What do you think of the War on Iraq that Bush start on without UN approval?
544798
IT WAS AN ELECTIVE WAR OF CHOICE BASED ON A FALSE PREMISE FOR A PERSONAL VINDETTA AND HALLIBURTON.
1124657
wrong as wrong can be, every death that has happened over there since the day of our invasion, has to blamed on bush.  he should be tried as a war crimminal in iraq.
758590
Yes.  The UN is ineffective.  Look at Darfur.  They have done nothing to stop the genocide.  And the libs wanted nothing to be done in Iraq either.  I guess gassing the Kurds and torturing innocents is nothing to be concerned about
850254
Gees, I could have sworn it was Bush who stood on the Kuwaitt Border telling the Iraqi's to overthrow their government! And we gave Saddam the gas!\n\nWonder what would happen in the US if we tried to overthrow the government and how many would be killed! But that's ok! Right?\n\nWe didn't say a damn thing when he used it on Iran, in fact we effectively kept the UN from sanctioning him by using our veto powers!\n\nIt's ok for us! Just no one else!
627589
I think we won't really know the impact of the war in Iraq for years down the road.  I sort of think of it like this:  People tried to ignore and appease Hitler.  In the end it cost 6 million Jewish people thier lives.  Perhaps if someone had taken a stronger stand earlier on it could have been avoided.  Maybe going in to Iraq earlier instead of waiting for something catasrophic to occur will save more people in the long run.  In that respect, maybe Bush is enlightened compared to the average guy on the street.
488712
This war in Iraq was planned by Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield even before the election of George W in 2000. They were just waiting for the right "excuse" to invade Iraq and 9/11 gave it to them. Justification for the war was fabricated by faulty intelligence of WMD and we are now paying the price for rushing into a war without the careful planning of what would happen after the overthrow of Hussein.Isn't it strange how we have to approve an "emergency budget" even years after the invasion occurred? Good planning all around and we will be a military prescence in Iraq(Iran??) for years to come.
324628
The United Nations has become a political lobbying organization for a way of life its leaders feel is the way it should be.  Its a quasi democratic socialistic system much like those in Western Europe (France, Holland, etc).  As such they are not able to handle serious issues like the one you present.  Handling these issues will cost them political capital and force them to lose ground on their political agenda.  \n\nThis was the same reason they would not do anything about Iraq.  It was not because they didn't think Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction it was because doing something about it would cost them political capital...look at all the countries Saddam paid oil profits too (France, Germany, Russia, China)
933520
The insertion of troops was a major mistake. The entire region under Islamic influence from Morocco to Indonesia is far less stable as a result. The U.S. is increasingly seen as dictatorial by increasing numbers of people around the world. Our economy has been vastly weakened. We do not have enough troops available should other emergencies develop. The Civil War, denied by the Bush administration but acknowledged as being fully underway by the rest of the world, deepens daily and leaves American troops there as sitting ducks. There can be no victory in Iraq. Just as the British learned after World War I, the Iraqis will not be conquered. There is too much value underground (oil) and too much division above-ground. The only result of continued occupation will be increasing governmental debt for the U.S. and more dead and injured American soldiers. Military contractors such as Halliburton are being enriched. The Bush administration has no idea of what they mean by "victory", nor does Tony Blair in England.
412719
The War was not "Legal", if any war could be justified in Law. Saddam was an Evil Dictator, but there are plenty of those in the World, some of the Allied to the USA (Hello Saudi Arabia!) There were no WMD's, but Loads of Oil, and no one seemed to have a clue what to do After we got rid of old Saddam. I think the Western powers did all they could to keep civilian casualties to a minimum, but I also believe that the USA and Britain went to war to secure a strategic resource, and for no other reason. 9/1 had nothing to do with Iraq, and that is a given. I think depending on the outcome History will judge the war as a naked show of aggression against a foreign power, with good or bad results. We will see.
404038
I think the U.S. should never have entered Iraq in the first place. The only reason we are there is because Saddam tried to assassinate Bush Sr.It is simply a personal vendetta.
448643
well i sure dont.his political ettiquette is horrible,as well as his controlling attitude of himself as world leader.\n  his choices are weird and forcing america to stand alone more andm more.\nwe have lost many friends and still loosing more due to his decisions,and it hasnt mattered what the world thought on any thing.\n  im not sure where or what the problem is,but its a big one\ni have never supported g.w.bush and never will.\nthe iraqi war was uncalled for, but now there we must fight it over the mess it drew but it does allow a front for the terriost war in anotehr country now,but there are alot of men dying for errors and false intel.and americans are not thought of well much of any wehre these days because of it,and we the people didnt do it. it was done outside of the un and world backing for false reason,and more has just piled upon them on many fronts in our government.\n  he should be impeached but the rep control will not allow it.\nso what are we to do start another revolution to get our government straight, we would be held as terrorists in guantanomo????????????????
952942
Too late kids. It amazes me how so many people are clueless to how impeachment works. There's not enough time to impeach Bush plus he hasn't done anything you can impeach him for.\n\nDon't give me some whiney hack rhetoric about "starting an illegal war". The Gulf War that started in 1991 legally speaking never ended. Saddam signed a cease fire agreement UNSCR 657 and in short order violated it. Under cease fire terms the nations are still at war they just aren't fighting. Saddam also violated UN Charter 51 by authorizing assassination attempts on US diplomats and on former President Bush. You'd have a hard time making a case based on that because by right the US could have invaded Iraq at anytime. Saddam has only himself to blame.\n\nCongress gave Bush approval for war even if the evidence had been tainted Bush could just invoke UN Charters and security council resolutions plus the fact we were already at war with Iraq. Bush is not as stupid as you would like him to be the only thing they can get him for would be falsefying a document submitted to Congress.\n\nWiretapping?? So? There were already wiretap laws in effect approved in the 70's the new laws approved by congress just shortened the time frame and remember these were not domestic calls they were international. A call from Syria to the US is not a domestic call. \n\nIt took Kenneth Starr 5 years to impeach Clinton for perjury...let me repeat that. Clinton was NOT impeached for having oral sex he was impeached for perjury and even though he was impeached he was not evicted. \n\nThe numbers aren't there. You need 2/3rd majority to impeach Bush and remove him from office and the numbers just aren't there. The democrats have a tiny majority and not all of them are willing to impeach.\n\nBush will not be impeached so put it out of your mind hippies have been calling for it since he won back in 2000 and 6 years later he's still here until 2008 when his term ends and John McCain becomes the next president.
963712
Politically, it obviously wasn't a very good move, but other than that?  People seem to have forgotten the satellite images-they were hauling something...could this have been the WMD that was gone before the war was started?  Aside from that, though, we went in by using the UN resolutions as justification.  These **NUMEROUS** resolutions did not state that we could attack if Iraq has WMD, they put the burden of proof on Saddam-he had to prove that he didn't have WMD; that he had destroyed the KNOWN WMD from the 1st Gulf War.  He couldn't account for the WMD, therefore, we went in to uphold our side of the resolutions.
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!
974553
This was a massive plunder operation under the guise of patriotism misplaced.  It is otherwise known as the big lie.  Iraq was ugly for many, but peaceful.  Now Iraq is a violent shambles,directly due to the intervention of GW Bush.  If there were no oil there, do you think we would be there?  Not a chance.
225188
Why not like Bush...\n\nWell, war would be a start.  Second, illegal wire tapping.  Third, staying in Iraq for years.  Fourth, does Bush know what a veto is?  Of course, not he just rubber stamps congress.  I can keep going, I'm just sad I was once a proud supporter of him.
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.