Does anyone think that maybe fight for Iraq is lost?

Question

It just doesnèt seem to be getting any better, just worse. When is it time to admit defeat. Why canèt George W. Bush get out of his idealistic cloud and join the real world. Is he that stubborn that he canèt even accept that Iraq is a disaster and maybe it will never be what he wants it to be. That he lost. Realistically, itès lost. They will never accept what Bush wants for them, even if he has good intentions. They hate George W. Bush, and they will fight the occupation just because itès George Bush, just in spite of him. Does he not see that.

Answer 1

I mean i dont like politics at all but we still have a chance not all of it is really bushes fault its congress bush makes the desicions but congress aproves didnt really answear the question but yea

Answer 2

We won the military operation. The Iraqi army was defeated and the Ba'athist regime was deposed. We have suckered the Salafist Jihadists into Iraq and we are killing them in Al Anbar and other provinces. There are some Iraqis who view our presence as an occupation. But, most are trying to rebuild their nation after a combination of military engagements and total neglect of the infrastructure by the previous Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hussein.
Most of the other answers dealt with the mantra of oil, etc. and Bush the Junior wanting to complete the war that Bush the Elder started. Most of Iraqi oil is under contract to a French firm. What happened in 1991, under Bush the Elder, was a UN Peace Enforcement Mission. That mission was to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait. That's what happened.
We didn't have an "exit strategy" in World War Two. so, I fail to see the hue and cry for one now. We are at war. The President told the nation on September 20, 2001 that it was going to be a long war. Our casualties are minimal when you consider that we lost over 9,500 in the period of 1980-84 when no one was even shooting at us.
So, I fail to see how one can characterize Operation Iraqi Freedom as a disaster. Unless you have been conditioned by the "instant on" switch on TV and expect everything to be wrapped up in 27 minutes and 30 seconds (plus commercials).

Answer 3

Some 75% of Americans see that the fight for Iraq is lost. Republican leaders in Congress, worried about their own seats, are starting to admit it.

But Bush can't admit it. For one thing he seems pathologically unable to admit, even to himself, that he's ever made a mistake. He's also worried about his legacy.

Bush's strategy at this point is just to keep the war going as long as he can, until the Democrats take it out of his hands. Then he and all Republicans can blame our defeat on the Democrats. They will say that we were winning but the Democrats wouldn't let us.

Answer 4

Bush and Custard were doomed from the start, because of big egos, false assumptions, but Bush went a step further he did it for the enrichment of the Corporations. He destroyed a fully functional Government and a society so his crony's could rebuild and rake in the tax payers money. Now we are billions and billions indebted. He was the front man for the corrupt NRC and now they are wiping their hands of him. He is no longer viable for them now that the American people woke up to the fact they were duped, into sacrificing their sons for a lost cause.

Answer 5

This was an illegal war started
for immoral purposes. This is
not a war, this is empire
building. This is American
domination. This is oil greed.
This war has not been fought
under known articles of war.
The Geneva Convention absolutely forbids torturing
of prisoners. Our government is unforgivable!
This country must evacuate
its military and give Iraq the
means to rebuild itself. They
don't need anymore of our
"help" and why are we supposed to force democracy
on that country? If I am now living in a democracy, why do I feel so unfree?

Answer 6

It's been a lost cause for a while.

As to whether Bush knows this, there are three possiblities:
a) he may not understand what he's done
b) he may be in denial
c) he may not care

a) is a product of intelligence, b) is a psychological flaw and c) a moral issue.

You pick.

Answer 7

No, Puma, he does not see that. I have some suspicion that he wanted a war so he could measure up to his father's war. But he doesn't know how to do it. This will not be a feather in W's cap. He is not putting into what would have to be put into it to win it. And yet, he will not pull out, either. It's sad, and predictable. War never solves problems, either. Violence engenders violence. Always.

Answer 8

Don't think so.
Here's a guiding star " Our last song together " is not over yet.
Luke 24 48-49

Answer 9

Victory is going to be a diplomatic victory and not a military victory.

Answer 10

I sure do.