What are 5 reasons that Democrats want to leave the war in Iraq?

Question

Please include detailed and accurate facts. No one word/sentence answers. Be specific.

Answer 1

I am not a democrat but from what I have seen:
it is because they were afraid of defeat and would rather quit than admit not being successful. Now that the tide is turning in Iraq, they are subtly changing their tune to be in better harmony with reality.
I think many of them also played to the polls as well. They did it, because it was popular. It was easy to spin the news to make the war an undesirable thing, so they did it and aligned themselves with the false consensus that the war was lost.

Answer 2

Even though i'm sure i'm going to collect a crazy number of thumbs down on BOTH questions, i'm going to try and answer fairly here... again, aside from the obvious political motivations going on:

1) the cost of the war is mounting. Namely they feel that peace dividends could go farther with applications towards general health care, education, etc. The effort is not worth the cost in their estimates.

2) they feel that the war was started under false pretenses and therefore we should discontinue action on that soil. Namely, WMD were not found in the quantity and type expected so we shouldn't be there anymore.

3) They think our presense there is a catalyst for violence - that by being in Iraq we bring out the worst in people there and actually CAUSE them to join terrorist organizations. The line of thought is that if we leave things may work themselves out because people won't be joining the violent cause to fight an occupying force that isn't there

4) They don't think the cost in lives is expedient anymore. Obviously our soldiers will die in any conflict. At some point SOMEBODY has to rule that the cost in human lives has exceeded the benefit. Republicans don't feel that point has been reached, democrats do... its a simple difference of opinion in that matter.

5) They want to preserve the American public image. Honestly, Iraq is an unpopular war. Even our media was complaining about it 4 days in to combat operations. Perhaps one major motivation is the attempt to improve american public image by drawing back some of our military involvement accross the world...

There, i've tried to fairly portray both sides...

Answer 3

Let's look at Dennis' answers:

"1. The human cost of war is unacceptable.
2. The U.S. occupation is a catalyst for violence.
3. Iraqis want the United States to leave now.
4. Democracy cannot flourish under an occupation.
5. The Iraq war and occupation waste resources needed for U.S. domestic programs."

1. The human cost of war is terrible, but the outcome of many wars in American history--let alone the rest of world history--have led to other triumphs. We wouldn't HAVE a United States if it weren't for our victories in multiple wars we've been in, and not just the Revolutionary War--and all of those wars had a far higher human toll than this Iraq conflict we're in now, even if you count in Iraqi casualties and not just the low number of American casualties (and yes... they are low, given that we've been at this for close to five years.)

2. Iraq was violent before we got there, and in some ways a lot worse. There was already a lot of anti-American sentiment in the world before the Iraq war, so that's not it either. We're not making Islamic jihadist recruiters scout around neighboring countries and non-neighboring countries to find fodder willing to blow themselves up in Iraq, where most of them have never even been. They're doing that all on their own.

3. Iraqis do NOT want the U.S. to leave right now, and if you bothered to TALK to Iraqis (much less listen to their government's pleas for us to stay), you'd know better than to say something so ignorant and far from the truth. The only ones who want us to leave are those who stand to gain from our departure for their own ulterior motives.

4. Contrary to popular belief, democracy CAN flourish under an occupation. Our own democracy did. Germany's did. Japan's did. South Korea's did. It's flourished in many other countries that we didn't necessarily occupy, but certainly "interfered" a lot in. Look at reality and the facts, not what your politics professor tells you in class.

5. Despite all the money going towards funding the military and all the programs in place for this conflict, we're not exactly bankrupt. People are still living and spending here at home much as they did before there was ever a war in Iraq OR Afghanistan. There are still plenty of projects going on domestically that aren't in any way affiliated with the military or the Department of Defense. Indeed, much of the money going towards those domestic projects is still being misused, much as it always is. There are plenty of more important domestic needs that aren't getting the money they need, that could be shunted from frivolous government spending, and none of which is in any way related to the war or the military.

Get your head out of La La Land, and face reality. Or have you yourself been to Iraq and been involved in this war and are therefore qualified to pass forth your "wisdom" on the matter?

Answer 4

1. The human cost of war is unacceptable.
2. The U.S. occupation is a catalyst for violence.
3. Iraqis want the United States to leave now.
4. Democracy cannot flourish under an occupation.
5. The Iraq war and occupation waste resources needed for U.S. domestic programs.

Answer 5

200 Million US dollars per day for Iraq war.

There are people who don't have enough food to eat or place to live, healthcare, or safe roads to drive on in the USA. The middle class in the US is rapidly going away. But yet, keep dumping money into other countries....fighting people that had nothing to do with 9/11. Most of those criminals were Saudi Arabians.

Answer 6

To lose the war in Iraq is part of their strategy to regain the white house.

If we win Iraq then that makes the Republicans right and the Democrats cannot get the votes they need. pretty simple.
But that is the only reason that makes any sense.

Answer 7

1. they want to win the white house....they know that we have to stay there and get the job done now that we are so invested in the war...they just wont admit it

Answer 8

1. They are weak, anti-American pusssies
2. They are weak, anti-American pusssies
3. They are weak, anti-American pusssies
4. They are weak, anti-American pusssies
5. They are weak, anti-American pusssies