Republican candidates for President continue to support the war in Iraq at this stage ...?

Question

the GOP presidential candidates debating Sunday, August 4, seem to support the decision to go to war in Iraq and continue to support that decision.
WHY?

Answer 1

Short answer? It's the party line.

Long answer: Some belief systems support the 'good of the group' over the 'good of the individual,' on the belief that more individuals will do well if the group does well. The Republicans of late seem to fall into that category. Much though I dislike them, they're really strong at keeping to talking points and most of them seem to believe that loyalty to the party is even more important than supporting the whole of the country. Other belief systems support the 'good of the individual' over the 'good of the group,' in the belief that the group is only a cluster of individuals and, so, if one individual suffers needlessly for the 'good of the group,' then the group itself is stained. The Democrats of late fall more into that category. That means I believe more in what the Democrats have to say--but they're nowhere near as organized as the Republicans.

Answer 2

The magnitude of this and the outcome in the future hinges on us finishing what we started. A free Iraqi society, where people can live without fear and a fresh start at realizing their dreams, something that if you haven't been or or other places where people suffer and die at the hands of fanatics, you would not understand.

Not supporting the men and women we sent there would be a disgrace. When you send a serviceman and woman to go and fight and possibly die in some for
foreign land and try to back out in the middle of it, all you do is cast doubt on what they are doing and they take that as us losing faith in not only them but our government. The only thing I hope and pray is that they don't have access to this media's and a few people whining about them being over there, especially those people who have never even been near a military base.
Like it or not we are there and we better finish what we started because I guarantee they won't stop until they are over here.

Answer 3

because it was a good idea then and its still a good idea to defeat Al Qaeda in Iraq rather than abandoning the new government there in a naive notion that if we stop fighting back the terrorists will leave us alone.

We didnt fight back for over a decade before 9/11. That didnt stop them from attacking us throughout the 90s. Why on earth should we expect the same old failed policy to work this time around?

Answer 4

The same reason your Communist left Democrats voted for it before they voted against it and did not cut funding.
THE LEFT OWNS DEFEAT.
And the next attack will be worse than 911 and your left knows it. The right is not playing politics like the left to gain power and you should look at the facts and you will never again vote for a Democrat.

On the right we want victory and stop tieing the hands of our solider let them kick ***. And stop crying about a Karon Ina john kerry toilet.
They are not part of the Geneva convention and they do not wear uniforms and they behead and rape people so wake up and see what will happen to you. Look at what Turkey did to Christian Armenians as this is what will happen to all of us and than forget about right and left as we will be no more.

Answer 5

Because they are not living their lives in the rear-view mirror.

At the time, the decision was made based on the information they had at hand. The information was faulty, but had it been correct, would your view have changed? If the answer is yes to THAT question then we'd be in a bigger mess now than what we already are.

Answer 6

Not Ron Paul

Answer 7

because that seems to be alot better than having al qaeda attack the us with a repeat of wtc 2 and considering clinton did bupkus in eight years about al qaeda its obvious someone needs too.

Answer 8

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NKNaFGDuuUg