i need some reasons that we SHOULD keep troops in Iraq...?
96900
I give you my idea and I live near Iraq so maybe I can give you some facts.\nI think the main reason is the second US troops leave Iraq Iraqi people will overthrow their government and make a clergy republic just like Iran.\nIraqi people are very religious, the majority of Shiie's there love their religion. There are many Islamic shrines there like graves of some Islamic leaders and grandsons of Muhammad(Islam prophet). US troops will be very stunned in few days when they see some of Islamic rituals there, believe in me.\nThe most advanced Islamic school located in Najaf in Iraq and Islamic leaders have great reputation there.\nCan you remember anything about an Islamic leader named Moqtada Sadr in Iraq? He made a great protest against US troops and lots of suiside attacked had done by them and they didn't give up until an order from a more powerful Islamic leader(Sistani)\nEven US troops dare not to kill him because they knew if they do so it would made everyone there a suiside attacker.\nAnother clue is even when they are call for a vote they give permission from Islamic leaders there.\nAlso there is another reason, I think there are 4 reasons that US don't like this to happen:\n1. This clergy government may refuse to pay all US expenses by oil.\n2. There is a domino theory about middle east, theory says that if a country there convert to democracy all the territory countries will see how good is democracy and will convert to democracy.\n3. Iraq is also assumed to be a US market and clergy governments are not predictable specially Islamic ones, maybe they announce US products as Haram, just like what they are doing to Denmark.\n4. Iran is very active there, Iran and Iraq were same country years ago and people lives there are really similar(The most powerful Islamic leader in Iraq "Sistani" is from Iran) and an Iran-allied Iraq is the last thing US want.\n\nSo the troops there are defending US profits and people in Oval office are smart.
726502
We could pull out and let them dip into a civil war, or stay there and let our troops endure the war.  We should not have gone there in the first place, and if we felt we had no choice, we shouldn't have bombed them back to the stone age.\n\nAny way you look at it, the Iraqi's lose.
1006748
we are in iraq to prevent MORE violence in the us. the bush lied quote is dead. we found wmds just this week in iraq 500 biological weapons grade artillery shells with sari gas and mustard gas but you won't hear about it in the mainstream media. if we leave now as sen. kerry wants the jihaddists will follow us back to the us. you want to fight the jihaddist in iraq or illinios . take your pick and don't be blind by democrats
598263
I agree with you 100% We have no real reason for being in Iraq except that G.W. Bush wanted to finish what his daddy started No disrespect to our troops they are only going where they were sent Just like in 'Nam
451996
Our troops need to come back state side and be with their families. The troops serve only the bank accounts of the wealthy oil companies. They are killed for no good reason. Bush needs to get his head out his daddy and his daddies friends arses. BRING OUR PEOPLE HOME! NOT IN BODY BAGS!
764812
Iraq is currently the single most important issue to me. Our strategy needs to change quickly and in a way that will help the Iraqis take over security of their own nation and thus allow our troops to concentrate on helping NATO in Afghanistan. This strategy change should include anything and everything up to, but not including, leaving before Iraq is able to maintain its own security.
471846
There are three reasons for being in Iraq:\n\n1. Oil\n2. Oil\n3. OIL!\n\nOther than that, there is oil.\n\nIn a speech on campus last night Dinesh D'sousa, a prior advisor to the Regan administration explained the distance between political rhetoric of the Republican party and action.  The REAL reasons for war in Iraq, according to D'sousa is\n\n1. Oil.  Oil prices are low because we have bullied them low through military action.\n\n2. End the sanctions against Iraq which had killed hundreds of thousands of children, yet not budged SH.\n\n3. Send a message to terrorists and their sponsors that the US will respond with force and has the will to fight (we can safely assume that anyone promoting people flying aircraft to kill innocent people in the name of war are psychopaths, no matter what the human tools were programmed to believe)\n\n4. Containment of the anti-US Iran, which is viewed as the real top terrorist investor, but usually manages to avoid creating the public situation in which there is a political premise for war.  Basically, while we are engaged in hot conflicts in neighboring states, we have technically been in a state of cold war with Iran for over a decade...  (consider long-term trends with other countries the US refused to recognize).\n\n5. We are likewise in an undeclared cultural war with a significant segment of the Islamic world that does not appreciate religious diversity or liberalism and would happily have your head chopped off if you suggested gay marriage be ok, or that all groups be treated fairly, or that women be treated with respect and "equality."  It is, as with the Cold War, the result of two incompatible worldviews struggling on this level for world domination.\n\nA MAJOR weakness of his arguements was this:\n\nA problem of promoting real democracy in the middle east is that middle east democracies have tended to support the kind of regimes that are hostile to the US!  As a result, the US has often supported liberal dictators over Islamic fundamentalist elected officials.  In a way, this is not so different of an attitude within the US of Democratic party supporters being angry at the "bad decision" of many other US citizens.  Democracy isn't necessarily what we hope it would be over there either.  So - here is the part he did not state - how does it make sense to try to build democracy in Iraq if the majority of Iraq is muslim and muslims have been hostile to the US?\n\nAs I had argued LONG before troops were deployed, there were better, or at least more plausable, reasons to attack Iraq and occupy it for the time.  These reasons also indicate that we can expect to have a base in Iraq for a long time.\n\nAnother reason why the US are over there:\n\nCurrently 80% of the country is allied to the US.  The remaining 20% (Bathists) are bitter about being removed from power and is the remaining opposition force, with far smaller numbers actually fighting.  So if we leave, we let down 80% of Iraq to accomodate an abusive minority group (how else did SH maintain power?).\n\nNow do I LIKE it?  No.  Is it practical?  Maybe not, but those are the reasons why the US is in Iraq today.  I certainly hate the idea of vulturous investors getting rich on weapons and oil stocks.  Then there are people like Michael Moore joining in on the investing... Well, can I blame them if nobody is going to stop it?  I don't know how to stop them myself, so I just tell them they are wrong to profit from someone else's misery...\n\nLike the detractors to the idea of there being WMDs in Iraq, D'sousa had the advantage of speaking from hindsight.  My own opinions that reflected *some* of these arguments - that the UN sanctions were unethical and untenable in particular - were presented in a public forum even on the very day that Bush publicly announced the invasion.  I guess that's what I get for not copywriting and demanding I am properly cited.  (shrugs)\n\nPS.  It is because o
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As a soldier, I am getting sick of not seeing my spouse. We have been seperated for 14 months. We both serve - him in Afghanistan and myself to Iraq. That being said, being in Iraq and seeing it first hand, I know that we cannot pull troops out of Iraq until stability is reached and the Iraqi government can sustain themselves. Unfortunately this will take years.
119018
I feel we were right to go into Iraq... and also believe that we should stay until they are able to maintain their freedom on their own.  We are a free country and as such have received much help and support from other countries to stay that way.  We owe it to the world to help out.  As far as why... I'd rater be fighting this war in Iraq than here in the US... it could happen.  I hate to hear people talking like we are killing innocent people and the like... our soldiers are trained to protect life and freedome... not to go around killing people.  They will however fire upon those who are threatening their mission.. I wouldn't consider these people innocent.  Our soldiers may have been partially responsible for some civilian casualties... but if those civilians are assisting or hiding the people we are seeking... that's not very innocent either.  Plus let's remember that a good number of casualties are caused by terrorist bombs meant to kill our soldiers... many civilians have lost their lives to these as well.\n\nIf you ever get the opportunity... sit down and actually TALK to someone who's actually been there and ask their opinion (most believe we are doin the right thing and are proud of what we/they have accomplished over there... just make sure when your finished with the conversation... You THANK them for EVERYRTHING they have done and given up to keep us free and safe.
536629
Of course I'd like to bring them home.  But we committed ourselves (and a lot of strategic mistakes were made, like going in with too few troops and not recruiting the existing military).  We can't leave now if we want to see the area stablize, but we DO need to change our strategy.  Like Senator McCain says, raids are not working, we need to go into a town and hold it, then move to the next town, leaving forces behind to keep the insurgents from coming back.  \nHOOAH! Go Army!
1111238
well my boyfriend is going to Iraq in JUly, Bush should take his place so my boyfriend can stay with me and so all of our troops can come home(send that Pu$$y over to Iraq!!!)
715495
I saw that the other night, and think it is a fantastic idea.\n\nIf they wan't us to leave, I would have no problem with our troops leaving.  If they want us to stay, the libs would have to shut the hell up with their b.s.\n\n---\n\ncosmico, an empty bottle of whisky\n\n---\n\nlook at all the libs that don't want the iraqi's to vote.  Interesting.
288248
Is that true? I think our armed force's should be protecting all our boarders, and not Iraq's. If America has this terror problem like Bush says then I would be the only smart thing to do. Vote the Tyrants out in November.
1084037
This is the wisest decision you have taken to yourself, your family and your future. Being in Iraq for so-called search for weapons of mass destruction is nothing other than terrorising the lives of other people who belong to a country, religion, culture etc different to yours. It does not make any complete sense to continue this war.
940231
Finish the job and then pull our troops out.  FINISH THE JOB is the key!  We can not go in and destroy a country then leave them in shambles.  We must stay until the bitter end!\n\nGOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!!
644902
I would pull the troops out. I feel as long as we're out there getting killed in war the terrorists are winning. War soves none of this problem.
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.