we (USA MIlitary) can leave Iraq now with 3,505 dead and lose "OR" Leave in 10 years with 20,000 dead and lose the war. It's our choice the Iraqis said.
2007-06-23 18:50:05 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
You have to look at the overall picture as well as the history of war.
Americans had won the major battles. We had gone in there and destroyed the Sadaam regime, setting up a new "democratic" pro-West government, and trying to stabilize the country.
The problem is that there are so many fractions in Iraq. There are the sunnis and shiites, Iraqis and Kurds, Al-quidas and Insurgence and Counter-insurgence. There are too many insighting among all of them. Each wants the full power, so they are fighting against one another. They have one thing in common, though - Americans are the enemy. As a result, we are losing men there on daily basis, and it is hard to tell which of those groups is killing our soldiers.
In the short run, we are losing. Guirrera warfare is one of the most effective type of fighting. With a few men and a few weapons, guirrera warfare can disrupt the morale of the troop and reduce their abilities to fight. It is a stall tactic which had work very well over the centuries. I hate to say it, but the American won the independence partly due to Guirrera warfare as our forefathers would shoot at the red jackets and disappear into the forest during the Revolutionary war.
The long picture is that you will need to stabilize the country in the long run. We did that in Japan and Germany after WWII, when US troops stationed in the countries help take over the law enforcement and government. It take years to stabilize the country enough for the troop to be withdrawn. If we want to succeed in Iraq, we would have to do the same - to be there for at least 5-10 years until the new Iraqi government would gain the confidence of the people and for it to have a troop and police force strong enough to fight the insurgence and the counter-insurgence.
Or else, Iraq would turn into another Afghenistan. Remember Afghenistan in the 1980's after Russians were defeated by the same guirrera tactic (with American weapons) and that US did not provide much support - militarily and financially? Afghenistan quickly turned into an ultra-religious nation ruled by the Talibans.
Let not Iraq become a ground of ugly civil war or foreign takeover. Or else we will have to send our boys there for more bloodsheds.
2007-06-23 19:06:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Iraqis are correct. We are not fighting this war to win. We should send in thousands upon thousands of troops and wipe out the insurgents. We must prevent arms getting into Iraq from Iran. What they need is a dictatorship not a democracy. Iraq does not know what to do with a democracy.
They will eventually be run by their Mullahs (or whatever they are called). Religion over government. We should get out now and let the Iraqis fight it out just like the Arabs in Gaza.
I am just worried about our ally Israel. What will eventually happen to them? If they are attacked from all sides they will not last for more than a year at most. The USA will have to go in and help them. Americans do not realize how serious the situation is in the middle east and how serious our situation is with the Muslims.
2007-06-23 19:08:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Remember Baghdad Bob, Iraq's Minister of Information?
Attempting to Acknowledge What Was Happening Militarily Beyond Baghdad:
March 22, 2003
"Maybe they will enter Umm Qasr and Basra, but how will they enter Baghdad? It will be a big oven for them. They can penetrate our borders but they cannot reach Baghdad. They will try to pull our army and troops out but we are well aware of their plans and they will fail."
March 23, 2003
"In Umm Qasr, the fighting is fierce and we have inflicted many damages. The stupid enemy, the Americans and British, failed completely. They're not making any penetration."
As Televised Reports of U.S. Forces Approaching the Outskirts of Western Baghdad Are Shown:
"They are not any place. They are on the move everywhere. They are a snake moving in the desert. They hold no place in Iraq. This is an illusion."
After U.S. Forces Seized Baghdad's Airport:
"We butchered the force present at the airport. We have retaken the airport! There are no Americans there!"
http://www.cfif.org/htdocs/freedomline/current/in_our_opinion/baghdad_bob.htm
2007-06-23 18:58:49 · answer #3 · answered by scarlettt_ohara 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
in ten years if the iraqis are left on their owns in iraq there would live less than 1mio iraqis. think of how intensively they care for each others salvation and proper belief. /sunni vs shia/
2007-06-23 20:44:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they live in Michigan, how would they know? I would say their opinion is no more or less valid than anyone here in the states. The only people who truly know are the people there.
And, by the way, we can easily win the war. We're just not willing to do what that takes (for better or worse).
2007-06-23 18:53:41 · answer #5 · answered by Farly the Seer 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
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2016-09-28 09:15:31 · answer #6 · answered by devoti 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they are not. They are probably just upset because they were not appointed to any Iraqi government jobs.
2007-06-23 19:14:55 · answer #7 · answered by cwomo 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
wow the iraqis are soooo tough. i dont think we should be over there, but america is so damn whimpy, we should just drop a huge bomb or leave them alone and let a civil war break out..either one would be fine with me.
2007-06-23 18:53:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What they said is interesting, people tend to know what people from their country think and believe, after all they grew up in that culture.
2007-06-23 20:16:09 · answer #9 · answered by mar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
83% of Iraqi's in Iraq want us out. Why are we there? Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy oil than to steal it?
2007-06-23 18:59:01 · answer #10 · answered by s 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋