I'm frustrated by the fact that no one else I know supports the Iraq War. I mean the Iraq need US(the U.S.) t

Question

I mean come on, our soldiers are over there, at least we can give them a little support. They deserve it, fighting for a cause I believe in. I mean come on:
1- They attacked the Twin Towers, unprovoked
2- The fighting between the Sunnis' and Shiites are tearing the Middle East apart and we just can't sit back and watch it happen
3- Even if you believe we should be over there, we have started a war and we need to finish that war, we cant just leave in the middle of it
So can someone please tell me why everyone seems to be anti-war?

Answer 1

Contrary to what previous posters have said...

1. You cannot support the troops without supporting what they are doing.

2. Iraq did bomb one of the the twin towers during the Clinton administration (the bombers and conspirators were in the country on Iraqi visas).

3. We are not at war in Iraq. Our troops are acting as police, keeping the peace. We are not up against an army. (for example, when WTC was bombed, that investigation was under the perview of the FBI, not DoD).

Answer 2

People are mainly anti-war because more **** hit the fan than they thought would. The first Gulf War was fairly easy by war standards, over very quickly. The US thought it would be the same this time around, and it certainly wasn't.

And regardless of whether people believe Iraq had something to do with 9/11, they didn't... factually. I'm not saying that's what I believe, that's just the way it is. And most people realize that, and are pissed off that the government lied, and thus thousands of American and Iraqi deaths took place because of a lie.

That said. Now that the US is in this mess, leaving could make it all the more worse, so staying, despite the difficulty involved in this conflict, seems... grudgingly... the necessary task. We made the mess, we should help clean it up.

Answer 3

Why is Iraq so special?

The world is full of evil dictators but we aren't rushing into North Korea to relieve them of Kim Jung, we aren't liberating Cuba from Fidel Castro and we know where he is.

BTW, Al-Queda attacked the Twin Towers and they are still running around the planet, willy-nilly. We're slowing them down but we're not stopping them.

Just because people do not agree with the war in Iraq is no disrespect to our service members. I don't use the word soldiers because Army personnel are not the only people serving. Can I legitmately support the troops and not the war? D*mn skippy, I took an oath to obey the orders of those appointed over me....President Bush has never called me up and said "hey Cordy, how about you analyze this situation and get back with me on a plan of action." I have never called up President Bush and said "I've looked at this from every angle and we need to go kick some Iraqi butt" We will never be having that conversation. He decides and I do.

Answer 4

Number one, you need to get your facts straight. Sure, everybody is entitled to their opinion, but they're not entitled to their own facts. Iraq was not involved in the 9-11 attacks whatsoever, 15 of the 19 were from Saudi Arabia, A supposed ally. Additionally, Sunnis and Shiites were hardly "tearing the Middle East apart". True, they never got along, but the civil war in Iraq between them started only AFTER WE started the war. As for the last reason, this war is between Iraqis. We can't win this war. How would you define winning? The Iraqis will work this out on their own when we leave. We are just postponing that inevitability. All the Americans dying and the huge amounts of money spent are being totally wasted. Another reason so many of us are antiwar are the lies that Bush and his cronies used to start the war. Throw in the torture and you'll see why the world has turned antiAmerican . I'm embarrassed about much of what has happened in my countries name. It's time we found a diplomatic solution to start to end this war.

Answer 5

..........wow. Please tell me this is not a real post. The sad truth is that you have NO idea what you are talking about. First off, who is the "they" that you refer to in point #1. Iraqis? Because Iraq had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. Not a single hijacker was Iraqi. And do you realize that you are making the assumption that all Middle-easterners are the same? And point #2 what does that have to do with us, the United States. We are not the world police, it is not our job to control the world and make sure all is going well, that would be the job of the U.N. just wanted to point out those 2 glaring assumptions.

Answer 6

Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Get with it. Reports by the FBI, CIA, DEA, MI5 and others showed this fact.

The Bush administration led people to believe otherwise without actually making this claim.

The need for the invasion of Iraq was a blatant lie. The reason stated for the invasion was to find and get rid of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Through the UN we had investigates in Iraq searching for those weapons. Each day their convoy would go out at high speed to undisclosed destinations to search for these weapons. Though Saddam was less than helpful the team was very confidant in their searches.

Bush came up with a satellite photo of a couple of military trucks and said to the world that this proved that Saddam was transporting and hiding WMD. How ludicrous! It takes ware houses to store any amount of weapons needed for war. I can't believe world leaders fell for this sham.

I am sure that the people of Iraq are really pleased by having their families blown up by indiscriminate US bombing and suicide bombers. This is what this war is.

I am sure, also, that the Iraqis people welcome murder by some American troops and the bass turds of Black Water. Has anyone in Black Water been charged?

The problem now is, since we have instigated a sectarian second war front in Iraq is trying to figure out if this war bin Iraq going to be worse if we leave than the death and mutilation caused by our staying.

I support our troops. They should never have been sent to die because of a demented dream of a dangerous president.

I also support the victims (both dead and alive) of 9/11 to whom was promised that they terrorists of 9/11 would be found and brought to justice. It is more than sad that Bush decided to to go 99% Iraq and 1% al Queda.

His tightening of airport security is such a ridiculously tiny step. Just think, boatloads of illegal narcotics land on our shores with impunity every hour of every day. If we can't stop the drugs we certainly can't stop terrorists.

Answer 7

The fact that everyone you know is against it might be a reflection of the people you know then support of the war/troops. Iraq had little. more properly nothing, to do with the Twin Towers. People on both sides keep ringing that up and nothing in the lead up to the war was based on them having anything to do with 9/11. The Iraq invasion was caused by Saddam Hussein not complying with mandatory U.N. inspections of the Iraqi manufacturing sites for WMD,s and his refusal to allow inspections of areas previously known to have contained nerve gases and other WMD's. He, in my opinion, thought the U.S. was too involved in the war against terror to do anything about it and the rest of the U.N. would do nothing without the U.S. He bluffed and it got called and he lost. Support for the war in Iraq varies between age groups and geographic locations a lot. So the answer to your question is that many people do, and in certain age groups and areas even a majority do; but in other age groups and areas the support is minimal.

Answer 8

Because this war was concocted on lies. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 and that is a FACT. There were no Al-qaida in Iraq before we went in but now there are. There were no suicide bombers in Iraq but now they are like flies all over there now. We support our troops just not the mission. And the talks of troops which people like Bush uses to steer up cheap demagogues will not serve any purpose but hurt them more. And it is clear that you have been easily fed biased propaganda by the American/Zionist propaganda machine inorder to make the Arabs look demonic and dangerous. As for starting the war our country didn't do it officially. If it was really a legitimate war then Congress should have declared it which they didn't. Bush has abused his powers to the extreme lengths that many are starting to question his sanity as a human being. One of our great leaders of the past Benjamin Frankling once said "Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that don't have brains enough to be honest."

Answer 9

As a former soldier, I will always support the troops....

I support the war for only 1 reason.. That is because I feel all the liberals and anti-war protesters are trying to deliberately hurt our image over there...... Yeah we have already gone over there, and yes we are going to be there for a while, and yes our troops are dying... But our troops go over there having to leave their families, friends, and other loved ones.... When they get over there, all they have is themselves and their morale..... When they are watching CNN or Foxnews over there, all they see are images of protestors and liberals saying our troops are ineffective....

Now how would someone like it if the went to work every day, and their boss said "You dont know how to do your job, but your going to stay their because Im not doing mine"....

So to keep it short, I support the war because our soldiers need to know we support their efforts.... Not just them, but their efforts too.... Their efforts right now are going towards making Iraq a better place. Which just happens to be by means of war... If we keep showing our troops we dont support their efforts, then they will lose their morale... Morale is what keeps you alive over there....

Answer 10

I seriously suggest you do some research prior to posting about something you obviously know nothing about.

And the fighting between Sunnis' and Shiites have been going on since the death of Mohammad in some time around 632 AD ( correct me if im wrong ) and it will go on for forever. There is nothing we or anyone can do to resolve their fighting.

Bush wanted to finish his father's legacy and its biting him in the a s s instead.

Know your facts before writing about something you know nothing about

Answer 11

Are you for actual ! If Gore replaced into President then he could nonetheless be at floor 0 right this moment questioning what to do. Btw, the "Gore rather won" is genuinely, rather getting previous. Technically, legally, and by using all recounts Bush won Florida and the Electoral college.