If Iraq erupts into civil war, how will that affect our US troops there?
97970
More US troops will die....
941603
Yes I think we will, We are now in the breach of WW3, for all those who don't believe me. Believe me its true, I am in Iraq right now, all this is is the beginning of World War 3 and we can't even see it with our own eyes. Africa is starting to heat up, North Korea shooting missiles, Iran shooting missiles, Syria wanting to over run Iraq why we are in here. This is all on the breach of another major war. And we Americans don't have enough troop to handle it compared to all the other countries millions of millions of troops that are belonging to their army. Thats why I think we need more troops to sign up. Just my opinion, nothing serious.
710346
Whether we stay or pull out the consequences will be terrible.  This is a situation that is not capable of being won.  While we are there they are fighting each other as well as our occupation.  If we leave then they are fighting only each other.  There always will be fighting amongst themselves and it is up to them to resolve it.  We made a grievous error in invading their country but staying is only making it worse.  Our invasion launched a civil war, which probably would have came about sooner or later anyhow.  For us to remain there knowing that it is a no win situation is stupid.  All we're doing is losing more lives, both our soldiers and innocent Iraqis.  What I don't understand is how people condemn the Iraqis as terrorists yet want to remain there to "defend" them.
585574
Iraq is and will be in civil war weather we leave there now or in a hundred years so it does not matter when we leave. The strongest will take the power and will run the country as they see fit and that is just the way it is. I was against the war to begin with, we have no business telling another country how to run their business, no matter how bad a leader that they have. I agree that Saddam is and was a bad man but that is Iraq, and we are the United States and we have plenty of problems with a bad leader right here.
1074596
I'm not from U.S,but i can give u one simple answer:if they stay there for long, they are all going to lose their lives to the improvised explosive device,if they leave,the whole world will be happy and your armed forces will have more then enough troops in your country.But i prefer your troops to stay in Iraq,so they will all get killed and your military will be weaken in numbers and those countries who hate U.S will to take this chance to invade U.S and finally get rid of bush and bring peace and prosperity to Earth.
639267
no,not at all.if the chinees or russians destroy your country,kill your people,steal your assets,even your history,will you begreatfull for them.the iraqies,all arebs,all muslims ,and all thehonest people in this world who refuse humilation and opression will hate usa till dooms day.\nwuttwutt.have you been to iraq,or at least are you listining to the news????which electricity you are talking about,thr two houres a day!!arent you ashamed of these lies.who destroyed the electricty stations since 91.you talke about water!!!if water is clean,why your soldiers drink kuwaiti bottled water?sanitation???go to the capital to see with your bare eyes the lakes of sewage covering most of its streets,rather entering their houses.\nthese lies could be passed on naive people 20 years ago,not after the world had become a small village.
743287
Just about all wars see major shifts in goals and tactics at some point making the original goals and tactics obsolete.  If we leave Iraq tomorrow the result would be a major power struggle resulting in a winner.  that winner will be the badest of the bunch and most likely hate the west.  We will leave him the 2nd largest oil reserves in the world.  He will spend that oil wealth on exporting terror with the best weapons money can buy.  We are part of this world we better have a force there!!
128807
Not for years.  The governments of too many surrounding countries have far too much to loose if Iraq becomes a stable democratic state so they will continue to fund and encourage the "insurgents".  However, the violence should lessen as the new government gets organized and the USA starts pulling out.
368933
There is no economy over there. It's an occupied Country. The U.S. Military is the only thing that is keeping things from totally turning to sheeeit. They don't have a Government like America says through the Bush Administration, it's just our Military forcing them to do what we want right now. As soon as we pull out they will create a Government. Right now nothing is what they got, and they know it. So it will be chaos until America leaves. That is why your seeing the Civil War.
273076
civil war has already started in iraq,otherwise how do we explain the killings of vegetable venders,or butchers,barbers,shopkeepers,etc on thair id ?. in 1990 iraq had 50 well trained divissions with 70 years of accumilated experiance and an 8 years of savage war with iran,and all these forces were barely able to maitain security,how do you expect that onlt 2 divissions of ill trained men with light weapons can controle 450,000km2,and 3500 kms of boarders.how can they controle 28 millions living in cities,mountaines,deserts,and marshes.think of this well.\nif the us forces withdrow now,it will not be a civil war only,but halfe of iraq will be kaeda-stan,and the other halfe will go to iran.
171943
the future for iraq, judging from the size of the bases that have been built by the US, and the money being sunk into the place by both private and public entities (much of which, of course, is being stolen by greedy american contractors), is as an embattled base for corporations that wish to access the oil there. \n\nthe people will be caught in the middle of a growing insurgency (drawing fighters from all over the Middle East, who will rightly see this as an infraction of sovereignty) and the big money of US-backed interests who will hang on (even after the troops go, there will be private contractors as long as there is money to pay them or the interest in being there). \n\nif we're lucky (and i do mean all of us), Iraq will not be the central battlefield of WWIII. but i'm not optimistic.
821311
If our troops are pulled out, before their job is finished, then theres a good chance that we will be fighting on American soil.\nAnd then America will see the Lib/Dems for what they really are, and see that President Bush, did really know what he was doing.
148079
That's quite possible.  I've actually been seeing this coming for almost 2 years now.  I never saw a different outcome.  I think that preventing the civil war from happening will actually cause more harm than good.  I saw split the country up now -- even without a war.  The country was manufactured after WW1 and has no business putting together groups of people that dont really like each other.
785647
During the LA riots after the Rodney King incident, did you think the US was having a civil war?  What is happening right now in Iraq is that a small group of people is creating small problems.  It's hardly a civil war.
217824
Sorry, no newspapers or statistics.\n\nThe US destroyed Iraq, made the situation so bad that a civil war is gonna happen, in which some neighbour countries will certainly interfere.\n\nSo -even if I was against the war- YES, I think the US or even better a bigger coalition (UN, including Germany, France and Russia- by the way they're already doing it) should stay for a long time, and reconstruct the country. Anything else would be "we came, we bombed, we staid long enough to make a mess, an then left because we didn't plan anything and the situation was too complicated for us".
335412
Thats a loaded question ;) \n\nI think that we now must stay and finish the reconstruction and occupation of Iraq to avoid a messy withdrawl that will lead to a power vacuum and civil war in the heart of the middle east. Regardless of how you feel about the war before hand, It's important to realize that a US defeat or withdrawl could have dramatic and long lasting negative effects on the US.\n\nThe Vietnam comparison doesn't hold too much water for two reasons, 1) The US withdrawl from South Vietnam was followed by the North overruning the South. This prevented a power struggle or civil war and was, ironically, able to provide some order to a chaotic situation. 2) A large component of the insurgency (An estimated 1/3 ) is now Al Qaeda, I'm not saying that they were there before I'm simply saying they are there now and are working to force an American withdrawl. They even boast about this on propoganda tapes. They are, unlike the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army, an organization that is actively at war with the United States (was before the war in Iraq and will be after) and would like nothing better then to send a middle eastern nation into chaos so they can use it as a place to retrain, refurbish and catch their breath after losing a similiar base in Afghanistan that they had before the Taliban lost power.\n\nI personally think we need to establish a table for leaving Iraq based not on chronological deadlines (a poor plan that is inviting disaster the moment the deadline passes and US Troops leave) but instead on tangible results. Like for every 3 Iraqi Army Battalions to reach full operational ability we should withdrawl 1 US Battalion. \n\nThis avoids the dilemna of just saying "lets stay until we're through" which opens the door to a endless occupation but also makes success in Iraq a tangible thing that can be monitored and achieved in due time.
510252
The Iraqi people are involved in a civil war now and if we leave now or later doesn't make any differnce they will be involve in a civil war, I say pull out now and let them settle it. No more American lives should be lost to a lost cause, and a misguided war from the begining.