Other than vote, what can individuals in the American public do about the problems in Iraq?

Answer 1

Donate to; the Red Cross, Red Crescent, Hope, UNICEF, etc.

Answer 2

Considering that this is a decades long problem and we've been there longer than I'm sure many of these posters have been alive, not a whole lot to instigate radical and sudden change. The first step is to learn the facts, see how long we've been there and what our mission(s) has/have been this entire time. Of course, the American population will never know more than a few percentage points of what is going on or the reasoning behind it. Until I served, I never realized just how many countries we currently are active in.
The best course for the individual is to not form opinions through biased sources, but rather to gather the facts and create an individual opinion without regard to public or media sway. Then you have to realize that most of our own actions in this world are not known by 99.9999% of us, so opinions should always be open to change as new is learned.
From there, it should become apparent that with the hundreds of US controlled actions being committed daily in dozens of different countries, the President himself will always know very little of all that is happening among his own.
The ones who make the biggest on the spot decisions are those nowhere near the White House, the administration creates only a fraction of the change that occurs as the years pass by.
Knowing all that, an individual can focus more on what is known and can be changed, instead of focusing on things that may or may not even really exist, or actions that are in reality not understood by the masses. By focusing on what can be changed here in house, we can gradually improve upon the country and its processes, perhaps leading to more information being actually supplied to the population regarding what's going on overseas. As long as people form opinions without truly knowing or understanding the facts, then there can be little change. Crying to the government, writing emails and letters, signing petitions and protesting on corners do not create major international change, or even local for that matter, as long as those actions are occurring regarding things that are not understood by those pulling for something new.
The biggest influence an individual can make is to work with the government, to join into the ranks and serve it loyally, working to gradually create change and improve upon the process of the government itself. When govenrment process is changed, then specific actions can be changed. It's a change in government itself and it's functionality that's needed, not a change in current actions that reach levels well outside of an administration.

Answer 3

Volunteer to help. ........You can run for office.

You can protest in the street if you are so inclined.

You can join the armed forces if that is what you think will help.

You can volunteer for the Civil Air Patrol if you don't want to fight or are too old to fight, it's a way to help the country.

You can volunteer at a Veterans Hospital.

You can go to the air port at 3:am and welcome home troops arriving back from the war.

You can write your Senators, and Congressmen and even the White House and voice your support for or argument against the war.

There is PLENTY one can do if one gets up off their fat @ss and does something. Besides complaining.

If you are not part of the solution...then YOU ARE part of the problem!

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Answer 4

Start here:

house .gov senate.gov

You can get the e-mail addresses of any Congressperson and Senator--tell them what you think

Get involved in the election. Find candidates you can support and volunteer as a campaign worker.

Write to your local media--newspaers, etc.

If there's a protest/public demonstration, or some other event--SHOW up.

Speak out, speak out, speak out--everywhere and anywhere you can.

Answer 5

Most of them tend to complain which does nothing for us. I suggest that everyone just listen to both the republican and democrat debates and try to make a wise decision come election time.

Other then that they should run for offices themselves if they think they can represent their people instead of just themselves like the rest of the politicians seem to be doing right now.

Answer 6

You can enlist, you can learn the real issues, you can vote, you can even join the terrorist backed liberals and their media if you choose to. This is America, you still have freedoms.

Answer 7

Get the rest of the real story! It's not as bad as the libs are making it out to be!

Answer 8

Call and email the hell out of them, on whatever pisses you off about. I take advantage at work, with company phone
all the time.
http://www.conservativeusa.org/mega-cong.htm

Answer 9

If you are against the war, you must urge you national representatives to shut the government down . . . it's the only move available. Deny funding to everything . . . Much like the Republicans did under Clinton.

Answer 10

I guess you don't care about the problems in your own country.
And your vote doesn't really count for much.