how has USA helped the Iraqi people? can u add them to my list?

Question

were they better off with Saddam?
600000 people dead and majority of them were innocent and still counting.
4000000 refugees and counting.
no water, no electricity!
destroyed homes and roads and other infrastrures.
disturbed and confused children who had to withness all these killings and distruction, they are the future of that country.
no security at all!
what else?

Vive, with all do respect, you are very confused, more than u think!

freedom to vote? people never agree on a puppet gov't while they have been occupied! they didn't ask for USA's help! they were afraid to revolt because they knew that there was no other alternative! the wanted to avoid this kind of a mess we got them into!

Answer 1

Lets not forget that even though Saddam was pretty Violent

(and those who say he was terrible somethign had to be done What about Dufur? Why arent we invading them for the sake of their suffering people? What about Colombia and many other 3rd world countries who suffer the same if not woorse than Saddam)

But one thing Saddam did was bring stability to that region.
He kept out theAl Queda, and kept Iran at Bay.

So unelss the U.S. is intent on removing every single dictator who abuses his people out, we shouldnt cherry pick what leaders we want.

But then again, this has never been about people's suffering.
Its always been about OIL and GREED and removing Saddam - the man who wanted to Kill Bush, Sr..its always been about killing those 3 bird with one stone.

For that, Bush Jr has led america into one big catastrophic delemna that the next generations will have to suffer.

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what good is the freedom to vote -- when the policians you vote for dont want stability in the region.

Heck, they themselves have recently said that a peaceful unified federal government is not likely.
Thats why all this talk about partitioning the country has arisen.

THis is exactly the type of solution that was offered years ago, and was shot fdown by republicans and this idiot president.
It only proves yet again, that bush has been wrong about everything.

And he should be censured.

Answer 2

He sure has "helped" the Iraqi people. He has reduced the number of members of their families, thus putting more crumbs on the table.

He has given them Open Air Houses....open to the elements. Much healthier for everyone, if you can ignore the odor of burnt flesh.

He has provided them with daily fireworks...a bomb here, an explosion there! It's Fourth of July every day there.

He has made them appreciate clean water. A little Cholera makes anyone appreciate the good things in life.

He has made Divorce unnecessary. If one waits long enough, either the wife or the husband will be killed. The custody of the kids is no problem, either. Just send them to the market. They'll never come home.

He has provided them with long, long vacations across the border. All they have to do is pack up whatever is not shattered and start walking.

He has made roadtrips adventurous. If you don't run across a hidden bomb, you can always lose your brakes at a Checkpoint.

He has given them time for reflection, with miles long lines for the gas pumps.

He has done away with doorbells. Just kick the door in and start shooting. Everyone welcome!

There is no doubt about it. The list of benefits is growing every day.

As one general said....Heartbreaking, with no end in sight!

Answer 3

Or old Chevy's for that count .do you be attentive to ways a lot classic Chevy's are worth at public sale ? I recommend there is an evil dictator ninety miles from Key West who at one element had WMDs and that i do no longer see the US attempting to overthrow that evil dictator and positioned across democracy to the area Do you? while we liberated Cuber then we could unencumber Haiti and the Dominican Republic . no longer purely might those people stay a lot greater advantageous decrease than the american flag yet we'd have greater undemanding get right of entry to to their high quality crop of stripling league ballplayers .

Answer 4

We go to ask who benefits in the Iraq war. Answer: Bush and the rest of clowns that are right behind him. They do not care about the elimination of terrorism because they are doing terrorism, and teaching that killing is okay, that religions are bad except for his own, I thought this is why Hitler died and the World War II came about. It is scary to think that Bush may be the beginning of the WW III. Bush is using this as a training to his military, and the trial of new weapons they have created, Just like the bomb in Hiroshima, he does not care for the people, he already has stated he wants eradicate the Muslim religion. Where is the freedom of religion?

Answer 5

This is totally BS speculation but it would seem a good strategy relative to the middle east and the proliferation of nuclear weapons (elsewhere in the mid east) Its not popular nor seems to make any sense right now but I suspect If it hadn't gone this way, people would be more unhappy in the future. I don't like Bush myself but really want to believe there is some grand point to it all (like I said... speculation) ...Thinking about Pakistan and Iran.

Answer 6

I think for anyone to truly give a correct answer to this question, there are a lot of things that they need to know. Sure, we can look at statistics and other facts (which make it look like we have only hurt them), but there is a lot that I am sure we don't hear about. I know an Iraqi refugee family (a mother and her 7 children) in which the father was killed trying to help the American soldiers. If he didn't believe that the US was helping Iraq, why would he have given his life to help the troops? I also know of several troops who talk about the appreciation the Iraqi people show them each and every day. Honestly, I don't know whether the US has helped or harmed the Iraqis, but what does debating about it really do? We can't go back and change what the US did in the past--we have to deal with what's going on today and try to make it better.

Answer 7

Dont you just love the numbers debate???
What a line of crap. 3k in WTC is the worst disaster ever and we wear this one on our sleeve and recrucify it at a minimum of annually on the boards daily. I think the minimum number in Iraq is at least that.
We trashed their infrastructure to show the world how incredibly powerful our arsenal is. The whole thing was a show to the world that we can crush you near instantaneously. If we never went in with troops it would have taken them at least a decade to rebuild all the stuff we blew up!
In the end as in all wars and atrocities its always the kids that suffer. The American service persons child that grows up without a parent because theirs died securing the oil pipelines for Exxon.

Answer 8

So what you are saying is all we are doing over there is killing and destroying things.
Wrong.
We got rid of a tyrant that used chemicals on his own people, killing hundreds of thousands of them.
We are rebuilding over there. What you don't hear about is the contractor losses.
We have restored and re-restored (i know there is no such word, but you get my meaning) their electricity, sewers, schools, roads, distributed food, given medical aid, and the list goes on.
What the real problem lies in what are the Iraqis doing to help themselves? They are relying on America to fix their country, that they allowed Saddam screw up. They have had over 5 years to take control of their country, and have hardly made any progress at all.
In the aftermath of WWII, in Japan as well as Germany, those citizens rebuilt their country, established a government, and all in the span of a few years. Yes, we still kept occupation forces there but it was with our help, financial, materiel and with advisors that they were able to control their own country in a lot less time than Iraq has. And Iraq isn't even close to being able to control its own destiny. They have continued to fail to meet the "benchmarks" we have set for them.
Should we continue to help a country that continues to have factional fighting, can't agree on which direction to go or set priorities on what THEY need to do. I think we have done all we can do, and need to come home.
Face it, after we do finally leave, there will be another war between the different factions, and another Saddam will emerge.

Answer 9

Glory and Gory don't belong in the same sentence. Unfortunately although I don't like to be hard on the USA (Ihave many great American friends) It ihard to accept a nation who gives out with one hand and takes with an other hand. That is the greatest issue most nations have against the USA. Sure they helped but there was a cost as wel. Also who takes the glory???

Answer 10

how can you help a culture where a suicide bomber is hailed as a martyr or a hero? just because this government deposed a tyrant doesn't mean they've been helped all that's been done is allowed every fanatic in the whole country to run amok.talk about freedom of expression, i guess a roadside bomb gets the point across