Seriously, people joke about lousy schools educating students on a Pass/Fail basis, so why are we doing it in Iraq? Wouldn't a grade scale be more accurate and helpful in finding a solution for the country?
2007-09-04 11:05:31 · 17 answers · asked by Rosebee 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I'm not saying we don't need Benchmarks, good lord. What I'm saying is that if the Bush Admin is insistant of "staying the course" why don't they do more to show Iraq what they could be doing to fix the issue.
2007-09-04 11:25:21 · update #1
No, we cannot and should not, reason is, well look at it this way. We the US have been a country for how long, a couple of hundred years? Okay now Iraq has been let's see Persia, Babylon, Mesopatamia, some others that I can't remember, it's been one or more of those great past empires. Now adays it's just Iraq. How can we as a country barely out of diapers "historically" pass judgement or "grade" a country such as they'res on a "pass or fail". We really had no business over there at all, I do not agree, nor like they're ways or they're religious beliefs but I also will not say that our ways are better for them. They've been estabilished for over a thousand years who are we to pass judgement on them. We should have left them alone of course that's impossible now since we butted in now we have deal with that can of worms. Yes I know we were attacked and we the nation were/are looking for the attackers. But I do believe we just used them as a scape goat. Jr. had to finish what daddy started, WHEN daddy had the backing of Nato. Now it's just something to make us think the govrn. is doing something to get back at the 'attackers'. Of course, we could also end up with our own personal gas pump. We don't have the right to pass anything on them as a country, and as a school concept, they're "third world" schools far surpass ours as they're students are coming here, challenging our freshman year college courses and going on to higher grades when they first arrive. So doyou really think they are about to listen to us? As far as they're concerned "we" are the infidels.
2007-09-04 14:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is attributable to an 80 % possibility it could be trumpeted or "deemed a sucess" (A, B, C, D) while only an 20 % chance of failure with respect to grading. Somebody must believe the odds are in their favor, I think not. Perhaps Bush and Co. could just "Audit" the war and then nothing would show on their record.
2007-09-04 15:04:25 · answer #2 · answered by HP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your with the President then. George W. Bush, who still gets whatever he wants, wants grading of progress, not pass / fail on benchmarks. Why have standards, we've only been there for 4 1/2 years. We've only spend 1/2 trillion and thousands of lives. Any tiny bit of progress should be enough for us to stay in Iraq another 10 years or so.
2007-09-04 11:14:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The UN authorized the war, the United States Congress (Including very many high ranking Democrats such as Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John Edwards, Teddy Kennedy and many more) voted to authorize the war. There were many more people behind the idea of going to war in Iraq than just George Bush. Its just when the war went sour and the American people turned against it that the Democratic politicians stood up and acted like they had nothing to do with it.
2016-04-03 03:41:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best point in some time.
The libs want to put as much pressure for their cut and run defeat policies. To do a pass or fail makes even a gain just short of the pass level as a failure and therefor they can retreat with their victory of defeat. Ironic Victory to them is defeat.
If we would have done this in WW I or WW II we would all be speaking German now and saying Hil Hitler. So the left wants us to pray five times a day to Mecca and worship the moon god which is in line with their new age religion of global warming.
We need to let the military do their job unrestricted from narcissist politicians how own defeat. THE LEFT.
2007-09-04 11:29:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Thats a pretty good attempt at spin.
It doesnt work...but nice try.
Lets see...you don't like the label of "Pass/Fail". Ok...how about 11 of 18 goals scored 69% or worse (or whatever numerical score is failing nowadays)? That sound better?
Stop arguing the label and face reality. The reality is that 11 of 18 failed. Ooops. Silly me.
I meant to say 11 of 18 did not achieve a numerical score that is considered passing. Phew.
Lets call it what it is. Failing.
2007-09-04 11:14:52 · answer #6 · answered by jw 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is a means of putting pressure on the government in Iraq to reach speedy resolution to reconcile their differences so we can get out of there asap. Otherwise, what could we base it on since there really is no stated mission.
2007-09-04 11:21:18 · answer #7 · answered by BekindtoAnimals22 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Should it be the job of the US to tell the Iraqi people how to govern themselves? Why should we grade them at all?
Our goal was to rid the Iraqi people of Saddam and allow them to elect their own government. Why now do we need to set new goals for Iraq?
2007-09-04 11:29:02 · answer #8 · answered by mymadsky 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it's good enough for the "lousy" kids that have to go to public schools cause their parents can't afford a private school, it's good enough for a "lousy" President who badgered a country into a war it didn't need and can't afford.
2007-09-04 11:13:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because we think of things as instant, simple and black or white. It's hard to see that we are doing well in some areas but not others so we boil it down to pass or fail, well or poor.
2007-09-04 11:16:22 · answer #10 · answered by Deep Thought 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋