Why dosent gorge W bush get the army out of iraq?
443708
When President Bush says "We have no territorial ambitions; we don’t seek an empire," he is telling half a truth. Certainly the United States isn’t looking to make Iraq the 51st state. But that’s not the way of empire today -- it’s about control, not about territory!\nThe key is not who owns the oil but who controls the flow of oil and oil profits!!Until this is done he will not pull anyone out!! Bush wants control of the oil and that is his bottom line!!The ultimate goal is not Iraq--that bombed, blockaded state partially controlled by a witless thug whom the gang once succored--but domination of the world's oil supplies in the coming century, when the surging nations of China and India will reach their economic peak. These vast entities could eventually tilt the imbalance of world wealth away from the Anglo-American elites who have for so long held the high and palmy ground of privilege. But the voracious economies of the Asian behemoths will require unstinting draughts of the oil reserves now locked under the sands of Iraq and Saudi Arabia. There is oil elsewhere, yes--but nowhere else in the world are there reserves deep enough to satisfy the thirsts of China and India as they come into their own.
208077
no. the US should not pull all of the troops out of IRAQ right away. it should be a slow process while the iraqi govt learns how to handle the present situation on its own. by doing so, they will no longer need the US there and they will become a fully funtioning country that is able to defend its self.\nand im in the USMC
260682
He already did. He said he would leave Iraq up to future Presidents to solve. Bush is bailing on Iraq. He said it with his own mouth.
892768
bush shouldve taken the troops out of iraq a long ass time ago...he isnt doing that good of a job at all...i hate having a morom as a danm president...we should've had kerry who wouldve done a much better job at handling this. Bush is the bigest idiot on earth and should die...he doesnt know what he is doing and for him to put those peole in a war for far to wrong is just mean, i wish he would go out to Iraq and be there 5 or so years and fight for our country...he is after all the president and they are soposed to fight for our country, y hasnt he gone over there and fought? what does he think he might break a nail?
211206
The only logical explanation I can find is as follows:\n\nThe first assumption is that we had to go into Iraq initially to remove Saddam Hussein. The real reason may never be known (daddy, oil, the Baghdad battery, who knows).\n\nThis was about Americans being free from the threat of Saddam somehow managing to cobble together a missile that could reach the West Coast. Unlikely, I know, but you could imagine it at a stretch. Hell, he had a lot of aluminum tubes, maybe it would have been a very long blow tube dart.\n\nHe could also have withheld OIL from us, which would have removed the freedom to drive enormous vehicles to the store to buy groceries, unless you wanted to take out a mortgage for 10 miles of gas.\n\nOnce we were in there things changed. Having removed Saddam, it soon became clear that we'd messed things up. All the excuses for the war came tumbling down, so we needed some new ones. Luckily, the insurgency provided that. There were now terrorists in Iraq.\n\nThis was something the Iraqis hadn't known for years. Theirs was a very well controlled environment. There was no crime, and everyone was happy. Very much in the same way, as there is no crime in an area controlled by the mob, unless it is authorized. It also made for the next excuse - Iraq was now a (and still is) a breeding ground for terrorists.\n\nThese new terrorists do directly affect our freedom, so its important the soldiers are there to show that even the most powerful military force on the planet can do nothing about them. We should always be scared of terrorists - and that directly impacts our freedom.\n\nEven more insidious (and I thought of this before 24) is the through that terrorism may remove our freedoms altogether.\n\nThe plot is as follows. Terrorists created in Iraq infiltrate the US and manage a semi-devastating attack. The government has to impose martial law to deal with it. This is close to Nov 2008 and the election cannot take place with martial law imposed, so it is postponed. Bush remains in power as a (now) military dictator. Saddam is very jealous. In order to function better, executive power to make any decision to defend against terrorism means that the administration disbands congress since its getting in the way.\n\nIn this way, the soldiers fighting in Iraq are fighting for us. If they can defeat the terrorists, Bush may not be given the opportunity to remove all our freedoms.
1140568
Because liberals control the media and they will stop at nothing to get Republicans out of office. Good news from Iraq would help Republicans stay in power and it will make George W. Bush look good and they loathe him.
933466
The Bush administration doesn't care if Iraq moves toward a democracy. If we were there to bring democracy to a country ruled by an evil despot, we'd be in every other nation on Earth ruled by an evil despot. We're there for OIL. Pure and simple.\nBecause American motorists want to drive $60,000 gas-guzzling SUVs and because Dick Cheney and his Exxon-Mobil buddies want to get richer and richer and richer as they feed America's addiction to foreign OIL. \nBush doesn't 'hear' anything but his own 'cowboy' ego. Bush is nothing more than a puppet controlled by the nameless, faceless sub-humans who run our government from behind-the-scenes. The wealthy elitists, special interest groups, military-industrial complex, and big corporations have told Bush what to do, what to say, and coached him on how to act. He's a moron.\nWe WILL NOT WITHDRAW TROOPS from Iraq until we've sucked every drop of OIL out of that land. If that's not the case, why is the U.S.A. building the largest embassy in the world on a 104-acre sit in downtown Baghdad overlooking the 'new' Iraqi puppet government just installed by the Bush administration??\nWe're there for the OIL.\nThe Republicans know it. The Democrats know it.\nNothing will change.\nThe Iraqi Civil War will go on, and Cheney will eventually get a rock-solid, iron clad agreement from the new Iraqi government that gives U.S. oil companies exclusive rights to all that easily-accessible OIL.   \nThe blood of about 675,000 people (Iraqis and Americans) is on the hands of greed head politicians, war-profiteering corporate entities, war-mongering members of the giant U.S. military-industrial complex, and motorists who think they have a right to drive Hummers and other outlandish vehicles that waste gas.\nIraq is not moving toward being a democracy.\nIt's moving toward being a puppet regime for the U.S.A. -RKO-
1082102
What people don't understand is that we cannot pull out.  When Bush Sr. was in control of Desert Storm and then pulled out - Saddam killed all of those who supported us - that was around 60,000 people.  If we picked up and left - it would be chaos.  Whether you support the war or not - we cannot leave.\n\nIf you look back at World War 2 - US and Japan were the same.  Its new and the problem is that people think war is over in 6 months  - ITS WAR not a soccer game - we are in it for the long haul.
398869
At this point of time, it does not seem as if Bush has any plans of completely pulling out the troops.  It still isn't completely understood by many people why troops were even sent in the first place.  The US has its values and beliefs, and Iraq has theirs.  Can you expect them to just give in?  If troops invaded the US to try to change our beliefs of government and living, would we give in?  Not a chance! We would fight as long as we had to, and if they pulled back, we would most likely invade their country as some sort of revenge.  I believe that George Bush will keep troops in Iraq as long as it takes for Iraq to give in to exactly what Bush is hoping.  If he gets elected out of office, if another of the same party is put into office, I still don't think troops will be taken out of Iraq.  Even if they are taken out by a change of party in the offices, the damage will already be done.  Do you suppose that their won't be anyone left in Iraq that doesn't plan to attack back?  The people in Iraq bomb US ports there now, I wouldn't be surprised if they try to bring it here as well, especially if we take all the targets out of their country.  I believe its only the beginning to what will be a very long battle.
536426
At this moment in time, no, I don't believe it's stable enough for a complete troop withdrawal.  The Iraqi government is not stable enough.
366513
he's the president but whatever he decides has to be passed by congress. like him declaring war had to be passed by congress.  \n\ni do not believe in this war with iraq but i suport the soldiers there.
727783
Any body that knows, knows you are right. We have no plan, cut and run, shriveled little wuss's and such. Repuglican rhetoric didn't work this time, hell, Bush himself wants a way out of this mess. I think so do most of the top ranked repuglicans. When ask why people voted like they did was because of the Iraqi war a real high percentage. So Americans want out of this quagmire, the best way is for all three, the Kurds, the Sunni, and the Shiite, to set down and decide what they want to do. It is really none of our business and never was how they want to run their country.
914578
it's funny that they came to some decisions yesterday after all the talks in the middle east. i think they were like me and said "Whoa"!!\nstubborn Bush is still saying no withdrawal. that idiot is going to get us killed. CNN said last night on Anderson Cooper that we would need over 400,000 troops to be victorious in Iraq. where are they going to come from? they said it too a major draft is the only way and that would take at least a year. so yes I think they are going to force Bush into a staged withdrawal and quite possibly his resignation when they get home if not before.
668780
Well... thanks to bush pproving to send troops in the first place & destroying their country, if we pulled out now it WOULD cause absolute anarchy. We can't just go over there, wreck their land & leave. Yeah it was wrong as hell to do it but it has been done now & we gotta finish the job whether we like it or not. That's what happens when you have a dumbass in the whitehouse & even dumber advisors. Maybe next time more people will think before they vote!\nSigned.. A Military Wife
28748
The war is currently to stabilize Iraq,and basically to get a friendly presence in a very unstable and dangerous part of the world. As for why the troops are not home yet - If the US leaves now, Iraq will fall into complete chaos. The problem is 1. stay, and bear the brunt of the attacks by insurgents, or 2. leave, and let the country fall into complete chaos until some powerful warlord eventually unifies and takes over iraq.
920367
Supporting our troops and the war in Iraq aren't the same thing.  US military sign an oath to do what the US government tell them to do.  It's not their fault we're in Iraq.  I support our troops, but I want our government to end the war and let them go home to their families.\n\nUnfortunately, since the war is already started  it's not possible to just leave; but I'd like to see the young people replaced by GW, Cheney, and the rest of the politicians who thought it was such a great idea.  Personally, I'd send John Kerry first, so he can try to earn some of the medals he brags about.
410809
Maybe it's because they murder anyone who tries to help them.  I don't know what Bush was thinking when he sent our people over there to liberate that bunch of bloodthirsty ingrates, but I do know that whatever the reason was, it wasn't worth the life of one American soldier much less the nearly 3,000 who have died so far.  We should have left the Iraqis to Saddam.  They deserve him.