what is President Bush doing with the war in iraq?
542340
The invasion of Iraq to depose Saddam Hussein was planned in 1991-1992 by members of George Bush Sr. administration.  George Bush Sr. rejected the plan as well as the concept of America as THE NEW ROME, able to use it's status as sole superpower to implement it's will in the world.\n\nThose members; Wolfowitz, Pearle, Cheney are the neocons of the current Bush Administration.  They took advantage of 9/11 to convince America to turn from the just invasion of Afghanistan and implement their Iraq plan on the basis of fraudulent intelligence.\n\nThe plan, as Bush Sr. recognized, was flawed.  The Iraqi's were not desirous of American style democracy or even compatible with such, and a much larger force was needed to keep peace between the factions.  Because this George Bush cannot admit  he was wrong, we continue to flounder in Iraq,\nstill acting under the assumptions from the 1991-92 plan.
842518
What it's basically saying is that Bush is trying to help Al-Maliki (the Prime Minister) govern Iraq and gain control over the Sunnis and the Shi'ites, but that nothing is going to stop the Sunnis and the Shi'ites from fighting.
873332
His goal is to stay the course.\n\nTHAT MEANS.....more americans dying everyday in this endless struggle for the Iraqi people. I think he has a quota of 25,000 dead troops, and at least 75,000 casualties. He's on track for that.\n\nA smarter idea would be to let the Iraqis run their own nation.
996547
Intelligence and restraint.\n\nFather Bush led the First Gulf War to free Kuwait. He did not go alone but sought the help of allies from all over the world.  Once the war was concluded, we left.  Our economy was intact. No priceless Iraqui treasures were looted. They didn't hate us for invading their country. The conduct of this war shows leadership, with intelligence and restraint. \n\nNow, George W. has us in a non-winnable war.  There is no end in sight. We spend billions which is destroying our economy, not to mention wasting the lives of our men and women and those of Iraqi civilians. Iraqis and the world hate us.  This is the legacy of George W. Bush -- poverty, hatred and death. \n\nThat's the difference.
884291
While i'm sure Mr. Bush has indeed had conversations with countless people who are considered experts on the Iraqi situation. He has failed to act on any advice that would alleiveate tensions in the region. The situation has now become so bad that the solution will probally cost many more american and british lives there. Good question.
107778
hes an oil digger, and Bush is a lyer about the War in Iraq, besides Bush flipped us off on the internet during an interview. (If you dont believe me, go to www.holylemon.com)
36384
I don't hate President Bush, however I think he is doing just about everything wrong with the country. My main problem with Bush is that I think going to war with Iraq was the wrong direction to take the war on terrorism. It created a single place for terrorists to focus their efforts and it solidified opposition to western democracy in the Muslim states. Further, he has eroded personal protections by instituting such things as warantless wiretaps and eliminating habeas corpus for American citizens by declaring them enemy combatants. On the domestic front, he's given more and more tax cuts, even as the government runs out of money and has to cut back on essential programs, like Medicaid and student aid. He propsed expensive, likely irrelevant reforms to lower education and then didn't fund it, mostly because of the tax cuts. He's trying to open drilling in ANWR, refuses to limit greenhouse emitions, even though scientists are all in agreement that they are causing global warming, and he's lifted limitations on logging. The list goes on and on.
480968
He has us in a bad spot. Our troops are getting killed everyminute of everyday. Thousands wounded because of our president. I am supporting him so that our troops get the best of everything. He is commander in chief and he is responsble for keeping them supplied and there in numbers to protect our interest. Exxon Mobil need him and our troops or NO OIL for them.
219319
Bush should be on the front line fighting his war.
854525
Actually, Captain Smith DIDN'T stay the course.  He tried to alter it, which caused the iceberg to rip the side of the ship open.  If he would have went strait into it, most of the people would have lived...\n\n...But I know what you mean.\n\nYes, the President has been somewhat stubborn about Iraq.  The President, as a leader, needs to do what he feels is best for his country, but he must also obey those who he represents.  If most (it seems nearly all) of the people believe that Iraq is messed up in one way or another, then he needs to fix it.\n\nObviously, a LOT of people want him to start a phased withdrawal of the troops.  This would probably be best, but if the President were willing to do ANYTHING, anything at all to edit how things are going in Iraq, he would have received more respect than he does now (the Pol. & Gov. section of Answers shows how little he gets.)\n\nYou can't just go into a country and stick to the plan.  War requires movement, changes, positioning, and occasionally, new views.  The President has been using the same play book for the last 4+ years, and it's not working anymore; the other team knows the plays.  You've got to change things to win, and sadly to say, I don't believe that the President has taken Iraq seriously enough.\n\nHe needs to do something.  Correction, he NEEDED to do something.  It's too late now.  The President has lost all hope of gaining support from the people, due to his failure to change.  "Stay The Course" has killed our "War On Terror".  The Iraqi Civil War has begun, and we're sitting in there, trying to help one side win.  There was another war like this a while back, and it started with a "V".
111791
The Bush administration is ultimately responsible for the war in Iraq.  The UN weapons inspectors found no "WMD's" and in the three years that the U.S. military has been there they haven't found any either.\n\nWait a minute,... "WMD's" aren't the reason for this mess anymore.  We're "Removing a dictator" or "Spreading Democracy" or "Keeping from having to fight terrorists on our streets" or something like that....  For the latest reason I guess you'll have to ask George!
923445
President Bush wanted to invade Iraq since before he became President. When he decided to run he made it clear to his staff that one of his main objectives as President would be to invade Iraq and oust Saddam Hussein. When we were attacked on September 11th President Bush saw his opportunity to accomplish what he had been dreaming about. He used the fear the American people had of another Terrorist Attack and said and found anyone who would say Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction, no matter how shaky or non-existent their evidence was. He than told the American people over and over again that Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction and was working with Al Qaeda. Well everyone in America was so terrified of the prospect of Saddam Hussein giving a WMD to Terrorists that have already attacked us once that most supported the invasion. President Bush new he needed alot of troops to invade Iraq, so he sent the bare minimum to Afghanistan relying on international support to fight that war and sent 150,000 troops to Iraq. If you send 150,000 troops to one war and 2,000 to another, which do you think is going to work faster? President Bush clearly doesn't care about our National Security or punishing those that are responsible for killing 3,000 Americans. He is only concerned with getting revenge on Saddam Hussein and winning elections.
917178
I don't like what Bush has done to this country.  I have no idea what is behind the war in Iraq.  No one does.  every reason he put forth has been proved to be bogus.  When the wmd's turned out not to be there, he had another reason.  and when that wasn't right, he had another reason, and so on.  We have a right to know.
647366
The answer is no.  This country is in bad shape.  Millions of people are considered at a poverty level, and here we are spending all the nations money on Iraq.  Bush is just trying to finish what his father started.  We need to focus on the American peoples well being before Iraq.  If he wants to worry about something he need to put the troops in Afganistan (or however it is spelled) where the real threat is.
989970
That's easy. If the war in Iraq was over today, Bush would send all the troops to invade Iran. After all WORLD DOMINATION is his goal !!!
716665
Iraqis are killing each other.  The only thing President Bush is guilty of is trying to keep us safe on our own soil.  All is fair in love and war.  It's a war and I should know---my husband is deployed there.
158562
Honestly, Bush knows about pretty much everything going on. Now, does he act accordingly to what goes on? No. Why? Well that's the multi-billion dollar question, er, wait, multi-billion dollar war budget he made. Why focus so much time and effort on a country hundreds of miles away when your own country isn't too well off? We have people protesting soldier funerals for gods sake. WTF. And he knows about everything going on, but doesnt know what to do. So how does he react? "Well the war is going good". Honestly, f*ck Bush. He's the worst mistake in the history of the United States.