what is your opinion on the war...do u think we should continue the war or should we pull the troops as soon as possible...tell me why or why not...just courious....
204373
NO, because, the Hatred is growing and growing towards one another and eventually, Bush will have us all killed.  If he's so confident, why doesn't he go fight in the war instead of sending young men with promising futures???  He's selfish and doesn't care that's why.  He's taking all our money and what do we get for it.  Our healthcare system and education system is crap.  We are the only 1st world country without a proper HEALTH or EDUCATION system!  War should end and we should concentrate on getting along as a nation!
176181
I'm against it. And I'm not against it because I hate the military and don't support our troops. I feel like our leadership started this war for their own gain, and that is so dirty I kinda wish I believed in hell. Even if you think the media is "liberal" how can you ignore the memos between Bush and Blair about how Bush could instigate this war while at the same time, Bush was saying war was a last resort? How can you ignore the outing of a CIA operative who was a weapons of mass destruction specialist only to find out that Bush ok'd the leak? How can you ignore the fact that we stopped focusing on the person responsible for 9/11 only to go for someone who had shakey at best connections to it? I don't see Bush's daughters signing up to fight it. I don't see Congress urging thier children into the military. They play war games with other people's children, with other peoples spouses, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, and that just sickens me.
648966
Now that Bush has gotten this country into this seemingly unending quagmire (see the history of the middle east-the warring never ends), I am afraid that "cut and Run" may not be the best option....yes it will make America look bad, weak, defeated in the eyes of the world (thank you Bush), but worse, I feel it will give the insurgents and terrorist cells everywhere the idea that they are the victors, this will only strengthen their resolve....If they can keep the worlds strongest military at bay....the skies the limit....know what I mean?  I wish there were an easy solution, however, now that we ARE there...I feel it might be necessary to re-strategize somehow, perhaps even a greater surge of troops, one big enormous assault, no holds barred....I don't know....but pulling completely out may not be the best thing.   I would at least try the diplomatic approach with all these western European countries that have more to lose in the long run than does America....much greater troop support from Germany, England, France, Italy,Spain etc.  whether for oil or to fight terrorism, or WMD...It is pertinent that Europe stop being so DAMN wimpy and fight for the safety of their own people and their own borders!  An extremely difficult question to answer indeed!  But, since I'm no military strategist...that's the best I got for you.....By the way, i'm a liberal!
95511
I did and do support this war, and I cry because we can;t get it right because of all the people against it. We're damned if we do and damned if we don't. The soldiers are doing a good job keeping their moral up, but it's harder and harder on them when they know how half the country feel. I bet that makes them feel confident to go fight every day. When I hear the left talk in here, I try hard to think are they right? am I wrong? At least I try and weigh the odds. The left are always right. Blatantly right. Their hatred for Bush makes them never wonder, could they be wrong? Just once? Bush has not done one thing right in there eyes.
417383
Actually, I do by into SOME of what you are saying. BUT, the war was not to just save face for Daddy. It's all about oil!!! Plain and simple. \nWe were lied to, conned, and scared into believing GW. And now we are loosing precious lives over his lies. I pray for all of our soldiers, but I want them back home!!! I even pray that innocent middle eastern lives are spared. Not EVERY middle eastern person is a terrorist. END THE WAR & SEND OUR AMERICANS BACK HOME!!!
309712
The war is wrong no matter who supported it. Besides, you can get yourself into a half-baked idea and later realize it was foolish. That's the real problem with what's going on; we refuse to pull out and spare American lives and resources.
333234
Have we not had enough wars?  What did we gain so far?  Disrepect from the rest of the world from what I can gather talking with people around the world.  \nOn what ground do we wage a war with China?  We'll be shooting ourselves in the foot again, and big time!
553144
At this point, just leaving Iraq right now with the situation it's in is a recipe for disaster. If you think it's bad now, just imagine what it'll be like without us. On the other hand, it's more of a catch-22 than anything. If we keep staying in Iraq, insurgents will keep killing soldiers. If we leave, however, everything we've done will be for nothing. The closest thing we can do that would be considered winning in my opinion is to have a functioning government, an army that can hold it's own, and basically get Iraq back on it's feet. After that, then we should leave. If there is *no* way we can win the war without anything like divine intervention, then we might as well leave.
581827
Amen sister! There's so much heated emotion over poitics that the troops are looked at as the bad guys.  Yes, I Support our troops. I hope they make it through their days over there. I hope they come home, and will welcome them when they return. While they're there, I pray that they know, we're thinking about them, and care about them. Don't forget they're our sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, etc.
555729
I actually agree with you. I say bring back home the troops and lets send George Bush and all his people over there. All the soldiers are doing is fighting for Bush's butt and his people. Let send them all over there so they can fight for Bush and Bush can fight for himself. Bush and his people are chicken to fight for us. I am sorry, but it is the truth. We didn't need this war at all. All Brush is doing is killing are solider and that is wrong of him. May God bless us and all of our troops.
628180
(raises hand)\nI support our troops, but not the war. It's not a war. I think we're just terrorizing another nation into doing what we want them to do. I don't watch the news anymore. I hate seeing that we're killing so many innocents and being killed because they want to live their own way. I really don't like bush. He handled this thing really badly. It would have been one thing to go into Iraq to get the person responsible for 9/11. But it's a completely different thing to go into their country, destroy their cities, kill and imprison civillians for no reason, and stay there until they meet our demands. I would not be suprised if they attacked us again cause we're asking for it.
73869
What are  you Nuts ! Another WAR sure the administration wants it but the people don't .I think if Bush tries to go into Iran with out permission of Congress this time there will be Hell to pay, if the Europeans some way help out then may be but we are spreading the military to thin.And now that Iraq is in a S. War .What do we do now do we stand back and let these people kill them selfs or do we go in and end up killing more American solders. We have a real [catch 22] now what ???
600349
NO!!! I was so surprised when people began to think we should pull out!!! We cannot leave until we finish what we are there for; to get Iraq back on it's feet again.
371941
We( Canada) lost 2 more of our "GAY" solders today in Afghanistan , You A**hole. We have lost more in Afghanistan than the UK, and %wise the US. We weren't behind the illigal war in Iraq. As far as I'm concerned we should not be in Afghanistan, the US created the problem by backing the Taliban, and now they are backing the Northern Alliance, another group of warlords.   \n\nSome food for thought, if you are capable of it, \n\nToday marks the day that you will have been in Iraq longer than the US was in all of World War II. Canada had been there since Sept/39\n\nThat's right. We, with the help of the allies, especially Russia, were able to defeat all of Nazi Germany, Mussolini, and the entire Japanese empire in LESS time than it's taken the world's only superpower to secure the road from the airport to downtown Baghdad. \n\nAnd we haven't even done THAT. After 1,347 days, in the same time it took us to took us to sweep across North Africa, storm the beaches of Italy, conquer the South Pacific, and liberate all of Western Europe, we cannot, after over 3 and 1/2 years, even take over a single highway and protect ourselves from a homemade device of two tin cans placed in a pothole. No wonder the cab fare from the airport into Baghdad is now running around $35,000 for the 25-minute ride. And that doesn't even include a friggin' helmet. \n\nIs this utter failure the fault of our troops? Hardly. That's because no amount of troops or choppers or democracy shot out of the barrel of a gun is ever going to "win" the war in Iraq. It is a lost war, lost because it never had a right to be won, lost because it was started by men who have never been to war, men who hide behind others sent to fight and die. \n\nLet's listen to what the Iraqi people are saying, according to a recent poll conducted by the University of Maryland: \n\n** 71% of all Iraqis now want the U.S. out of Iraq. \n\n** 61% of all Iraqis SUPPORT insurgent attacks on U.S. troops. \n\nYes, the vast majority of Iraqi citizens believe that our soldiers should be killed and maimed! So what the hell are we still doing there? Talk about not getting the hint. \n\nObviously the Allies must have done a hell of a lot more than you give us Credit for.
332645
Blah. I wonder this myself constantly.\n\nI personally believe no good will come out of this. I was discussing this with my American History professor, and she and I agree: this war is just another Vietnam. It started as a civil war Americans had no right involving themselves with, and now it has become extremely long and an absolute waste of our time.\n\nI absolutely hate people who say "It's for their own good; I know THEY don't think so, but it is." Who are we to decide what's best for others? Just because it works well for us (SUPPOSEDLY) it is the SUPREME form of government?! We are not those people's parents, their mother, their father, to determine what is best for them. We are a Super Power, yes, but we are not in control of other human's lives. There is nothing about Americans that makes us superior to Iranians, to Russians, to Australians, to anyone. \n\nIf our economy is rising, it is because we're producing machines for war. That's the concept plus Keynesian "priming the pump" that got us out of the Great Depression. And then, of course, the economy went into a slump afterward, so there you go. \n\nPeople believe this is a moral war. All it's doing is making forgein peoples hate us more for the common American attitude of superiority and "city on a hill"ishness from the Puritanical days. It's creating tension that doesn't need to be there that will hurt us and many people in the near future. We aren't "defending democracy." We aren't trying to "free" the Iranians. It's all a load of self-interest and a fake sense of superiority. \n\nI doubt Americans have any intention of paying for this war or any of their other debts. Most large powers don't. We learned before WWII not to demand repayment such as war reparations, because those played a large part of getting us into that particular war. \n\nAlso, I heard on NPR that Bush was thinking of changing the name from the "War on Terror" to the "Long War." \n\n"Blind patriotism." My thoughts exactly. Anyone who will follow something so blindly as to refuse to see the reality that the people Bush is making into our "enemy" are humans just like us is an idiot and should be ashamed of themselves. \n\nYes, at one point in time there WERE "weapons of mass destruction." Bush Senior gave them to them because they were afraid of being invaded by their neighbors. The U.S. had and has oil interests there and needed to preserve them, and so President Bush Senior gave them those weapons. U.S.-crafted. That is factual.\n\nBut whether or not they existed when our present President went in to look for them is VERY dubious. I and many intellectuals I know, some of them conservative while I am liberal, agree with me that it was a matter of oil interests. America hasn't been an independent oil-supply for a very long time now, and we are a highly mobile society. Hence there is a problem. \n\nFrance used to respect the U.S., during JFK’s presidency in the Cuban Missile Crisis, because it was its belief that we would never invade a country without solid proof. Do you see what has happened to America? In just forty short years, considering we are already such a young country, our foreign policy has turned from a very loved president’s, JFK’s, to George W. Bush’s aggressive, half-cocked launching of human beings blinded by patriotism for oil interests.
423692
In a way, yes I do. \nI don't agree with people who say that the troops should be pulled out of Iraq. If we pull our troops out, then the terrorists will take over that country, and u can expect " a new Afghanistan under the Taliban regime". \n\nOur soldiers are doing their best to maintain order in Iraq.
547021
Oh God!!!  You people make me freakin' sick!!!\n\nOk...Iraq in on the verge of imploding as we speak.  Do you not realize the impact the US Forces are having right now?  If we pulled out this very second a whole lot more "innocent" people would be blown to bits by their country men.  We're traning Iraqi Police and Iraqi National Guard so that maybe they will become strong enough to protect their own country.  We're rebuilding schools and providing medical aide to the sick and wounded.  Just because you watch the news does not mean that you are in any way, shape or form "enlightened" to what's really going on.  Have you ever heard the phrase, "News is only good when it's bad"?  No?  Well pay attention, because the only time Iraq is in the news is when someone dies or someone f*cks up.\n\nAs for the US soldiers who have died- They Enlisted!!  We have an all volunteer army folks.  No one forced us to join!  No one was holding a gun to my mothers head when I signed that dotted line.  We all know the risks of joining the military and if some one tells you different they're a God D@mn liar!  Don't cry for us.  We don't want your scorn or pity.  Just say "thank you" and be on your way.\n\nOh you support the troops you say?  You don't want any more of us to die you say?  News flash!  If we pulled out now it would be a slap in the face to those of us who have ALREADY made the ultimate sacrifice.  It would be like telling those who were killed or mutilated that it was all for nothing!!!  They laid down their lives for nothing!!! \n\nScrew you people and your yellow bellied, liberal, bull$hit.