Should we get out of Iraq?

Question

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/26/iraq.main/index.html

Iraq's PM wants us to butt out of their domestic affairs.

It's time to take the invite, no?

Or are we just going to end up back there in a year anyway when the next rogue dictator rises up without anyone bothering to stop them?

PC Antagonist,

Should I have typed the question slower?

Answer 1

It is a civil war going on now. Civil as between two sides residing in the same country. Not us. Get out now and let them duel to the finish. We don't get to call 'do overs' if it doesn't turn out the way we want it.........hey, Great Britain backed the South during the US Civil War, but they didn't demand a 'do over' when the Lee surrendered to Grant.

Answer 2

The fact is, ending the threat of jihadist terrorist attacks against the US and its allies would be easy enough. You just need to do what Ron Paul has done, and pay attention to the actual motivations of the jihadist terrorists. Every serious analysis has concluded that their hatred of the US is motivated by actions that the US government has undertaken in their part of the world -- harmful interventions against Muslim populations. These include backing Israeli attacks on Palestinians, the destruction of the civilian infrastructure of Iraq and sanctions that killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians, support for various dictators in countries like Saudi Arabia, etc.

In order to eventually halt the jihadist terrorists from making these attacks, the US should stop committing these harmful interventions and thus remove the motivation for the jihadist terrorists (whose attacks on civilians they by no means justify) in the first place. Ending these harmful interventions would in any case be the right thing to do from a moral standpoint.

This should of course be combined with a strong law-enforcement effort to go after the jihadist terrorists who undertake such attacks.

Instead, though, the Bush administration has chosen to deny reality, misrepresent the terrorists' motivations, and to engage in even more of these harmful interventions (the invasion/occupation of Iraq, Ethiopia's proxy invasion/occupation of Somalia, etc.). This simply makes the problem worse, motivating more and more Muslims to join the jihadists, and landing the US in the Iraqi quagmire -- much to the delight of al-Qaida, as they state in their internal documents.

A caveat is in order, though. This strategy would take some time to eliminate the motivations of the jihadists -- that kind of hatred and fanaticism does not end in a day.

Another helpful thing to do would be to aid the good groups in the region, such as:

http://www.rawa.org/
http://www.ifcongress.com/english/index.htm
http://www.equalityiniraq.com/english.htm
http://www.awalls.org/

News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/

Answer 3

We are in Iraq because Sadham Hussein gave us an excellent reason to be there by thumbing his nose at the U.N. The reason we stay there is to create a Western oriented government in the middle of the anti-Western Middle East. We are not there for oil. If President Bush can pull this off, we will have two allies in the middle of growing fundamentalist Muslim states, Israel and Iraq. Iraq could serve to destabilize Iran and Syria leading to a more pro-Western Middle East. If Bush fails, the entire area could become the spark that ignites a nuclear war. Israel is not going to sit back and allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Never going to happen.

Answer 4

I think you typed the question too fast, seems to be a lot of confusion in the other answers. Obviously these people need a therapist since they do not comprehend your answering their questions with a question. Well your 55 minutes are up, see I typed this nice and slow so everybody would understand. Please pay the receptionist on your way out and I'll see you in two weeks.

Answer 5

We left Vietnam. It went commie

We left the Philipines. It's an economic, political and environmental mess full of terrorists.

We left Somalia: It is slowly becoming Al Queda headquarters.

We left Panama under Carter: We had to go back under Bush 1 to deal with a nutty dictator.

We stayed in: Japan, Korea, Germany, England, Kuwait, Dubais, Italy, Spain, Guam, American Samoa, Deigo Garcia.
They are among the most stable and prosperous republics in the world.

The choice would seem easy.

Answer 6

Eventually.

Answer 7

No. The FAKE "Al Qaeda" threat is enough reason for US to stay in Iraq for atleast another 20-30 yrs, i believe

Answer 8

I just want to know where the weapons of mass destruction are! Yeah, say, why dont we move out of Iraq and go lookin' for those again! Yeeeeeehaw!

Answer 9

We should use our national defense,for defense of the US.
make Iraq our 51 state or get the h*** out.

Answer 10

If we leave there, we should never go back. If it starts trouble agian we should just nuke it til there is nothing alive or be able to live for the next 10,000 years.