Do you think the war in Iraq is really over, and that all America is trying to do is keep the peace??
83125
First off, for those that answered, we are NOT in Iraq for oil. Our main oil supply comes from Canada. North America(including our own country) supplies almost THREE TIMES the amount of oil we get from the Middle East. If we were in it for oil, we would have invaded Canada long ago, and it would have been an easy fight(no offense to Canadians). It is well known(to those who dont ignore it) that Iraq harbors, even promotes, terrorism toward other nations. Well, it used to, before Good ol' Dubya handled it. So get some facts before you force your unfounded statements on everyone.\n\nAnd to answer the question, no, the war in Iraq is not over. It will not be until the job is done. If we had an immediate withdrawl, as many liberals want, Iraq would become a refuge, a hive, of terrorists, greatly increasing the chance of another attack against the U.S. We are trying to make peace, because you cannot keep it if there is none to begin with. If liberals really try hard and look into the future, then they will see that its for the better, but i highly doubt that their highly biased minds will consider that.
308396
lolz .... y not just stop the war ???
791119
I don't think we ever got off of Iraq.  With 105 Americans killed in Iraq last month, how could anyone get off that topic.  Bush assured us we will be talking about Iraq for the next two years, when he announced that Rumsfeld we be there as long as he is president, and he still relies on Cheney for his advice on Iraq.  Sounds like "stay the course" to me.
1130700
Not in his term, but I believe we are on the right track. Can you even imagine if we had of not done anything at all after 911, where we would be by now....Hopefully when Mr. Bush leaves office, the person taking over will continue his efforts for a peaceful Iraq.
322636
Just pull the troups out and let them come home, they have done their job. Iraq will have a civil war regardless if we stay or not so why not just let them have at it and not lose anymore American lives.
723054
I so agree, nothings getting done over there except hundreds of people keep getting killed, there's no reason for us to be over there, your so right, we went there looking for nuclear weapons and they still haven't found any so enough already..haven't we lost enough of our soldiers?...we do need to back off and just declare peace before things get out of hand, till then let's just pray...God bless
212218
I am afraid that it will never be over. Bush is going to pull troups out of Iraq this year to help repuglicans get elected, but then they will be back someplace like Iran, or North Korea. 3 years and we get rid of the sob, unless he declares himself King for life, which in that case there will be a civil war right here.
568452
I think the war in Iraq is a failure of the Bush adminastration. Iraqi's are engaged in a civil war and we are in the middle of it. Only way out is to get out and let them settle for themselves. I always wondered how many repugs were acturally fighting in the war. Now I know. It is a shame.
1013439
Yes, I am effing weary about you guys dying.  I don't believe that Iraq was the biggest threat prior to 9/11 and that Rumsfeld and Cheney lied to us to make us believe that.  I feel that your life is being put at risk to fight a war that should have never started-we should have stayed in Afghanistan and found bin Laden.  We should have kept you there looking well after Tora Bora.  And I feel that Iraq wouldn't have as many al-Qaeda living within its borders had we not invaded in the first place.  I don't think that we can set a time table, unfortunately, we have created chaos within the country of Iraq, and we have to stay there until we fix our mistakes.  Unfortunately, putting your life and others at risk.
651768
I really don't think the war on terrorism will ever be over, just read what's going on behind the scenes. Democrats will never help us either and that is so frighting, we need all the help we can get.  http://www.anti-cair-net.org/http://www.cair-net.org/http://www.danielpipes.org/article/394
407616
Absolutely. They have no business over there now that the real agenda has been figure out why this war was started in the first place. I believe that Saddam would have eventually gotten killed or taken out of office but to lie to start this war was and is wrong and we should have to lose another family member or friend over this war. If it is that serious, President Bush and his flunky along with his and their families should be over fighting. Just my opinion.
316210
This is kind of a wierd wording.  Any person with an ounce of compassion will say "I would like the war never to have begun."  I think it should have ended long ago.  In fact if you want to get into it that deeply, I don't think it should haev begun in the first place.  Don't get me wrong, I'm glad Saddam is out of power and I totally support our troops.  They are over there precisely so I can complain about them being over there all I want.  I think the US has gone a little far though.  Maybe it's just that the governments goal are not being successfully conveyed to the public through the media.  I don't really know.  I disagree with the war, but I see no real way to end it.\n\nSimply put, the war in Iraq should have already been ended.
525034
our troops will stop dying for that particular cause and Iraq will probably revert to a war torn arena that is governed by warlords and/or different religious factions until the most powerful one is able to take control, which will probably/definitely be another Saddam.... then you will have another situation unlike the previous and we can start all over, probably with a US leader that will not invade but will allow a military buildup and then we can just let them invade us..... after all, the only thing most (not all but most) of the governments in that part of the world want is the complete destruction of the west.... which includes us and anyone that is on our side................. so while no one wants what we have there now.... the choice is finish it and get out or get out and let them finish us............... our choice.
180248
Please notice that it is Iraq with Q not K.\nI am sure that this war will be finished as soon as things get setteled.\nThere's one more thing, personally I don't consider it as war against Iraq, it is war against terrorism, which is a part of the battle for freedom and democracy.
672922
There can only be a peaceful Iraq when all of the world steps forward to help them. The UN has destroyed this country by the way it was handled before the war. The U.S. took a stand against a very Evil leader. It is curious that the international Human rights groups have only bad things to say now about the U.S., but not a peep about how Saddam treated the Iraq people while he was in control. the Iraq people need a boost to get started from all of us , including their neighbors, before they can realize peace. It is unfortunate that some of their neighbors will do anything to stop any peace. The Americans can only do so much. The fear of the terrorist stops progress in Iraq. The burden of the peace lays mostly on the new government of Iraq and support from it's neighbors for peace in the area.
106646
We will come home from Iraq when the Iraqis are ready to take control of their own country and will not slip back into the way things used to be.  Anyone who thinks that as soon as a democrat becomes president, they will just end our efforts in Iraq is very mistaken.  So you people think that after the progress that we have made, we should just pull out now without completing the job?  Anyone ever heard of Vietnam?  The one war we weren't completely committed to?  And how does it compare with the other wars that we have been in and did the right way?  Which war do we look back on now with the most regret?  Vietnam, because we went in half-assed and lost thousands of soldiers for nothing.  Compare that with WW2 where we lost many more soldiers, but finished the job.
892570
I don't respond to any of these questions for points, so I don't care about that, but your question is one that has some intelligence in comparison to most I see on this board, and it is of concern to the American  public who is paying for this debacle at and estimated 100 billion dollars.\n\nThe Bush administration was correct in toppling Saddam, but that is where they should have left it. At the time there was little going on in Iraq other than the usual Sectarian violence that has gone on there for more than 2000 years. \n\nWe would have been smart to have lent a hand to the United Nations and provide some funding where we could but pulled out after the dust settled.\n\nOur main concern has been Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and ridding their country of that terrorist regime and hunting Osama Bin Laden. The focus on this really got dropped.\n\nThe argument that we either fight them there or here is moot. A terrorist with the right training can strike anywhere. \nThere was no weapons of mass destruction as the commission report findings state, and we literally decided to push democracy down a countries throat that did not ask for it. Let them continue with their third world mentality and fight over religious governing parties as we depart. Enough of our fine service personnel have been killed and wounded for that despicable desert. \n\nThis mess has been going on since 2001, with no end in site. A new direction is needed. I won't say that the Democrats will solve it but new insight cannot hurt. Being and Independent I don't like either party, they waste too much time bashing each other and not enough time getting the job done.