Is the War in Iraq part of the War on Terror?

Question

With all the disinformation I don't know what to believe. Our President seems to believe American style democracy in Iraq will be good for everyone. Maybe. Who knows?

I really don't know if we are supposed to believe we are fighting terrorists in Iraq or we are fighting to rebuild a nation ravaged by a brutal dictator and years of war.

Is the end goal a free market for the oil?

Answer 1

Yes, it is.

You can confirm this if you go over there and conduct a few interviews with Al Qaeda in Iraq.

Answer 2

Is it a part of the war on terror: YES! Iraq was an enabling nation. The removal of the previous regime was a disruptive influence on the international network.

Are we fighting to rebuild a nation ravaged by a brutal dictator and years of war? Partially. Installing stable democracies in that part of the world is generally considered by many as a positive step in protecting human rights throughout the world.

Is the end goal a free market for the oil? Of course! This country is, sadly, totally dependent on foreign oil. Can you imagine a world where a dictator who is very unfriendly to the US controls the majority of the worlds oil supply as well as a key shipping port (which Saddam would have had he succeeded in Kuwait).

Answer 3

OK, first, STOP calling this a 'WAR'. None of this is a war. That is nothing more than vomiting up the propaganda that we have all been spoon fed since the towers came crashing down. Before you can discuss why we are in Iraq and Afghanistan, you have to remove that word from your mind. It's like calling Vietnam a 'war' or Korea a 'war'. Total misnomer. When people stop calling this a war, just like in those examples, it will be understood to be a fallacy, a fraud, a criminal action that cost thousands of American lives, millions of innocents and this country's credibility and good will across the globe.

Will you still be calling this a 'war' when we've eclipsed the Vietnam tally for American lives? When the figures for civilian lives ended are 2 or 3 million? When we've added 1 or 2 trillion dollars to our debt? When the word 'American' is synonymous with 'idiot'?

Simply put, this is a crime. So, my vote is to call it a crime from now on. In fact, every time you see our moronic president and his minions (who are jumping ship faster than passengers on the Titanic) say the word 'war', whether it s for terror or iraq or drugs or whatever, just insert the word 'crime' and you'll be much closer to the truth. Until the American taxpayer is willing to do that, we aren't free men and women, but subjects of a regime that has hijacked the representative republic so many have fought and died to preserve.

"A Patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government"

Answer 4

as quickly as we invaded Iraq, it became on no account stated that he had direct links with Bin weighted down. It became shown that they did no longer like eachother. It became shown that Saddam's regime harbored terrorist communities and terrorism. This wasn't the sole reason. he additionally kicked out the UN weapons inspectors and defied each Un determination imposed upon him after the 1st conflict. Plus he had stockpiles of chemical and organic and organic weapons which he has used on his very own people diverse circumstances. If we leave Iraq whilst it extremely is risky, it truly is an invitation for extremist communities from everywhere in the ME to have a secure haven for making plans extra assaults in another country. no longer a sturdy thought thinking if this occurs we can probably be returned over there for a 0.33 time and the conflict would be so plenty extra complicated than it already is.

Answer 5

Well, all politics aside, let me put it like this.

NOBODY disagrees with the fact that Al Qaeda is in Iraq RIGHT NOW.

They have chosen to make Iraq the "Front Line" in the War on Terror. Had we invaded any other country in the Middle East instead of Iraq, this would probably have happened there as well.

Bottom line, Terrorism is a problem because you can not wage conventional war on Terrorists like we did with the Axis Powers in WWII. They hold aliegence to no banner but their own twisted ideals. The invade populations, blend in and then attack from that haven. We can not effectively counter attack because driving down the streets of Baghdad you can't tell Iraqi from Insurgent. We can't "invade Germany" and attempt to take their capital or cut off their supply lines. This is an entirely new form of war. But make no mistakes, it is a War on Terror and Terrorists.


Now, my opinion here:
I see Iraq as good news, not a quaqmire. Part of the reason it has been such a hard fought battle in Iraq is because of the guerilla type war fighters we are up against. However, they are coming HERE to fight us instead of attacking us at home or elsewhere. We now have an "Us and Them" type battle with a very distinct front line. To leave no and give that up is a huge step backwards.

Answer 6

It is part of a larger war against Radical Islam as well as trying to stabilize sectarian violence agitated by AlQaida, Iran & Syria.
It is a mess, but as far as wars go it could be a whole lot worse. We absolutely must not leave until the country is stable and secure. Iran, Syria & AlQaida want to make this as much of a disaster as possible for many reasons. They know US support is wavering, (thanks to defeatists like John Murtha & Harry Reid declaring our failure), and are doing all they can to erode it further so we go home & leave the region to them which would lay the groundwork for an Islamic super power.

The claim that we are there for the oil or oil contracts is bogus and has no evidence to support it, as we produce more oil in the US and buy more oil from 5 other countries than Iraq, and US oil companies haven't been awarded any contracts.

Whether we should have gone in in the 1st place is legitimate debate, but there is no doubt we are fighting our truest enemies now.

Answer 7

The invasion was based on faulty intelligence. The war was won easily but the occupation has been lost and was not well planned in the first place. The various factions in Iraq were held in check by a brutal dictator and I'm afraid it would take equal brutality to keep them in check after we leave but that's not going to happen so Iraq is in for a civil war.The real war on terror should be being fought along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. We are waging it there but not nearly as effectively as we could be doing had we not sent most of our troops to Iraq. I have never thought oil had much to do with the war. As long as we are such a huge market for oil there will always be sellers willing to sell to us.

Answer 8

A good question. One the President never really answers. It was WMD's and since there never were any, now it is about spreading "democracy", or maybe it is the terrorist that were not there four year ago but have manage to engulf the country do to our presence. It is always a good sound bite, scare tactic to talk about terrorist.
I personally just can not understand how the current situation could not have been predicted. I am not a diplomat, or a general and I saw this coming from the beginning.
Islam and democracy are diametrically opposed. How could anybody in their right mind think they could have a true democracy.

Answer 9

The US soldiers are playing referree between the Islamic religons different sects. If you listen to the news it really isn't hard to figure out. During the 8 years prior to this time that the Iraq and Iran government were at war they left everyone else alone. They were to busy killing each other.
so why would leaving and letting them have a civil war be a bad thing? It keeps down their population and stops terriorist attacks. They say it doesn't but the truth is it did.

Answer 10

maybe not "American style" democracy,but democracy in its' infancy is a sign to all of the Islamic countries that they do not have to settle for the status quo of oppression; they can truly be free people able to decide for themselves if they want to contribute as a civilization for the betterment of themselves,or wallow in failure and blame.