I mean since we are there to "liberate" them and all shouldn't what they want for their country be a consideration? If so why are we still there when over 70% of the population says life is worse than under Saddam and they want us to leave, Malaki has said just this week they can provide for their own security without us, so why are we staying?
2007-07-15 09:39:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
A new WPO poll of the Iraqi public finds that seven in ten Iraqis want U.S.-led forces to commit to withdraw within a year. An overwhelming majority believes that the U.S. military presence in Iraq is provoking more conflict than it is preventing and there is growing confidence in the Iraqi army. If the United States made a commitment to withdraw, a majority believes that this would strengthen the Iraqi government. Support for attacks on U.S.-led forces has grown to a majority position—now six in ten. Support appears to be related to a widespread perception, held by all ethnic groups, that the U.S. government plans to have permanent military bases in Iraq.
2007-07-15 09:43:36 · update #1
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki shrugged off U.S. doubts of his government’s military and political progress on Saturday, saying Iraqi forces are capable and American troops can leave “any time they want.”
2007-07-15 09:44:42 · update #2
We simply can’t want to be in Iraq more than the Iraqis want us to be there. That poll of Iraqis, conducted by the BBC and other news organizations, found that only 22 percent of Iraqis support the presence of coalition troops in Iraq, down from 32 percent in 2005.
If Iraqis were pleading with us to stay and quell the violence, maybe we would have a moral responsibility to stay. But when Iraqis are begging us to leave, and saying that we are making things worse, then it’s remarkably presumptuous to overrule their wishes and stay indefinitely because, as President Bush termed it in his speech on Tuesday, “it is necessary work.”
2007-07-15 09:46:31 · update #3
they are making their opinions known as we speak - in fact every since we have invaded them they have been making their opinions known.
2007-07-15 09:43:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
We are but a small force in a city of approx. 5 million people - if 70% wanted us to leave, we'd have been gone a long time ago. Polls......polls and more polls, regardless of the source, are dubious at best. A recent quote from a Maj Gen on the ground - and who should know better? -
"I am adament that most people in Iraq want a free and independant country."
That won't be the case if we withdraw, and anyone with any common sense knows this.
2007-07-15 16:53:19 · answer #2 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Their president of Iraq said he feels confident that the Iraqi Army has come along enough to fend for itself. But you have to realize that wasn't the end of his statements. He also said that he needs the US to stay and continue training and supporting the Iraqi Army.
2007-07-15 16:44:35 · answer #3 · answered by Daniel R 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi am Bush.
It had nothing to do with the liberty of ugly Iraqis but I played a trick to remain in The White House for another term. (ha ha ha)
What did you say world peace? My foot.
Americans will suffer? I'm not concerned.
Enjoyed a lot really.
Going behind the bush now.
See you never.
Bye Bye
2007-07-15 17:02:37 · answer #4 · answered by Mustansar Dar 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look at an atlas. Specifically the Middle East. Iraq is strategic. I don't believe we will ever actually leave.
2007-07-15 16:44:20 · answer #5 · answered by gone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They like those Toyota pick up trucks made in Fremont CA.
Oh and new weapons made in Hartford CN.
That's all they need is a truck full of weapons and a cell phone and they are set.
Go Team Bush Go
2007-07-15 16:44:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Already their wants are more important ummmm, no maybe a compromise is in order..
2007-07-15 16:56:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋