Iraq analysis question?

Question

Where do you see this country in three years? I am curious as to peoples analisis and why, please no Bush comments, it is agreed that a majority of this country is not on board with his assessments, however this is something that I may be reaching on but it kind of seems as if the media is putting a happy face on the situation, sort of like Vietnam where the war was being lost, yet the media would cite all of these success. Please give some support to your opinion as I am interested in what people have to say.

Sounds reasonable. sort of like a Somolia?

Answer 1

I don't think we are winning the war in Iraq or that we -can- win. In fact at this point we can't even define what 'win' means in Iraq.

I don't mean to sound like I'm only trying to bash Bush, but I really think the only plan his administration has now is to keep the war going one way or another until either the Democrats or the next president takes it out of his hands. Then for decades the Republicans can say we were winning but the Democrats made us lose.

Wars like this are much harder to get out of than to get into. If the next president is a Democrat, he (or she) will not find it easy to just declare the war 'over' and bring home the troops. It's a safe bet, I think, that we will still be there in 2010.

President Nixon's chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, wrote a memoir of his days in the Nixon White House. He told of how Nixon convened his cabinet early in his first term in 1969 and announced that he was going to end the war in Vietnam, since he'd promised in his campaign to do that. He was convinced not to end it right away because ending it would cause a recession that would threaten his re-election to a second term. So he announced the end of the war just before the election of '72. We -did- have a recession, and rampant inflation, which the Republicans have blamed, ever since, on Carter.

Answer 2

The sad thing is, just as you say, all we have to go by is the media right now. If it truly is getting better there now and the Iraq security and the citizens are fighting off the terrorists, I am pleasantly surprised. Unfortunately, much of the Middle East is a hornets nest. I think there are a lot of things we aren't being told.

I suppose the deciding factor for the coming years rests in what happens with Iran. Since Putin says that an attack on Iran is an attack on Russia, it could be a far worse scenario than we are faced with now. I would assume there will be a draft and much bigger military build up. In fact, I'm surprised this hasn't already begun.

I think that is one reason people are so political about the war because the normal things that would be done, such as higher taxes and a military draft have not been initiated leaving some people to feel as if it's only a topic to argue about rather than a horrible reality that seriously effects their lives.

Answer 3

The real issue to me is that the whole thing is a useless enterprise...compare it to building a wall to keep out the horde and at night their friends just open the doors...Yes, it is in our national interest to have a peaceful Middle East and have some of the oil produced outside of OPEC...but we will not win this war with bullets...If history teaches any lessons, you cannot force a population to love you. To win in Iraq will take a regional war that reduces all so-called rogue nations to zero...We'd have to bomb Iran, Syrian, and many places inside of the old USSR...We'd have to kill so many of them that it would take decades for them to a level resembling today...but thius isn't a war...this isn't WW2...if we do these things China and Russia will retaliate...they can't allow the US to control all markets....but the fact is Arab countries don't like us and will probably continue to not like us for 50 more years

the dollar is shrinking and the US is falling back into the pack...The only thing driving the situation in Iraq is US nationalism...and other countries see this overt nationalism....No, even if we control Iraq for a few years, we cannot hope to continue it...we simply cannot afford to do it....

Today the price of heating a home is 40% more than last year and last year was at least 20% higher than the year before....what is happening to America is going to happen with or without our troops in Iraq...We're becoming a poorer nation....my heat bills were $300 a month last year and will be $420 this year, It would be the same even if Saddam was alive.

Answer 4

Forget Iraq, it's just a smoke screen being used by both parties to obfuscate the real, immediate problem we're facing. In reality, it's just another war. We manage to get involved in one every few years.
Folks, we're looking at a serious short fall in available oil and Iraq won't solve it no matter what you think. When you're paying four bucks at the pump (a month from now) with no relief in sight, think about the consequences!
The war is a distraction (one way or another) and a convenient excuse to distract from the failure of our government to provide for our energy needs.

Answer 5

We are slowly taking control of Iraq and handing it back to the new Iraqi government.

Any progress in Iraq is frowned upon by Democrats since they have parroted for years that the war is lost and we should leave.

If we turn around and win, now won't they look like the fools they are?

Of course, now they will have to change what "win" means so there can be no chance of them being fools. The definition of win constantly shifts further from reality until it will become purposefully unattainable.

Answer 6

Depends. If we have a Democrat in office, Iraq while be in chaos, with a full blown civil war, the middle east will be in the worst crisis since the Iraq-Iran War and American troops will be back home, while Iranian troops prepare to take Iraq. If a Republican is in office, we'll still be in Iraq, with no civil war, but still widespread, but manageable problems, probably getting ready to invade Iran which is brandishing its WMDs.

The media cite success? You're joking, right? Aside from Fox News, mouth piece of the GOP, all the media does is report bad news from Iraq.

Answer 7

hopefully our troops will be out of Iraq by then but i doubt it....i think we are just going to start something with Iran (which we are doing now). hopefully other issues in our government will be fixed or in the process of being fixed.

Answer 8

Before you can study History in graduate school, you must swear not to predict the future.

We'll still be there, with less troops hopefully.

Answer 9

I have no idea.

Even if Bush is honest he is obviously incompetent and cannot be believed. So Idisregard anything from the White House

Answer 10

embroiled in conflict being funded by security council members, like it has been for the past 50.