Can you tell me why the war in Iraq is right/wrong and factual reasons on what you say?

Question

I have fough over here many times and 100% believe that we are doing the right thing. I am asking everyone to give me their view on both sides. Please answer them like adults and no spewing fanatical remarks. This might be interesting for all of us who reply and read each others comments. We are all Americans and have the right to our opinions, so let us all respond tactfully and factually.

Answer 1

War is never "right". It is a necessity to keep our country safe.

I feel this war was the right thing to do in the end. How it was handled is questionable. At the end of the day however, the world is safer and the Iraqis have been given a shot at freedom... What they do with it is yet to be seen.

Things are looking up there. Lowest violence rate since the war started. The surge is working. Let our boys finish their job.

PS - Thank you for what you are doing. Regardless of what you read on here and see on CNN, we know you are there doing the best you can and the MAJORITY of Americans know you will be victorious

Answer 2

Personally I doubt that it is possible to form a stable state out of Iraq without some sort of dictator lording over the country. You have three different ethnic/religious groups that fairly clearly don't want anything to do with each other. The Sunnis and Shia are actively at each others throats. Not a promising environment for a stable democracy to take root.

The surge has reduced the level of violence in the country, but I question what will happen after the additional troops are removed--the folks responsible for the usual carnage may simply be lying low until we leave. Plus there hasn't been any real political progress--the ostensible reason for the surge was to facilitate political compromise--and without that the country will remain a volatile powder keg.

In short I doubt that we can do anything productive over the long term in Iraq.

My $0.02. Oh and thanks for trying to prompt intelligent discussion on Yahoo Answers!

Answer 3

The answer is 'WRONG'. Lets hit Mr. Peabody's Way-Back-Machine and go back to the end of Gulf War I. The Coalition Forces accomplished the mission of liberating Kuwait, Iraq was virtually eliminated as a military power in the region and all was well with the world. NOT! Bush the 1st (a spook not to be trusted) made a few comments on the TV about that if 'people' in Iraq tried to overthrow Saddam 'we would support them'. Well, the Kurds and Sunnis took the S.O.B. at his word! Bush later said that was not (or who) he meant and so Saddam promptly went about killing them all resulting in the Northern and Southern 'No Fly Zones'. In other words, we interfered with the internal workings of a sovereign nation clearly in violation of the UN Charter. From that moment, everything else we have done or caused to be done, 'right' or 'wrong', was WRONG. That Bush the 2nd stood before a joint session of Congress and the people on national TV and LIED about the WMDs, LIED about the Al Queda connection (at least I hope he was lying because if he wasn't that's even MORE scary) to justify Gulf War II was just all that much more WRONG.

Answer 4

One of the issues I have with the war was the way the United States entered it.

Generally speaking, the United States is not to go to war unless Congress so declares. This is not a matter of political choice, but is rather the plain command of the U.S. Constitution. Having said that, there are times when military action is commenced without congressional authorization. This is provided for under the War Powers Act. However, it is my understanding that the War Powers Act is meant to apply in instances when exigent circumstances dictate military action without waiting for Congress to vote on the matter.

I am not sure the exigent circumstances that would lead the United States to war without congressional authorization were present in this case. Even making an allowance for the mistaken intelligence, it appears that, at most, Iraq may have been acquiring uranium from Africa for use in military weapons that years of U.N. inspections had failed to detect. As it turns out, we were mistaken on even this, but even accepting the truth of this, it is difficult to believe that allowing a two-week debate in Congress (at longest) would have materially affected the outcome of any military action we would take in Iraq.

Clearly, there were other reasons for going to war that were mentioned later. Hussein was a vicious monster, but of course this was nothing new. Again, congressional approval should have been sought before removing him from power.

However, we are now in Iraq. Hussein is dead, and Iraq needs to rebuild. My understanding based on news reports is that, in no small thanks to the U.S. military, Iraq is achieving a comparatively peaceful environment in which to develop its own government. The progress is slow, and perhaps slower than we would like, but it appears progress is being made.

The question for the United States now is whether our continued presence in Iraq is worth what is being spent for it. Will Iraq emerge with a democratic government that can survive the long haul? Is the enormous debt being incurred by the United States to finance the war something that can be afforded given other American obligations?

I am not convinced that the United States receives enough in benefits to justify its continued spending on the war. Certainly, gas prices have not benefited. There is little reason to believe a democratic government will succeed in Iraq unless the U.S. military remains there for another few years or so (minimum). Admittedly, the Iraqi people will benefit from our continued presence there, but I consider that to be of secondary importance to American interests.

In short, ten years ago or so, sixteen laborers worked to pay the benefits for each recipient of Social Security. It will soon be the case that two laborers will carry that burden due to the increased number of retirees in this country (when the Baby Boomers retire). This is, of course, relevant to the War in Iraq because it demonstrates that there are other ways in which the money could, and arguably should, be spent. In ten years, retirees will be living on reduced benefits because the United States will no longer be able to afford to provide what was provided to retirees in the past. Sad but true.

I do not like the way we got into the war. I am proud of our military for doing a tough job in Iraq that has benefited the Iraqi people quite a bit. However, when the United States spends this kind of money, it has to benefit Americans as well, and I'm afraid I just don't see that happening here. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see the nation of Iraq becoming altogether different from the other anti-American nations in the region over the long run.

Thanks for the question.

Answer 5

Right or Wrong is a judgement call but here's my opinion: WRONG!

Reasons:

Started a pre-emptive war on bad intelligence. Sets a pecendent to allow any country to attack anyone whenever they feel like it.

Bush estimates that long term costs will be $2-5 trillion and we're not paying for it, just passing the costs along to the next generation. (and devaluing the dollar while we're at it)

Going on 4,000 dead and 30,000 wounded (and 80,000 medically evacuated) (Icasualties.org)

Abandoned Afghanistan and search for Bin Ladin. Afghanistan is now 1/3 in Taliban hands.

According to Bush's own NIE, we've created more terrorists.

Army is stretched too thin to defend us from another threat, equipment is worn out (according to military testimony before congress)

Answer 6

There is no war in Iraq. If Congress had declared war, all the insurgents would be dead.

I didn't think we should go to Iraq the second time, but since we did, we can't just abandon the government we helped instate.

Answer 7

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Leviticus 26.1
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Luke 21. 8-10
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Luke 21.20-21
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Luke 21.22-24
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Luke 6.39-40,41-45,46-49
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What dou you think?

Answer 8

At this point its not wright or wrong it a question let them get it done and come home that's the only thing that should mater let get it done!!!

Answer 9

The Congress never declared war as required by the constitution, The Patriot Act violates are civil liberties. It authorizes Sneak and Peak Searches, which allows Federal Authorities to enter your home while you are not there without ever telling you they did and they do not have to get a warrant until 48 hours after the search. We went to war to enforce UN resolutions. Britain and Australia are pulling out, japan has pulled its one naval ship out. 70% of Americans want our troops home. We went to War with false information. Of all the presidential candidate Ron Paul a candidate who favors bringing our troops home has the most donations from military personell.

While US forces are in Iraq and The administration and presidential frontrunners not willing to rule out another pre-emtive strike against Iran, China denies a Port Call to 4 Navy ships wanting to enter Hong Kong on Thanksgiving and Russia violating a treaty allowing them to move troops on theyre western most border. The Us Congress issued a report that China is specifically developing its military capabilities to deal with our military technology, they are already capable of taking out our satelittes, and using the trade agreement we have with them to steal technology from our business over there.

We need to protect ourselves from terrorists, of course. But China and Russia see ourselves commiting all of our resources trying to occupy the middle east and are salivating .

We have the technology to detect nuclear material, we need to employ it on a massive scale in our borders and any entry points into our country. As well as Securing our borders

We need to build Missile Defense to protect against nuclear strikes from Actual Nations

We need to divert Billions of dollars into researching alternative ways to fuel our Automobiles. We are hooked on Gasoline as a nation as the sooner we no longer need oil the sooner we can close down that base in Saudi Arabia that as seen by many forces in the middle east as us trying to occupy them.