Topic: Reasons for being in Iraq
Mellotempo's photo
Sun 04/22/07 12:48 PM
Many people say that weare still in Iraq to complete an unfinished task.
Do youreally believe this?. They caught Sadaam
They didmantled their government.If you feel different about this, I
want to know.

no photo
Sun 04/22/07 12:58 PM
I would like to see all of our boys come home soon...ALIVE. They are
all in my prayers...Kaffey

pagrby's photo
Sun 04/22/07 01:49 PM
We are still in Iraq because we are a long way from being finished over
there. We are still helping them in alot of ways as far as rebuilding
and protection. If you read the news you see that people are being
killed over there everyday,our people and theirs. We really need to
take care of this over there or we will have to take care of it here in
the US.

jp4023's photo
Mon 04/23/07 12:36 AM
This war is long from being over! heck i'll be dead before it's over
It's all about how much money our government can spend to raise our
taxes even more, and lets not forget the oil

Abracadabra's photo
Mon 04/23/07 05:44 AM
We’re still in Iraq because we have an idiot for a president.

He unnecessarily invaded Iraq in the first place because he doesn’t know
the meaning of the word diplomacy.

He didn’t have a plan for what to do after the invasion because he
doesn’t know the meaning of the word diplomacy.

We’re still there after 6 years and even our allies are starting to hate
us because our president doesn’t know the meaning of the word diplomacy.

Congress and our very own military can’t even convince our president
that he’s lost his stupid war because he doesn’t know the meaning of the
words diplomacy or democracy!

And we’ll continue to be in Iraq until at least November of 2008 because
our president doesn’t know the meaning of the words diplomacy or
democracy.

Anymore questions?

Belushi's photo
Mon 04/23/07 08:20 AM
Nope James ... that covers it all.

Thanks for that!

Just re-aligning my democratic right to be undiplomatic!

Tneal's photo
Mon 04/23/07 12:00 PM
not much for diplomacy are ya Abracadabra???

no photo
Mon 04/23/07 10:31 PM
Actually, we're in Iraq because Saddam was violating international
treaties- including the CEASE FIRE from the last war.

Only the uneducated believe (this) Bush started the war with Iraq.
There's only been one war between Iraq and America. Which started over a
decade ago. With Iraq invading Kuwait. The UN, unanimously, chose to
take military action. Which, as always, meant us Americans did the
fighting and dying.

Bush Sr., congress, the full UN, and *IRAN* of all places agreed to the
invasion of Iraq. We, naturally, handed them their own small intestines.
A treaty was agreed to- which was the only reason Saddam stayed in
office.


This treaty included certain things. Iraq's military could not be
raised above a certain size (violated). He could not develop WMDs. He
could not develop conventional chemical weapons (violated). He could not
have first-strike ordinance (violated). He had to allow UN inspectors
essentially unlimitted access (he refused to allow them any).


He violated the treaty, and so the old war was re-initiated. This
iteration of the Iraq war should have been fought about six months into
Clinton's first term. But, of course, Clinton was too busy screwing the
ugliest women in Washington DC.