First I am sure that I can speak on behalf of everyone in the UK in saying "We are deeply saddened by yesterday's news of the losses, that our thoughts and prayers are with their families, as well as of all the fallen soldiers, who died bravely serving their country".
Yesterday's deaths bring the total number of British military fatalities since the hostilities in Iraq began to 156. So with a new Government how do members of the public see the way foward.
Your chance to give various options and stages of what you think the way forward is. By 9am tomorrow morning we will give 10 points to the most realistic answer. Please do not swear or give racist comments, also remember it is easy to criticise the past, however much harder to give real constructive input for the way forward, which surely is where we now need to go?
2007-06-28 18:27:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Allright some realism.SInce the war in Iraq 156 military personell died.Since the war in Iraq over 600.000 civilians lost their lives.Who's grieving for them?Commit fully to this matter.There are thousands of soldiers in Iraq.But I once heard the US has over a million armed personell.Where are they?
There's also a saying:clean up your own doorstep before cleaning other's.
2007-06-28 18:36:51 · answer #1 · answered by Michael 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we are indeed saddened by the death toll. Also families in Iraq have lost many loved ones and children have been maimed.
I am not an expert but I care desperately. How can we leave yet? We must restore some kind of order, involving the people of that country.
We can't just leave it as it is, we have to make sure the man on the street has some kind of order to live by. They mustn't be left to live in a situation, where they can't get to work or do their shopping, send their children to school.
We went in and there was anarchy, now we must help to bring about some kind of order. With infighting this is difficult and so is the whole situation.
May there soon be the peace we all long for. I am English by the way.
Cassandra
2007-06-28 21:55:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we all need to let President Bush's new surge take affect and see the results. It has just started, and the extra troops have just been deployed. It has been working. You can't just leave the decent people of Iraq - it takes time for democracy to take hold. They have been repressed for years by a terrorist leader. Unfortunately they did not step up and take the gift of freedom they were given and started a civil war instead. There is much good going on however, which the media doesn't report. I would hope that the UK would help in this fight for freedom of all people and continue to fight the war on their land - not yours. I see on the news that there was an attempted attack on London and if you don't fight now, and retreat, or "just say come home", when will you fight?
2007-06-29 09:07:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gee whizz 156 deaths in over 48 months.. lets see that's 3.25 a month "average". I bet more soldiers die from car or other accidents . So stop whining on about these deaths and just be thankful that the death rate is so low.. I know its regrettable but that war - people die in war and that's just how it is.
To pack up and leave now would give the wrong impression to those who are perpetrating the violence and be Huge dis service to the brave souls who have given their lives in trying to give others the freedom that we in the UK and US enjoy!.
The fallen soldiers lives will have been lost in vain if we bugout now before bringing peace and freedom -I for one agree with the war and think we should be sending more troops to quell the violence rather than reducing our presence.
2007-06-28 23:30:24 · answer #4 · answered by robert x 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pull them out.
Had the German armed forces crossed the channel in WW2 then we would not stop killing them. Invading forces can never control a civilian population. It didnt work in Northern Ireland and it wont work here.
Its time to pull out and let them sort the mess we created out.
And this isnt from a suggestion from a war hating pansy. Its a decision that will save so many British lives and will allow the Iraqi's to find their own way. Lots of blood will be spilt but thats the consequences of removing a government that had control over people who hate each other.
Follow Northern Irelands example and template and see where that gets you. Its the same situation, just a different religion.
2007-06-28 21:32:54 · answer #5 · answered by futuretopgun101 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is unpalatable. The answer is that we must continue to fight *there* rather than let them return to London or NYC.
More attacks will come. Do you want to be the guy that pulled away from the fight to prevent it?
Is it a leaders responsibility to listen to the masses crying for retreat despite the knowledge that retreat means more civilian losses? Or is it that we elect our leaders to make choices that those without knowledge and intelligence of the matter at hand cannot make?
Bush has sacrificed a 'legacy' for the latter and Blair has sacrificed a career for it. Neither can be (fairly) accused of going to war for political gain. It is the oppositie. (Good) Leaders make decisions, even to their own detriment.
The "mistakes made" were in allowing the opposition to define the reasons as opposed to "selling" it to the population.
2007-06-28 19:48:28 · answer #6 · answered by John T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No we do not .. we stay and finish off what was started .. we can not go in again for a third time ...
If we walk away the lives of the fallen mean nothing .....We can run away just because the going is tough ...
We have to stay to ensure stability . .democracy..freedom of speech. .freedom from terror .. they need a self sufficient government and society ...
We invaded .. we promised all of the above and yet we have not delivered ..
I have lost many good friends in Iraq .. i have many friends over there and we must remember the soilders are trained and willing to serve and protect our country wha sort of message are we sending out oif we walk away .. are we a weak nation and a poor armed service ?
2007-06-29 03:07:12 · answer #7 · answered by sammie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From a US point of view, I believe that England and the US have no right to be the police of the world. I mean, it seems like we're sticking our noses into EVERYONE elses business, everywhere in the world. Enough is enough, I don't understand why our men and women have to die in a foreign country where we've no right to be in the first place.
Oh wait, because the republicans are in office, sorry, I forgot. Gotta have that oil.
Simple plan. Leave, let them sort out their own problems. Let Afghanistan and Iran do what they want, take over Iraq, blow it to hell, it doesn't really matter. We've been fighting in the middle east and eastern Asia for too long, and too many of our soldiers have given their lives for a false sense of "Freedom". I'm sorry, but Iraq wasn't affecting my freedoms at all, not in the slightest, yet that is how our government polishes their propaganda machines.
2007-06-28 18:34:00 · answer #8 · answered by iswd1 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
As an American, I am deeply ashamed by whats going on "over there"... and with our death toll a multiple of the UK's, it seems so much more urgent to just Bring 'Em Home.
The fact of the matter is that both of our militaries are designed to fight large-scale battles, not guerilla style battles of attrition.
The best way forward is to simply train the Iraqi guards as best as possible, and slowly enact a full pullout of the country.
2007-06-28 18:32:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The British Military is a defence force, the department was renamed the Ministry of Defence in the 60's, so we should be using them for our own defence not invasion. Bring them home and leave Bush to pick up the pieces otherwise rename the Department to its original name 'The Ministry of War'.
2007-06-28 18:47:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋