If we "win" in Iraq, is that the end of terrorism? Or do we just move on and invade another country?

Question

and fight them there? If we do, won't they just go back to Iraq or Syria, or Lebanon or a host of other countries. Are we going to bankrupt ourselves running around the globe fighting an enemy we can't identify until after they attack? Wouldn't it make much more sense to secure our own country to the best of our ability?

GOP. Where do you see I am ignoring it? Did you not read the part about securing our own country to the best of our ability?

Answer 1

One of the greatest wrongs of Bush's illegal crime against humanity in Iraqi is it has people believing that terrorism can be defeated by traditional military operations.This is pure crap and un-believably the US military teaches this very concept /fact in it's many teaching institutions.

Traditional well co-ordinated (both nationally and internationally) POLICE methods/tactics is the only way to effectively fight terrorism as has been proven often notably in Europe in the 70s-80s .

Ordinary Americans really believe that the use of the military will defeat terrorism.It will not period.

There is an old expression that says "To a man with only a hammer ,everything looks like a nail " .

When a country has such a massive military ,it is wrongly believed it can be used to "sort out" anything and everything .

It of course cannot.

The first thing that of course must be done is to examine the causes of specific types of terrorism and see if mthese causes can be eliminated.

EXAMPLE:In 1953 The US along with Britain un-believably destroyed the DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED government of Iran ONLY because the silly Iranians had this wierd idea that it's natural resourses belong to Iranians but the US and Britain disagreed and the CIA toppled this DEMOCRATICALLY elected government and installed the vile ruthless right wing dictator the SHah of Iran who for the next 26 years slaughtered thousands of Iranians were too political.

The US of course fully supported this vile despot .Because ordinary Iranians were not allowed to be political (and were often killed if they did)like we are allowed to in our democracies.

Unable to politically evolve normally,Iranians eventually saw no other choice but to seek support from the radical Islamic fundamentalists which of course eventually led to the overthrow of the vile US backed Shah.

Now if any country even dared overthrow the US democracy let alone then install a murdering right wing despot ,Americans would RIGHTLY revolt and hate the guts of the country who tried to destroy their democracy and then proceed to carpet bomb that country out of existence.

This is EXACTLY what the US/Americans did to the Iranians and as usual Americans out of their tradition sheer ignorance ,whined "WHY DO THEY HATE US SO?"

This is but ONE SMALL root cause of Middle East terrorism as reflected in Bin Ladin.I would need ten pages to list all the causes most of which were due to atrocities committed by the West upon the people's of the region.


After Desert Storm,Bush SR urged the Iraqis in the South of Iraq to revolt against Saddam with the implicit promise that the US would help them .

These poor "stupid" Iranians actually believed Bush and they proceeded to revolt.Literally thousands of them were eventually killed by Saddam and their all important wet lands were drained by Saddam.

Today the southern Iraqis despise America for Bush having desserted them .

There are a thousand facts likec this which most Americans do not even know about and out of their monumental ign orance,they are deciding great issues in this world.SCARY.

The US hypocricy and double standard is simply always monumental.

If the US (and others) do not begin to deal with these root causes of terrorism,then you can build the highest lomgest fence in the world around the US and you still will not be safe.

Answer 2

There will be no "winners" in Iraq. This war has only made the threat of terrorist attack worse for the western world. It has created a situation where more and more people are willing to commit acts of terror against the US and their allies and put more people at risk. This war is not a war on terrorism it is about securing the world's oil for the US and dominating the world economy. That can only be achieved when the whole of the Middle East is under US and Israeli control. So in a sense they are securing the US borders (by expanding them globally)That is what this war is about.

Answer 3

Do you really buy into that Bushist propaganda, that the Iraqi war is being fought for the sake of ending terrorism?

Come on, man! the "war on terror" is a really stupid term, it means nothing, only Mr. bush could have thought of such a lame-aass ridiculous term. Every country in the world is every day fighting a "war on terror"; there's no specific act of war that represents it.

If the US "win" in Iraq, that will only mean it will become a democracy US-style (like Israel, South Africa, Singapore), molded to the US economic interests. It will do nothing to stop terrorism, because terrorists were not, aren't and did not plan to be harbored there. US wanted to control the Iraqi oil supply, and it's having a lot of trouble achieving that, that's all.

Yes, it would make MUCH more sense to use the WASTED Iraq war money to secure the US. But go tell that to Mr Bush and his brainy team of cronies!

Answer 4

In a occupation there is no such thing as "win" or "lose" we needed a exit plan. Powel told Bush that before we invaded Iraq the second time. Only fools like Bush and Cheney would think a terrorist would face our Marines in a fair fight, they will not. They are cowards and they do the dirty work behind our backs. Just like in Nam. yes, we could use the 130,000 troops to guard our own borders, perhaps if we would have had more border police before Sept. 11th. that attack could have been avoided.
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Answer 5

This is why I think Republicans are idealistic not realists. They believe that as soon as Iraq is "liberated" with a full democratic government our problems would end. Wrong, we would just go to other countries where we see there is potential threat. This war with the Middle East is never going to end. We might as well face it, our enemies could be any Arab here or over there.

Answer 6

Terrorism is here to stay lets face that fact right now and there is no way we can fight everybody we are not the world police force even though Bush,would like us to be it is not going to happen our military is stretched to the limit as it is now.
And you are right how can we fight and enemy we can't even identify that is impossible,and yes it would make sense to secure our borders first that does not mean we would not still be attacked that would be like falling into a false sense of security and that could be even more dangerous also so were damn if we do and damn if we don't.

Answer 7

Yes, we will invade other countries that sponsor terrorism, and no we don't fight any "enemies we can't identify." I'd like to say that line is pure left-wing propaganda, but I can't, because I've heard the far-right say the same thing about the Serb Reich in Yugoslavia during the 1990's.

Answer 8

Well that is a very good question. Well there is no way we could get rid of every bad person in the world. It is a waste of time, money and lives. The only true way to wipe out terrorism is to wipe the human race off the planet.

Answer 9

wow... this question AMAZINGLY shows how Republicans don't understand what terrorism even is... how to stop it or who is doing it...

terrorism is mainly focused in small groups that are loosely organized and should be fought as such... this nationalistic takeover strategy is playing into their hands much more than fighting terror...

of course Al-queda admits it... maybe they are "admitting it" because they have a use for the propaganda as well... ever worry when al-queda agrees with Bush? not that they are working together, but that he may be playing into their hands...

and there's no guarantee that a democracy wouldn't support the terrorists even... the Palestinians elected Hamas even...

Answer 10

You cannot create an American style govt. in Iraq.
The area of Iraq is an ancient tribal society and the country itself is an artificial construct of the Brits, themselves famous for botching the "nation building" thing.

Funny how people dont like it when you try to shove your values and lifestyle down their throats.

We have created a new haven for terrorists, Iraq.