Do you agree with Mark Jennings Daily???

Question

A very wise 23 year old 2nd Army Leiutenant explained why he chose to fight in the Iraq war. He said, "Don't forget that human beings have a responsibility to one another and that Americans have a responsibility to the oppressed."

I agree wholeheartedly with him. This country was founded on the idea that the oppressed could come here to escape their country's persecution. It should always stand for that. Also, I believe that we humans have a huge responsibility to one another. THAT is why we are there. Do you agree?

Answer 1

I agree with the principle of helping oppressed countries
however it is very strange that we nearly always leave the country worse off then when we first tried to help.
we often go to war for political reasons that are not based on
helping the oppressed at all and leave the country in ruins.
There were a lot of people against the Iraq war because they
believed it would end up with thousands of innocent lives
destroyed and left to pick up the pieces of country that we will
leave to fend for itself.
Remember this war was started because of weapons of mass destruction which was disproved.
If i truly believed countries went to war to help the oppressed
then there would be a lot more wars going on at this moment
I believe you should try ALL peaceful means first and have the
backing of all countries before even considering war.
Over 4.2 million Iraqis, more than 16% of the Iraqi population, have lost their homes and become refugees since 2003. As of June 21, 2007, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated that 2.2 million Iraqis had been displaced to neighboring countries, and 2 million were displaced internally, with nearly 100,000 Iraqis fleeing to Syria and Jordan each month.[110][111] Roughly 40% of Iraq's middle class is believed to have fled, the U.N. said. Most are fleeing systematic persecution and have no desire to return. All kinds of people, from university professors to bakers, have been targeted by militias, insurgents and criminals. An estimated 331 school teachers were slain in the first four months of 2006, according to Human Rights Watch, and at least 2,000 Iraqi doctors have been killed and 250 kidnapped since the 2003 U.S. invasion.[112][113][114]

The UN reports that although Christians comprise less than 5% of Iraq's population, they make up nearly 40% of the refugees fleeing Iraq.[115][116] More than 50% of Iraqi Christians have already left the country.[117] In the 16th century, Christians were half the population of Iraq.[118] In 1987, the last Iraqi census counted 1.4 million Christians.[119] But as the war has radicalized Islamic sensibilities, Christians' total numbers slumped to about 500,000, of whom 250,000 live in Baghdad.[120][121] Furthermore, the Mandaean and Yazidi communities are at the risk of elimination due to ethnic cleansing by Islamic extremists.[122][123] As many as 110,000 Iraqis could be targeted as collaborators because of their work for coalition forces.[124]

A May 25, 2007 article notes that in the past seven months only 69 people from Iraq have been granted refugee status in the United States.[125]
This country was founded on the idea that the oppressed could come here to escape their country's persecution

Answer 2

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