Did you know if America doesn't finish the job in Iraq we will have to go back in the near future?

Question

to the people who lost hope I fell sorry for you. Oh and we learned that first hand remember the first bush and clinton.

no real threat Sadam your lib buddies said the same thing

Answer 1

Yes indeed...

Answer 2

There's no way to know. On the other hand, if we stay, we've already had to "go back" so that seems worse.

It's not so much a matter of losing hope. It's just that we fulfilled all the purposes we originally had. We located the WMD, which don't appear to exist. I still wonder if they were moved to Syria, but we'll never know now, will we? We did take out Saddam, but I'm not entirely convinced that the replacements will be enormously better. Simple reality check here: democracy is NOT a panacea. It doesn't solve all the world's problems.

This is why I wasn't too supportive of the Iraq adventure in the first place. There's no real threat there, and we've expended thousands of lives and what now appears to be billions of dollars to achieve....um....exactly what did we achieve? We've traded one troubled regime for another. We've confirmed that WMD could not be found.

Explain what you mean by finishing the job. What, exactly, is the job? If you can tell me, clearly, why we're there, and what we hope to accomplish, and how we're going to do it, and when it will be complete, then I might give you some credibility. But I have no respect for the idea of jumping into wars without any type of plan, without a clear mission, or without any semblance of an exit strategy. That's not conservative policy. That's barely even neo-conservative policy. That's just dumb. Our courageous soldiers deserve better.

Answer 3

That is a foolish statement. Nothing determines if we have to do anything other than us. If the American people do not want to go back to Iraq then the government will not. If 9/11, an event that Iraq had nothing to do with, had never happened then America would not have gone back into Iraq so your hypothesis of American involvement in Iraq doesn't work.

Now, did you know that if America stays in Iraq it will cause anti Americanism in the Middle East and around the world on a scale so large that it will become almost permanently unrepairable. Governments in the middle east who can no longer maintain overt or even covert relationships with America will be forced to solicit protection from rising powers in China and India who offer the ability to protect these governments from various internal and external threats in exchange for loyalties regarding the oil market, but will not lecture these middle eastern countries on the form of governments that they maintain. As a result of America's continued unwillingness to listen to the will of the world it will become politically expelled from the most strategic region in the world and politically isolated everywhere else in the world. Historical allies will no longer be able to offer political support to the United States for its various international propositions in the future. Because of Iraq, and granted some other issues, America risks become an isolated fortress where a fear inspired society becomes more and more susceptible to making irrational decisions that effect the entire world.

Answer 4

So I've heard, a thousand times. We never had a full-blown conflict in the middle-east under Clinton and Bush Sr. kept to his word and the objective. Get Saddam out of Kuwait. He said right from the beginning he wasn't going into Iraq after Saddam. What exactly is the meaning of finish the job? Even if Iraq were to become a self-sustaining democracy do you honestly think that would put an end to terrorism?

Answer 5

As long as the money flows from American tax payers into the hands of the Iraqi people we will not go back. 24 Corporations are making lots of cash in Iraq. Only fools like Bush and Cheney think different. The Iraqi people want us out and they also want the money to flow. Iraq is far worse off now than before we invaded them twice. Ask any Service member that has come back after 3 tours or ask any Iraqi..

Answer 6

You are absolutely correct.
If we allow the terrorists a victory won by terrorizing and slaughtering thousands of innocent people, anyone who thinks they will abandon these tactics that led to this victory better think again - most people don't abandon their methods of operation when they are proved successful.
They have most of Europe and the rest of the world pretty much afraid to confront them - and you can add the liberals to that list also - America and her true allies seem to be their last hurdle.
It's really simple - we can either defeat them or we can submit to their demands. It's our choice.

Answer 7

I believe that will be a possibility either way, but if the troops are withdrawn too soon it would be sooner rather than later.

Answer 8

To take it back from the Syrians and Iranians,who are just waiting for us to leave.

Answer 9

When we get our a** whipped soundly like in Viet Nam we really don't want to go back. The same thing is happening now. We got our noses bloodied and guess what? Like... I'll bet my conception of god can lick your conception of god.

Answer 10

We never went back to Vietnam, wonder what that might mean! and i dont need you to feel sorry for me, I'm ok with my stance on Iraq, thank you very much!!!!