What is the "Real" reason Americans are now against the Iraq war?

Question

Four years ago it was "Rah! Rah! Go get um!! Now it's Boo! Boo! Bring the troops home. Why the change?

Answer 1

That's a very good question.

I think that the first half of the people got very suspicious when there was no WMD found, and half of those again when there was no connection with 9-11. It was Katrina which started the trickle of critical reporting against Bush. But after Katrina, people lost faith in Bush as a leader, as someone who could get the job done - despite his unintelligent aroma.

So these were the things that weakened him. But the real problem was the war itself. People don't really understand it, they just see it drag on and on, like Vietnam. Didn't the president say the war was over? Who are we fighting? If Saddam Husien has nothing to do with 9-11 then how did the terrorists get there? What is a sunni? What is a shia? You mean the government we are supporting are shia? Aren't shia bad? Instead of getting reassured that we are fighting the communists from taking over the world - we get various answers from various people and its sort of a big mess.

Answer 2

Americans are accustomed to democracy. We like to know the true reason that we take a drastic measure like a war. We were given a reason that was tied to the war on terror, which most of us agreed with after 9/11. It's mind-boggling how taken in we can be by a man standing on a pile of rubble saying that we'll get the guys who hurt us.

We accomlished only one goal: Saddam is dead. This could have been accomplished with a few snipers and minimal loss of life.

We thought we'd go in with tremendous force, destroy the WMD's and topple Saddam's reign; then we'd get out. We went in with inadequate force, found no WMD's, and then went on to totally to destroy a country. And still we continue to fight there trying to force democracy on a country that doesn't even understand what democracy is, and quite frankly, doesn't seem to have the internal support or the will to build a democracy against the stronger forces who just don't want it.

Bush went against some of the country's most respected military advisors, notably Colin Powell, to go into an unwinnable war. We should have started protesting then.

As New Orleans is now called K-ville by some, Iraq will be known as B-ville by many. Like in New Orleans, the people who made Iraq a country have fled, leaving behind only the fighters and those who could not afford to leave.

My only hope is that America is smart enough not to choose a presidential candidate based solely upon his presence at one American tragedy.

Answer 3

We went into Afghanistan looking for terrorists and to derail the Taliban. This was necessary after 9/11. However, we went into Iraq because we didn't like them having WMDs and we didn't like the dictatorship. Most people thought these 2 things were the same war. After we realized that Iraq had nothing to do w/ Afghanistan, we were kinda iffy...and then all the WMDs weren't there. The real reason people want us to get out is a combo of things. Its nice to free Iraq of tyranny and catch a couple of terrorists in there along the way...however, we're losing. Young men and women are dying for a half mission that can't be accomplished. The war is also costing tax payers lots and lots of money.

I support the war and its idealistic efforts but I was in 9th grade when we invaded and I'm a sophomore in college now. Its been many years and some of the highest monthly death tolls have been years after the dictatorship was destroyed. Lets get this straight...I want the oil too...so if we're really there only for oil..lets just secure the oil and go home right.

Answer 4

There's no one reason.

A lot of people are just plain against War, period.
A lot of people are just plain against Bush, period.
A lot of people didn't think we should start another war when we were so close to victory in Afghanistan.
A lot of people noticed that Bush was lying about the reasons for the war in Iraq even before the war started, and most Americans have come to know he was lying in the years since..
A lot of people are ticked off at the treatment of vets and wounded soldiers and the vilification of Gold Star Moms and 9/11 widows by Bush and his supporters.
Nearly every American was disappointed when the troops overthrew Sadam, sponsored elections and captured Sadam--and still didn't get to come home.
People who have studied Military History are concerned about the degradation in force strength caused by extended tours. This is the first war ever that American troops have been continuously in a combat zone for more than a year. Even in WWII, troops might remain in theatre for as long as four years, but were only on the line for 3 to 4 months at a time. That's showing up in record rates of suicide and mental illness.

Never before in history has an American Army had to fight with such screwed up logistics, largely due to contracting supply services out on no bid contracts. Some units still don't have body armor and most units won't have the mine resistant trucks that should have been ordered 4 years ago until sometime next year.

Never before have we been at war 4 years after a Commander in Chief announced, "Mission Accomplished."

Now, with our forces already overcommitted and losing personnel and combat strength daily, Bush is beating the drums for a war against Iran, which has a serious military and a stronger economic base than the US has in the Bush Economy.

It adds up.

Do you remember when Lincoln said, "You can fool some of the People all of the time?" Those are the only people who still believe in Bush and his war.

Answer 5

I suppose it's partially one of those "Dude, you said there'd be chicks" moments. No WMDs, thus the main reason for invading is gone.

That and people thought the whole lot would be like Gulf War 1 - a quick and ridiculously one sided victory. It looked to be that way for a little while, but then the insurgent movement started and hasn't let up. That and the casualties are like... 10 times what they were during the initial invasion.

Answer 6

We as a country are going broke! China owns
25% of our foriegn debt. If we continue to spend money on this war we will be in deep trouble paying back what we owe.
We have dstroyed Iraq. There are milions of Iraquis in other countries and those countries will take no more refugees. So we are respo\nsible for the thousancds that helped our side that are trapped with no place to go back to safely. We must bring in Iraqui refugees that worked for our government into our country and keep them from being killed as traitors. If we dont do somethig about these people no one will deal with us in the middle east, ever.

Answer 7

I feel it's because they now see it for what it is as wars go.
Bush was out to get Hussien because he threatened to kill his father. And it was about oil from the start.

Answer 8

too much soldiers are dying out there..its counting basically every other day from..ambush..IED etc..hardcore pro-saddam insurgents and foreign fighters still out there..playing hide and seek with coalition forces.. american military are stretch..thats why PMC comes in to lighten burden..am i right?

Answer 9

Nobody likes to be lied to... and that's what the Bush Administration did to all Americans. Now let's get our troops home asap.

Answer 10

gee is this a memory...society is driven by the media ...or cant you tell

exactly the same happened in vietnam

ITS NOT THE AMERICANS WAR