i mean people think we only foght for freedom in iraq but we work in other countries to keep the peace. did u know we coulkd get attacked by north korea at any time?im sure u did nt. and there are other places also.
122268
Iraq is in the forefront of the news because the president put it there himself to take the focus off Afghanistan. Plus, we're at war there, which is always big news.  I know a little about North Korea, I know they are a threat.  People have to take charge and find out the truth about the news for themselves, and some people just don't care to, they believe everything they hear on TV.
656965
The issue is, as it has been all along, Iraq posed no threat to the U.S.  Most countries (including the U.S.) have WMD's but should we go around invading and destroying them all just because they have them?  Doesn't that make us as bad as they are?  What about North Korea?  They have the capability to really do some damage if they so desire.  Bush is an embarassment to the U.S. and the world.  Let's just hope we can ALL survive the remainder of his presidency and get our troops home.
49927
Because actually they make you think that we help other countries but in reality we take advantage of other countries by helping them. Like for example, you think we are helping Iraqis but in reality we are interested in the oil. Maybe in the process we do help Iraqis but the main purpose was the oil. We help other countries, but we help them because there is something in return. It's not totally free you know.
94481
.      I can not believe some spme people. I hear a lot of stupidity coming out of a lot of Americans mouths concerning the war with Iraq."We're there for oil." what? Cumon ppl listen to ya selves please. What happen to Nationalism? Standing behind our country. That just sickens me to hear that kind of uneducated comments coming out of my fellow Americans mouths. \nAnybody care to correct/comment? Contact me; I'm open for aguement/disscusion.\n.      First of all, we get most of our oil supplies from Nigeria, and even if that was the reason we're there, we Americans should have nothing to whine and cry about because it would only be to assure our benefits. We're in the 21st century for God's sake. This is not the time to just go to war because one country refuses to sell its products. Man! \n.     I support the war with Iraq a 100%. We cant always be reactive, people. We have to act first to stop these idiots from even thinking about messing with us. We cant wait for another 9/11 to go to war. We have to be proactive and teach'em that they should know better than messing with the supper power.       \n.    Even tho this war has dramatically driven our economy downward, its gonna help assure our security in the long run. War is what gave us the image that we have right now. After the bomming of Hiroshima and Nagasaki every other country knew better than messing with us. \n.     Forger the rest, liberating those poor, innocent citizens from dictatorship alone is a legit reason from the USA to go to war with any country!
72382
I am sorry for the above answer - while we know that things are difficult over there, it is difficult for us to remember the Iraqis when we have troops so far away from home getting injured or killed. Our government has already spent a significant amount of money, and I am certain that a portion of that money includes support for the Iraqi citizens.\n\nPLEASE do not take the above answer as the opinion of every U.S. Citizen!
633269
Let me make this clear, North Korea is a militarily formidable country.  All of their money goes into the military and weapons.  Remember that we fought the Korean war and Vietnam war to save South Korea and South Vietnam from communism.  America doesnt go to war just to get something we need.  We fight to protect liberty, and consequently to protect our own freedom.
571827
I am with you. I have posed several questions of this nature over the past two, three days and what you get is a deafening silence from those that wish to justify this dangerous man, that holds the most important job in the world. I think you know the answer, N.Korea might just retaliate and the recent memory of Vietnam would have told the Hawks in his administration that these guys will not just roll over and die. I think they are learning from the Iraqi experience.
212842
Some say we have no respect for life.  And we have nukes.  Everyone gets all worried when a new country gets nukes.  Sadly, the power a country obtains by having a nuke (USA!) makes it a desirable goal for countries.  We were just as afraid of pakistan and india having nukes, but now that they have nukes we 'work' with them.  We won't negotiate or lift sanctions with/on North Korea, but if they get nukes, we'd meet them as equals instead.  So you see, the United States created this 'everyone wants nukes' problem.  I'm sure the rest of the world isn't so sure we're completely trustworthy and capable of having them, just as we're afraid of other countries having them.  You'd think the solution would be to eliminate nukes.  Sadly, that's impossible because then some other country would get them and they'd be the super power like the USA.  And then we'd be on the short end of the stick internationally.  Basically, we'd be screwed.  It's a no-win situation.
369758
Not really. In fact, the current occupation of Iraq doesn't have anything to do with the reason we went over in the first place.\n\nWe're doing nothing more than baby-sitting the country, and acting as its local police force, while it's in the middle of a civil war. There is no evidence, none, that says anything we're doing there has any effect on global terrorism. It's purely politics and empire-building.
277265
Iraq is and will be in civil war weather we leave there now or in a hundred years so it does not matter when we leave. The strongest will take the power and will run the country as they see fit and that is just the way it is. I was against the war to begin with, we have no business telling another country how to run their business, no matter how bad a leader that they have. I agree that Saddam is and was a bad man but that is Iraq, and we are the United States and we have plenty of problems with a bad leader right here.
606848
i think its a difficult issue. i think that we are in the war for the wrong reasons, but i think the war is necessary. the us being on a different continent than most major wars has always been torn between getting involved and isolationism. we dont always make the right call. i think that the people in iraq and the surrounding regions needed help. needed military assistance. not to make way for democracy or any of that crap. but because of massive human rights violations. thats not why we got into the war of course, but its certainly a beneficial side effect. the us didnt get into WWII to liberate the concentration camps, and stop the slaughter of innocent people all over europe, but again, a positive side effect. so maybe it doesnt matter what reason we go in for, as long as the right thing gets done. the civilian casualties are appalling. but they are mostly due to the iraqi insurgency. of course the iraqi insurgency would not have happened if we hadnt gotten involved, because their aims were being accomplished by saddam hussein. and they'll be there when we leave. i dont know that the middle east is actually a good place for democracy. they evolved differently than america and europe. they may require a different form of government. in the end i dont care. the people will decide, and it will be bloody and violent, as it always is. most really important decisions are. but i think its probably time we got out. but as long as we helped people who needed it, maybe its not such a bad thing we got involved. and before you ask, yes i believe that our next stop should be darfour, and the other places in africa where appalling genocide is taking place. it seems we cant win. some countries tell us to mind our own business. others ask us where the hell we were when they were in trouble. like i said. its complex. i dont think theres a right answer.
631863
Compare North Korea and Iraq. Iraq is defenceless and weak; in fact, the weakest regime in the region. While there was a horrible monster running it (Saddam), it does not pose a threat to anyone else. No neighbor was in the least way afradi of Iraq, US citizens were polled and so were neighboring states around Iraq's citizens, the fear factor was so much higher in the US, where we know Iraq could have never touched in the least way.\n\nNorth Korea, on the other hand, does pose a threat. North Korea, however, is not attacked for a very simple reason: it has a deterrent. It has a massed artillery aimed at Seoul, and if the United States attacks it, it can wipe out a large part of South Korea.\n\nSo the United States is telling the countries of the world: if you are defenceless, we are going to attack you when we want, but if you have a deterrent, we will back off, because we only attack defenceless targets. In other words, it is telling countries that they had better develop a terrorist network and weapons of mass destruction or some other credible deterrent; if not, they are vulnerable to "preventive war".\n\nFor that reason alone, this so-called Iraq war will to lead to the proliferation of both terrorism and weapons of mass destruction by others.\n\nBad idea from the start, getting worse every day we allow it to continue, troops out now!
503442
The big lie continues.  We still can't get anyone to agree if torture is unAmerican.  It typifies our times when people like this just get shouted down, protests are not known to have happened, and 600,000 dead Iraqis is not genocide.  In ancient China a story read "a poor man will hang for stealing a loaf of bread, but when you steal the country, you are declared "Statesman of the Year."  It is hard to choose, it has taken courage for them both to speak out.  Good question.
606836
You are a fool.\nI hear a lot of criticism of the US.\nI hear none for the dictators that are holding the world to ransom because they happen to be sitting on a natural resource then spending the profits on warfare.\nIf the war against Saddam was wrong then why didn't HIS allies from the surrounding nations help defend Iraq.\nBecause they were glad to see him go that's why.\nHe was a threat to his neighbours.\nHe boasted about his prowess in war..\nHe was trying to buy plutonium on the black market.\n\nThis was not a war against Iraq or the Muslims....it was a war against a dictator who murdered anybody who disagreed with him.\nThe quickest way to get the US out of Iraq is to stop shooting at them, that's bloody obvious.
666139
In the world community? Not really, and it is hard not to blame them. Lets face facts, the last time a large country basically took over a smaller country based on propaganda lies was Germany in 1938 when they invaded Poland. Anybody want to debate whether Germany was the Bad guy then? Well, the world sees us as the bad guy now and they are not wrong. The truly sad thing is that troops are not the bad guys, the Bush Administration is. But it is the innocent that always does the dying and the Bush guys just keep on lying.
150991
There will NEVER be peace throughout the world, at any given time there are at least 5 wars going on, many we are involved in but with less news coverage, WWII was over 60 years ago and we still have troops in Germany, Korea ws 50 years ago still have troops there. As long as one country has something another country wants there will be war, Until we have alternative fuels or the middle east runs out of oil we will be in Iraq
393477
American soldiars are freedom fighters too. Isnt that why we're in Iraq? There are children being killed there by American bullets and rockets.