Do you agree with the war on iraq?

Question

I dont see the point there are alot of people saying that the war is over oil. I believe it i think they told us were fighting terrorist as an excuse. im glad we brought some of them to justice but i cant help wondering why we are still over there. do you think god wants us to blow up innocent people who did nothing not everyone over there hates us. i get it mess with america and youll pay. they have payed why is the government so bloodthirsty?!!

Answer 1

Invading Iraq was a stupid idea doomed to failure. Every non-partisan Middle East expert in the world predicted that the most likely outcome of invading Iraq would be a civil war and regional destabilization. Actually, anyone with the slightest real knowledge of the region knew this to be true.

The President’s own father knew it and said so in his 1998 book, ‘A World Transformed’. Colin Powell (then Secretary of State) told Dubya, “If you break it [Iraq], then you own it”.
The first Gulf War commander "Stormin" Norman Schwarzkopf knew it, saying that if America invaded Iraq it would be a, “dinosaur in a tar pit”. Hell, even evil Dick Cheney had said it would become a quagmire.

According to the Republican Congress’ own 9/11 and Prewar Intelligence Reports:

1. There were no terrorists in Iraq before Bush invaded;
2. Hussein did not allow terrorist training camps;
3. Hussein hated al Qaeda before we did;
4. Hussein did not hide al-Zarqawi, he tried to have him arrested, and of course
5. no WMDs or involvement with 9/11.

Recent reports by the US Department of State and a consensus of America’s 16 Intelligence Agencies both conclude that Americans are less safe and less secure than they were before 9/11. Anti-American terrorist organizations are larger, stronger, and more successful than ever as a direct result of Bush Administration policy.

Answer 2

I believe we took out a sick tyrant in Saddam, I believe we went to war also because of lobbyist wanting to make money from the no bid contracts and oil, I believe we went into a war we can not win because we are fighting a political war against a foe whom fight the old way of war.

The bible says their will always be wars and talks of wars and to live peacefully among all men in all that it be within you, do you think God wanted 911?? If the US did a horrendous act like 911 to another country and we set back and did nothing as citizens then we should be accountable also for doing nothing. Innocent people have died in every war, All is fair in love and war.

The reason we are still there is because all we can do is bring the camel to water, the camel must drink on its own and be accountable, soon we will leave the camel at the watering hole, the only problem is the camel is to lazy and self-righteous to drink and will not compromise with the other camels from the different herds. In short I fear it takes a ruthless dictator (Shepard) like Saddam to keep the different camel herds in order.

Answer 3

Here's an explanation I gave to someone who asked, why are we at war? It's unbiased and I hope it helps. If you have any questions about it, send a message through Yahoo Answers or look at Wikipedia.
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A lot of people have very strong opinions about this, I want to make this as clear and unbiased as I can, I want to explain it, not tell you what to think.

In the 1970s, the Soviet Union attacked Afghanistan. The United States was afraid the Soviet Union would win and spread communism, so we gave money and weapons to Osama bin Laden to start a terrorist army.

When the Soviet Union was defeated, the United States stopped helping Afghanistan and the country was very poor and there was a lot of fighting. Osama bin Laden told people what he thought about the Islamic religion, and he convinced people that Islam is about killing Americans and other non-Muslim countries. His version of the religion is not the true Islam religion.

When Osama bin Laden and his group Al Qaeda did small terrorist attacks, we tried to stop him but it was not very important to us. When the attacks happened on September 11, 2001, three thousand people were killed by his terrorists. George W. Bush invaded Afghanistan because Osama bin Laden had his terrorist base there. We destroyed the bases but Osama bin Laden escaped, and we still don't know where he is.

In 2003, Bush and Congress told the American people that Iraq's leader, Saddam Hussein, was an evil ruler, helped Osama bin Laden's terrorists, and had weapons that could kill millions of people. Most Americans believed this, so they supported invading Iraq. Now we know Iraq did not have these weapons and did not back terrorists. Was it right to invade a country because we did not like their leader? Why didn't we talk about how bad it would be when we invaded?

Iraq is now a big problem because most Iraqis don't like our soldiers being in Iraq. We are trying to make democracy but we didn't plan for people to fight the US troops after we started a new democracy in Iraq. People are coming in from other countries and telling Iraqis to bomb each other and the US, because they are fighting over religion and over us attacking their country. Now we don't know if we should keep fighting in Iraq or leave and hope the country will not have a civil war between religions.

Answer 4

We get more oil from Canada than from Iraq...so not likely Oil. Look at it this way, and then draw your own conclusion.
1) US finds out the Iranians are seeking international expertise on nuclear weapons in 1989, primarily from the Chinese.
2) Clinton is the first president to finally court the Chinese away from Iran and their nuclear program by dramatically increasing our trade relations...China has been routinely voted favored trade status ever since.
3) Islamo-facism is on the rise throughout the MidEast, and Iran is the center. Iran actual grows to become the pivotal player in the development of the "Shia Cresent" (a shia dominated region spanning from Iran, through Iraq and into Syria and Lebanon. The Shia Cresent is naturally a grave concern to the Saudis, as they are a sect of Sunni.
4) The House of Saud will not stop channeling money toward Bin Laden, as the money they shell out to keep the peace within their country and thereby maintain the throne, is being funneled to all kinds of terrorists. So the US pulls their military influence out of Saudi Arabia. The Saudis never thought we would actually invade Iraq.
5) Now, Iran is a huge threat to the region and the world. For example upwards of 90% of the oil imported into Japan is from Kuwait. If that goes up, Japan's economy falls, possibly draggin the US with it. So, through various developments, the US now has ground troops in Iraq capable of invading from the West into Iran and ground troops in Afghanistan, capable of invading from the East.
This is a war of containment, not a war over oil. Also IED and Market bombs kill innocent people...the US does not engage in these activities. The death of the innocent over there is not the cause of the US, its the cause of the Insurgents. If you don't believe me, than look at Lebanon and the Palestinians. They are all more than happy killing each other off, whether the US is there or not. With Saddam gone, there is no threat of death to hold these people at bay...so this is their issue, which we just stepped into.

Answer 5

It is not the government that is bloodthirsty. It is the politicians in it that have such greed for money and power that they see no problem in the deaths of thousands, if not millions of people.

Politicians in most countries are like this. They will do anything to get elected. Once in power, they will do anything to get more power.

If we followed the Constitution, criminal politicians would be unable to wage undeclared wars, and trample the Bill of Rights. The American people have allowed this to happen.

This election may be their last chance to change things. Ron Paul stands for Constitutional government. He wants to bring the troops home. He is against waging undeclared wars around the globe. He is against creating a police state at home to "protect us from terrorism".

Ron Paul is for stable money and ending the deficits that the Neo Cons have run up. Ron Paul in 2008.

Answer 6

I agreed with going after Bin Laden in retaliation for 9/11....but...
I don't think the US has any business still being in the middle east.

The war has gone on long enough. I want to see our soldiers back home with their families this Thanksgiving. That would give us reason to be especially thankful this year.

Answer 7

It is a great question. Here is one for. If there are so many people against the war, why don't we do something like calling our senators, reps and even the president. We are supposed to have a Gov that is OF, BY and FOR the people, not Bush and Chaney. Get off your butt and make your voice heard. I don't know how old your are, but if you are of voting age, did you vote?
If you are old enough and didn't vote then you have absolutely no right to complain. I did vote and I am complaining. By letters, by EMail and by phone. Now it is your turn to help.pp

Answer 8

to me, it's more of an invasion than a war. A war to me means both sides have a good reason for fighting. The US doesn't have a solid reason, and the Iraqi's are fighting because they don't like the US being there. It's clearly over oil because Bush is an oil guy. Blood for oil is stupid.

Answer 9

The whole thing saddens me very deeply.
So many lives lost in the name of democracy.
So many lives destroyed.

To begin with I supported the war in Iraq.. not because of what Bush was saying.. I never believed that there was any terrorist threat coming from Iraq.. but because i believed that Saddam Hussain was a brutal dictator, and that the Iraqi's deserved a better life. Little did i know how pathetically the whole thing was planned, and what a mess Bush & co would make of it. Bush had the resources of the massive US government & billions of dollars to help him plan a reconstruction.. he didn't bother planning for the peace.. he only planned the bombing and didn't plan for the consequences.

Bush hoodwinked the American people who were all so angry after the 9/11 attack, that they were ready to do anything to get justice. Bush knew this and used the terrorist threat as an excuse to invade Iraq.
The american government had been supporting the Iraqi regime for years. Suddenly they decided that they were an enemy of the USA.
Or was it simply that Bush and his oil friends saw a lot of money in Iraq? Iraq has one of the biggest oils reserves in the world - we are talking billions upon billions of massive greedy dollars, and control over the reserves for years to come.

Well, there were no terrorists in Iraq, there were no WMD's (weapons of mass destruction), Osama Bin Laden is still at large and he was NOT in Iraq anyway (i wonder why he is still free? something to do with Bush being friendly with his family perhaps?), and American troops were already deployed in Afghanistan, and had not finished their work there. So why start another massively expensive war in a totally unrelated country? I have come to my own conclusions, and it deeply upsets me.

The only country that i feel is a threat to world peace is the USA. It was the most blood thirsty, aggressive and murderous country in the second half of the 20th century (1950-2000). You don't believe me? Look at the figures.. how many people did US troops kill between 1950 and 2000? I believe the US was responsible for more deaths in this period than any other country. All this to protect the world of the free? The only people the US government protects is its own ruling class, super-rich elite. They arent interested in freedom, only big-bucks and power.

When will the US citizens wake up? When will they stop believing the lies? Why did they ever support George Bush?

The actions of the USA affects everyone.
Bush is a global poison on the planet earth.

This is my opinion.
For your information, I am a UK citizen.

Tony Blair also used UK troops to invade Iraq alongside Bush.
More people marched in London in protest against the invasion of Iraq than any other protest in our recent history. But still he went to war against the wishes of a majority of UK citizens.
We found out later that Blair had even lied to us about there being WMD's in Iraq. He knew there were not likely to be any WMD's, but he had the evidence altered to make it look like there were definately WMD's and that they were an iminent threat, so that our Parliament would vote in favour of an invasion.
I am deeply saddened that we, in the UK, allowed Blair to stay in office after the mess he made of Iraq, after the devastation to so many lives that he caused and after we found out that he lied to us.
The fact that Iraq was invaded in my name, makes me partly responsible for the deaths that were caused in my name.
How can I live in peace with myself after this?

Answer 10

I agree with the war in Iraq. The terrorists are the ones that started the war by attacking us. The terrorists are bloodthirsty,not the government. We are over there trying to keep the terrorists from killing us all!!!! They are not innocent for attacking us!!!