The Iraq war is the biggest issue affecting our nation today. I notice in the discussions on here that people who are in favor of the war seem to be very confident in their beliefs. I am sure there are people on here who once favored the war and are now against it, and I think those people will be the most vocal in convincing others to change, so if you originally supported the war, please talk about why you changed your opinion?
2007-08-28 16:27:23 · 10 answers · asked by baby.brown_eyes 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No Spartiate, I just want people to favor the Iraq war to open their minds to another point of view, quite opposite of what you described.
2007-08-28 16:38:13 · update #1
Yes, almost every Liberal here. Oh and the democrappy congress, what a bunch of flip flop loosers.
2007-08-28 16:44:11 · answer #1 · answered by Flyflinger 5 · 3⤊ 4⤋
I did originally. I think it had to do with attending a small liberal arts college that contained a high concentration of Democrats that constantly bashed Bush, so I felt obligated to defend Bush and his policies. It wasn't a total loss, especially as political science major, because I had to do twice as much research to defend him.
Anyway, I originally supported the war, because I thought it was better for "terrorists" to be killed by armed American soldiers rather than for them to plot against innocent civilians at home. That all changed when the Fort Dix and plot to blow up planes at JFK Airport were foiled.
I knew that all the other reasons were based on lies.I don't know what the "final straw" was , but I think it had to do when military officials finally admitted that Iraq was in the middle of a civil war. One of the other factors was a quote from Cheney in 1992 when he said that going all the way to Bagdhad would have been a mistake and that deposing Saddam wasn't worth that many American lives. I suppose almost 4000 is acceptable.
Lastly, one of the things that upset me was that many people seemed to be confusing not supporting the troops as being against the war. Additionally, the more time I spent on YA many of those who supported the war gave idiotic reasons not based on fact or logic.
2007-08-29 01:10:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The minute those Terrorists attacked us on our soil on 9/11 I knew there had to be war, and I supported then, and I support it now, just like the old former President Reagan uttered and rang so true ~~"What kind of people do we think we are?" And let us answer, "Free people, worthy of freedom and determined not only to remain so but to help others gain their freedom as well."
And this one - "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children what it was once like in the United States when men were free."
2007-08-28 23:51:03 · answer #3 · answered by Jeremiah Johnson 7 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Good question, the part of my opinion that changed was the way in which the greatest nation alive has changed the direction in which we are going. There are still many of us that believe that alot of nations are out to destroy all that we stand for, and the way in which our country is headed they will achieve their goal. So what has changed for me is that until we all unite again as one nation we will never win this battle, and anyone whom thought that this was going to be won over night, needs to take a serious look at their reality. So my belief is still that the men and women who have lost their life and the ones who contiue to fight for us, need us to believe in what they are doing, and that we will win. My opinion has changed on the way our county and the citizens (some), no longer believe and fight for the rights granted us so many years ago.
2007-08-29 00:00:26 · answer #4 · answered by wondering 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, they are two almost unrelated things.
The original invasion of Iraq was to depose Saddam.
That's done. Over. Mission Accomplished.
The current occupation of Iraq has nothing to do with the original goals -- it's an entirely new mission, based on entirely new facts, with an entirely new (and undefined) objective.
So, it's completely reasonable to support deposing Saddam, and still have a problem with everything that happened in the four years AFTER "Mission Accomplished". One has nothing really to do with the other aside from both happening in the same place.
2007-08-28 23:37:03 · answer #5 · answered by coragryph 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I thought that when the president told us there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq he had positive intelligence that proved it. He LIED to me, you, and every American. At first I thought it was just a big mistake (it happens) and that we would pull the troops out and it would be a forgive and forget type of thing.
Then he changed his plan to the bull s*** Operation Iraqi Freedom. He even claims that was his plan from the start (That it wasn't about WMD), but he didn't even tell his own people that before we invaded!
2007-08-28 23:51:12 · answer #6 · answered by cheezbawl2003 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yeah, I supported dragging Osama out to a pig farm and rubbing him down with honey before kicking him into the pigpen.
I supported the war up until Bush decided to invade the wrong country.
2007-08-28 23:47:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No..I did not support it from the beginning. I supported the war in Afghanistan but that is now a lost mission.
2007-08-28 23:36:20 · answer #8 · answered by Lindsey G 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Not me, either then or now
2007-08-29 01:04:21 · answer #9 · answered by jean 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
SO basically you want people to create more tension among the American people and turn them against each other?
2007-08-28 23:36:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋