yeah so would the usa be safer from terrorist if we pulled our troops out of iraq and afganistan
2007-09-18 09:46:58 · 16 answers · asked by Miguel 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No.
Not being there didn't make us safer on 9/11.
And Clinton had saved bin Laden's life 8 times trying to be "friends".
That didn't help either.
2007-09-18 09:55:27 · answer #1 · answered by wolf 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We need to pull them out fast enough so the Iraqis notice. We are at occupation not war and the way you win a occupation is to go home. The word insurgent has been replaced with words like terrorist by the white house. The government will stabilize when the insurgents stop and that won`t happened until we go home. We are stuck right were the experts said we would be, house-to-house combat, not good for the troops. If you ever seen the movie Red Dawn then you know you can`t win a occupation only wars and Iraq is not a war it is a occupation. I think Bush and friends tried to make Iraq the perfect conservative country with privatize water and power which failed and outlawed labor unions which upset the people.
2016-05-17 22:37:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the short term, only insofar as our military wouldn't actually be over there to stop any attack originating from that part of the world before it happened. The long-term outlook is much less cheerful, though: regardless of one's personal opinions on the matter, Iraq's government is not very stable (but they're sure trying hard) and thus could be overthrown quite easily by terrorists. Once they had Iraq, they'd join hands with Iran and go after Afghanistan, and probably Pakistan right after that. It wouldn't be very long before the whole Middle East would be under terrorist control; the resources of an area that size in the hands of people hell-bent on destroying us (and entirely capable of doing so) is not a very appealing thought. I think it's safe to say that pulling out before the region has been stabilized would be a very bad idea in the long run (but that's why people who don't think much about consequences of actions are the ones saying we need to leave now).
2007-09-18 10:02:23 · answer #3 · answered by Richard S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Was it safer on 9/11 before the troops were there? Wanna be safe from islam, destroy islam first.
2007-09-18 10:04:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, we wouldn't be. And that's the problem with candidates who think we need to immediatley pull the troops out of Iraq. It needs to be done carefully.
2007-09-18 10:01:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
very very doubtful. maybe iraq since they would fall into a civil war for a couple of years and keep them busy. afganistan we should just stay and hopefully wipe out every person that has any tie to any of these organizations.
2007-09-18 09:52:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You mean like they were before 9/11? What do you think?
2007-09-18 09:54:01 · answer #7 · answered by The emperor has no clothes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I guess you could argue that we would have enough troops here to defend ourselves if we were attacked.
2007-09-18 10:09:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know there were Mexican troops in either country Miguel, but No, would be your answer.
2007-09-18 09:52:27 · answer #9 · answered by mbush40 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Probably neither safer nor more in danger.
2007-09-18 09:51:28 · answer #10 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋