Isn't Iraq an overly expensive expiriment?

Answer 1

Only if you think us in Germany, Japan, Korea, etc is overly expensive....

There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq in January.
In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January.
That's just one American city,

About as deadly as the entire war-torn country of Iraq.







When some claim that President Bush shouldn't
Have started this war, I state the following:







A. FDR led us into World War II.

B. Germany never attacked us ; Japan did.
>From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost .
An average of 112,500 per year.







C. Truman finished that war and started one in Korea
North Korea never attacked us .
>From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost .
An average of 18,334 per year.





D. John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962.
Vietnam never attacked us.





E. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire.
>From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost ..
An average of 5,800 per year.





f. Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent.
Bosnia never attacked us .
He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three
Times by Sudan and did nothing.

Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.





G. In the years since terrorists attacked us ,

President Bush has liberated two countries,

Crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida,

Put nuclear inspectors in Libya , Iran (Oops strike that one.) , and, North Korea
Without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who
Slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.

The Democrats are complaining
About how long the war is taking.

But Wait






It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno
To take the Branch Davidian compound.
That was a 51-day operation..





We've been looking for evidence for chemical weapons
In Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find
The Rose Law Firm billing records.





It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the
Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard
Than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police after his
Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick.

It took less time to take Iraq than it took
To count the votes in Florida!!!

Our Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB !
The Military morale is high!

The biased media hopes we are too ignorant
To realize the facts

But wait!



There's more!




JOHN GLENN (on the Senate floor - January 26, 2004)

Some people still don't understand why military personnel
Do what they do for a living. This exchange between
Senators John Glenn and Senator Howard Metzenbaum
Is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive
Impromptu speech, but it's also a good example of one
man's explanation of why men and women in the armed
Services do what they do for a living.







This IS a typical, though sad, example of what
Some who have never served think of the military.




Senator Metzenbaum (speaking to Senator Glenn):
'How can you run for Senate when you've never held a real job?'

Senator Glenn (D-Ohio):
'I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps.
I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions.
My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different
Occasions. I was in the space program. It wasn't my
Checkbook, Howard; it was my life on the line. It was
Not a nine-to-five job, where I took time off to take the
Daily cash receipts to the bank.'

'I ask you to go with me As I went the other day...
To a veteran's hospital and look those men ..
With their mangled bodies . In the eye, and tell THEM
They didn't hold a job!

You go with me to the Space Program at NASA
And go, as I have gone, to the widows and Orphans
Of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee...
And you look those kids in the eye and tell them
That their DADS didn't hold a job.







You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in
Arlington National Cemetery, where I have more friends
Buried than I'd like to remember, and you watch
those waving flags.







You stand there, and you think about this nation,
and you tell ME that those people didn't have a job?

What about you?'
For those who don't remember
During W.W.II, Howard Metzenbaum was an attorney
representing the Communist Party in the USA





Now he's a Senator!



Finally, you may think we should pull out of Iraq. I would ask you this: since we’ve been attacked already numerous times prior to 9/11, and with 9/11 OBL and company have proven they want to blow up America, do you think pulling out of Iraq will change that? Do you think radical ragheads will leave us alone if we leave them alone? I do NOT. I would rather fight them and kill them in the sand then jail them, feed them, try them, then release them in the US (lack of)Justice system.

Answer 2

Yes indeed and on whose expense is this expriment coming out of? The d*mb ignorant US citizens and whats sad is most of them dont realize it coz they are too busy watching some stup*d reality tv or reading celeb gossips!

America, you are trained to be ignorant so the govt can do what they want with your tax dollars and benefit the corporations! Can't you see?? Why do you think we are in Iraq? defnitiely not 9/11 or the freedom of people. IF you say 9/11, then why are we not in Saudi Arabia coz most of the bombers were Saudis. IF you say to free the women and children of Iraq then why are they getting killed by hundreds of thousands. Are we freeing them from the bad dictator and gvt or are we just freeing them all together from this world so we can do whatever the F*Ck we want on their land and rob them of everything they have??

Jesus! I have been reading all her questions and I know what the answets are so I give you lots of credit for not giving up on here.

IRAQ is NOTHING BUT UNTAPPED RESOURCE FOR THE USA. WITHOUT DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING, IRAQ WILL REMAIN AN UNTAPPED RESOURCE AND OF COURSE ITS SOMETHING AMERICA CANNOT LET GO COZ THEY ARE GREEDY!!

Answer 3

Each generation has to figure out the price they are willing to pay for their freedom and way of life.
2 generations ago, 1938, 1941, people had to decide if fighting against the Japanese and Hitler were worth the effort. Thousands marched in America against the war. Republicans were against it. The Democrat Presidents were called the war presidents. WW l and WW ll were fought with a Democrat as President. Kennedy started with Vietnam and Cuba.
How do you view history on these matters? Was the price paid in human lives too much?
How do you put a dollar amount on freedom.

Answer 4

Economically: it is a terribly expensive war, our deficits are soaring, and we are incurring the debts not as investment to be paid back but as current expenses: we are not borrowing money (from overseas, from future generations, from ourselves in future; against growth) to promote growth, investing in energy alternatives. The money goes as current expenses. Borrowing money to meet current expenses means belt tightening and cut backs in private lives: only government can borrow money to spend for votes and goodies and largess to the public with no thought of return on that investment.

This just my opinon.
Iraq is a big government social engineering experiment gone awry. The idea was to overthrow their government and install one friendly to us. That kind of neo-imperialism is morally questionable, and practically unlikely to work. So now we’re stuck. I think we have a moral obligation to leave in a way that doesn’t allow chaos and all out civil war (at least do as much as we can in that regard), but to keep going because you are afraid of "humiliation" is irrational. You do what is in the national interest.

Answer 5

It's expensive and experimental bringing democracy to a country that is divided on so many levels.
Iraq appears to be populated by people that show little or no ambition when attempting to end the violence their society is steeped in.

I hope we can teach them something but so far the best we can hope for is to keep the people from killing each other and allowing the government to be as corrupt as the people will accept.

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Answer 7

Yes. An overly expensive experiment in the perils of voting in a dim-witted puppet for president. Look at the Republicans who have broke ranks with him over the last few years. Those unpatriotic, non troop-supporting Republicans.....For shame.

Answer 8

If the people of Iraq are happier and more prosperous at the end then people will say you can't put a price on it. Not only is that a big if (ask them if they feel liberated), but I think with the money we've spent there could have been other ways to increase freedom and prosperity that led to fewer civilian casualties and less civil unrest. There are ways to press for human rights other than overthrowing a government, but killing the bad guys is always the most "simple" solution.

Answer 9

Expensive both financially, and the cost of human lives, both American, and Iraqi. But the foot soldiers are not the ones who instigated this war, Bush and his cronies have profited greatly, so to them it is a big success.
“Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
Hermann Göring(Nazi) 1946 Nuremberg Trials

Answer 10

It's an overly expensive quagmire with no clear end in sight.

An experiment would require, at the very least, a feasible hypothesis to implement into action. Unfortunately, this administration has trouble deciding what "rationale" it wants to invoke justifying this mishmash of an experiment.

Answer 11

No. Iraq is an insanely expensive and wasteful experiment.