675,000 dead iraqis for our little invasion, worth it?

Question

not to mention the millions we killed with our sanctions. sadam didnt have anything to do with 9-11 so for what we got, was it worth it?

Answer 1

The USA needs control of that oil, and even the lives of our own soldiers is suppose to be worth it amongst the rest of the destruction.

Answer 2

If you look at our history, we would have had to take out Saddam anyway, even though we kicked him out of Kuwait, we left him in power to try to take over another group of people, and he did the Kurds. The thing most people don't realize is that isolationism is no longer a viable foreign policy, and the oceans can protect us, and haven't been able to for the last 90+ years. Translation the world's problems with soon be at our front door. Ex. World War I, World War II, and (yes I'm going to say it) 9-11. Another thing that need to be realized is the American armed forces is not in the business of taking lives but saving them. It's easy to get this confused by the fact the we have arguably the largest and deadliest arsenal in the world, but that is mostly for deterrence. Stories that rarely make the news, if ever, are the ones able how soldiers and contractors build schools, hospitals, and churches, vaccinate children, and train Iraqi forces to police their own neighborhoods. It is a very sad fact the in America, bad news sells, and in case you didn't know, most news media is in the business of making money, not reporting the news. Another thing I'm am sorry to report is that the only people who aren't concerned with the here and now are the Supreme Court Justices. It is a sad and common fact that people die in wars, ever war that has ever been fought has been accompanied with a daunting body count. The only thing we can do for the dead is to make sure their sacrifice was not meaningless. The goal is the rebuild Iraq into a country that the Kurds, Shiites, and Sunnis and leave in peace. The biggest obstacle in accomplishing that is the tribal infighting amongst those groups, along with some outside interference from other foreign countries. It took America 200+ years to get to the point that we are at right now, and we still have some group infighting. So how, can we expect anyone else to do it in less then 10 years. To answer the question bluntly, the invasion into Iraq will only be worth the sacrifice if we accomplish our goal and finish what we started, and we can only do that if have the resolve to see this fight through to the end wither it take 20 yrs or 20,000.

Answer 3

The only way we will ever really know the answer to this question is if Iraq actually does develop a stable "democracy" (of sorts) and the Middle East follows suit. As this area is probably the most likely cause of what could be World War III, maybe it is worth it. However, I definitely sympathize with your position - there are an awful lot of dead people as a result of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. It will take years to know if what happened was "right" or not.

"ThorGirl" definitely has a point, but the U.S. invasion opened the door TO the chaos that ensued, and the mismanagement of the policies after the war also fueled the fire. The current "reputation" of the Americans in Iraq is that they are considered like another "tribe", but they are the tribe that you can rely on, and will do what they say they are going to do. In other words, although our image there is far from perfect, it is slowly improving.

You also neglected to mention the 2 million refugees, and their problems as well.

Answer 4

Those are Iraqis killing Iraqis. Do not place this blame on the USA. Also, you should know that Saddam killed millions of his own people. Where is your outcry about it?

The sanctions were place after the first Iraq War 1990-1991. The reasons was that Saddam invaded Kuwait. He refuse to recognize their right as an independent nation. He violated oil for food. He was using the money to finance terrorist against Israel. Do you support those terrorist?

Also, where is the back up for your data?

If you do not like my answer, go back to commissar George Soros and cry.

Answer 5

You fail to mention who killed those 675,000? Do you realize it was the insurgent thugs in their civil war? We are there to protect Iraqis, not kill them. How many lives have we SAVED? How many would have died if not for the Allied Forces?

Your innuendo does not fool me.

Answer 6

the Allied forces did not kill 1/10th of that many. Islam on Islam Violence killed the rest. we all know Saddam had nothing to do with 9-11 but that did not mean he was going to stay out of the game forever. His stupid statements about having WMD's and his willingness to use them on our allies and interests in the Milddle east Doomed him.

Answer 7

First off Gary you are a puppet,Butt you know that. Second off this is way tooo much info for such a small pea brain. You want to know how I know you are a puppet? If it wasnt for the hand up your back side....you....would slump over on your side Pinocchio. Whats wrong with your nose? You can use it to stir up more hate!

Answer 8

hmmmmm. maybe not. considering Bush lined his pockets. BUT on the other hand we did get to see a Tyrant be hung for testing nerve agents on his own innocent people. Maybe we wont have to see another Iraqui village get wiped out b/c someone took a shot at Sadam. Humans need war. it defines us.

Answer 9

675,000 ?? lol, where do you get that number from ??

I am against the war, but come on, these numbers are not real

Answer 10

Obviously not enough are dead yet if they are still able to kill themselves on their own with car bombs.