Iraq war comparison????

Question

I'm bored, so I figured I would ask a question. Anyone can answer this, even though it is directed at the logic of some left wingers.

A lot of people ask "Why are we in Iraq". They see it as a useless cause, a waste of time, whatever it is anti-Iraq war people think. War is bad, negative.

Change of topic, a lot of people are worried about global warming, burning of fossil fuels, i.e. coal. which is bad, global warming

So my question about comparison is:
Iraq = Utah mine.

Innocent miners get killed in harsh conditions, just like innocent Iraqis get killed by radical islamic extremists. In other words, Trapped miners = Iraqi civilians.

Rescue team for miners in Utah = US soldiers trying to protect Iraqis from those Extremists.

So the question is, if people are always wanting to pull out of Iraq, does that mean those same people dont support the Mine Rescue mission?

Pulling soldiers out of Iraq = Pulling rescue workers out of Mine!!! Miners & soldiers know their job is dangerous..

Does that mean people that dont care about the well being of Iraqi lives, dont care about the lives of those 6 trapped miners??

Kevw
No... By my logic, all new soldiers going over there are trying to continue the security of Iraqi civilians... You're saying the rescue team is only trying to get the other members of the rescue team out, not the trapped miners...

Jake
And I just showed you how I can equate the two, so tell me how they dont equate?? Its a comparison.. "an evaluation of similarities and differences", not how they are identical.... how they are similar.....

Greg
No I havn't seen it, im just trying to figure out why people only seem to care about the lives of people back home, and not those that are around the world...

Lets put it this way people.. If those trapped miners were Iraqi civilians stuck in a mine in Iraq, how would you feel???? Would you care and have our soldiers help them, or would you say "its their problem, we shouldn't help them cause its their mine, not ours"????

Grasshopper.. I never compared the miners to the islamic extremist... I compared the miners to the innocent, hard working Iraqi civilians....

Gugliamo
Best answer so far, and understand what youre saying.. I still dont see why we should treat a trapped miner with more priority, than an innocent Iraqi kid.. Its not his fault the government isnt doing anything, just like its not the miners fault for getting trapped... Isnt ALL life supposed to be treated equally???

spkultr
Ive been reading your BS answers all day, so im not even going to come up with a decent response for you... Youre not from Utah, and I can tell that just by reading your other answers from today..

Answer 1

Interesting thesis...

I believe there are some analogies... but I think the comparisons are open to question.

That is, the situation of the miners is somewhat analogous to that of the Iraqi people. They are caught in the middle. They are in extreme danger. And it's not of their own making.. except the miners chose to be miners, and the Iraqis chose to be Muslim.

The rescuers are somewhat analogous to the troops trying to extricate the miners/Iraqis from their dangerous situation.

The danger each faces is just as real as we saw from the collapse of the rescue shaft.

But comparisons are a little harder to see. Scope: rescuers are trying to save a few of their friends from a mine; soldiers are trying to restore a country to its people. Scale: well....
Danger: granted, the mine might collapse; the soldiers face 24/7 the knowledge that there are maybe 20,000 wild-eyed fanatics who want to kill them and are willing to die in the process.

Answer 2

But unlike the war in Iraq it wasn't our fault that the mine collapsed. It collapsed because of an accident, Iraq is in its state because we went in and destroyed its government. We need to look for the miners because they were caught in an accident and we have a chance at saving them. Our presence in Iraq is just leading to more lives and their is nothing that we can do to save those people. They are to dead set on killing each other.

Answer 3

Do the rescue team being in the mine exacerbate the problem

Answer 4

The miners did,nt try to kill one another ,comparing hard workers to religous suicidal fanatics is not a valid comparison..

Answer 5

okay okay okay
being from utah, and knowing some of the people involved in the mine accident let me say this.
sure, i would be in line to try and rescue,,,,,,"rescue",,,,,, the trapped miners, as i was in line to "rescue" those poor poor souls in iraq. but,,,,even as the mountain continues to burp and "kill" rescuers, common sense tells me to "suspend" the "rescue" due to "deteriorating circumstances", aided by the "fact", that those miners got paid and chose to enter the mine in the first place. "damn" i would say. as with iraq, those *** wipes "choose" to remain in their "infantile" democracy and kill each other, wouldn't common sense as well as the "deteriorating circumstances" "tell" you to let them die there, as is their "right" as human beings "??????"

Answer 6

By your logic every new soilder going to Iraq is trying to pull the old ones out.

Answer 7

Haven't you seen "Tora, Tora, Tora", all you have managed to do today is awake a sleeping giant, good luck dealing with them.

Answer 8

nice try..I don't see how you can equate the two