Is it the oil? Is it the terrorists? Is it that USA is just so fucked up that there's no limit? Is it the safety in Iraq? Somebody please tell.
216562
The answer is all in Third  question in your Question.Now people need to ask why are they.Then go looking for the answer.It would take at least 10hrs of typing,that's at 60 words per minute,to just to begin to explain what all this Bush Bunch is about,who they are and what they are up to.\nIf you will just take the responsibility of your freedoms,and beguine to question and do research to find the answers,You will Quickly see why some of us are so angry.
577818
Excuse me? How exactly are they protecting the USA and our rights? That is flat just crazy. All they are doing is stirring up more terrorism. What they are fighting over there are a bunch of so called insurgents that are nothing but ppl who are fighting agaisnt an unjustified occupation of their country. Would we not do the same?\n\nBTW, I am a veteran and participated in Gulf War 1. As a female, I did not see combat BUT I was there.
661288
We had 5 killed today! It isn't going to stop, and the Muslim world is a big one, and they don't view life the same as we do.\n\nThe Iraqi's don't even want us there.\n\nTime to go!! ANother great victory!\n\nDon't be surprised when we don't even get any of the oil Bush was after!
383428
If the Iraqis do not really take responsibility for their safety (and quit aligning themselves with militias)?  You'll get a country that harbors terrorists.  And a less safe America.\n\nOn the same token, Osama Bin Ladin called for a fatwa against America because we built bases in "holy land", so there is no right answer.  We stay we lose, we leave we lose. \n\nMoral of the story? \n\nDon't start wars with countries that have little or nothing to do with terrorism, because then people use that as a rallying cry to recruit more terrorists (read the NIE).
266411
The reasons are numerous and all based on greed and a callous disregard for human life and international law. Eisenhower warned us about the growing threat posed by the dread military-industrial complex 50 years ago. It has come to its fruition (on a spectacular scale) under the criminal administration of our idiot king. Disregard everything you've heard about justification on the grounds of Saddam being evil, the threat of WMDs, the "war on terror" and the imposition of democracy from the outside (an oxymoron if ever I've heard one). This is and ever was all about money.\n\nThe wealthy (and frighteningly powerful) oil giants like ExxonMobil have recorded record profits since this criminal invasion of a sovereign nation. Halliburton and other such evil corporate giants have amassed truly staggering sums from their prearranged government contracts. Wealthy, sinister and extremely powerful people are lining their pockets on this war. And innocent civilians, American and British soldiers are sacrificing life and limb entirely for that purpose. How f**ked up is that?!
248047
The Iraqi people don't want the US there. The US is well overdue to come home. The soldiers are just doing their job, granted. But there is a distinct line between  a false liberation and an illegal occupation.
558236
Terrorism that we are experiencing here and in Iraq are about religion.  Oil is an issue but that is not what causes these people to blow themselves up. Islam is a very good religion but some people interpret to there own liking.  Just as some Christians do. There will always be people that think and feel what they believe is what everyone should believe.  This is the main reason we have a democracy today in America.  Read your history.  It has been going on for hundreds of years.
201209
Depending on who you listen to, there are several reasons. I shall attempt to run them down & provide a brief explanation of each, and state my own opinion at the end.\n\n1. Oil. The US needs a source of oil, so we invaded Iraq to get it.\n2. Big Business - The US needed a way to boost the profit lines of big business, and war is the best way to do it.\n3. Freedom - We needed to free the Iraqi's from Saddam's thumb.\n4. WMD's - Saddam had WMD's, he refused to let the UN make inspections, and it's too risky to let Saddam have WMD's.\n5. New Base Location - Iraq makes a great place to project power from in terms of the US military, it is adjacent to the Gulf, and provides ways to reinforce Turkey, as well as keep Iran in check.\n6. Violation of Gulf War cease-fire agreement - Iraq violated the cease-fire agreement of the 1st gulf war, so this war is simply a conclusion of the last war.\n7. Bush's daddy - Saddam tried to kill Bush Sr., so Bush Jr is seeking revenge.\n8. Terrorism - Saddam was conspiring with Osama, so the US had to intervene.\n\nAnd my opinion:\nBush Jr. was obsessed with Iraq, and decided long ago that he was going to end Saddam's rule. He found a reason, Saddam didn't back down, and now we're in Iraq.\n\nHope this helps as a general overview.
505129
IT IS AN AL QUEDA PLOT TO DESTABILIZE THE COUNTRY AND TO GET THE REST OF THE WORLD TO BLAME THE US FOR THE PROBLEMS. THE MAJORITY OF THE TROUBLE MAKERS ARE NOT EVEN FROM IRAQ. THE PROBLEMS IS THAT THE IRAQI FACTIONS ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THE INSURGENTS TO KILL THEM WITH OUT A FIGHT. IT SEEM LIKE A CIVIL WAR BUT IT IS AN INTRICATE PLOT TO DESTROY THE AMERICAN PROCESS. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO STICK IT OUT. IF WE RUN WE WILL BE ASKING FOR FURTHER PROBLEMS ON OUR HOMELAND.
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Geopolitically the industrialized world is totally dependant on oil from the Middle East.  There is no industrialized nation that does not have in their national interest the seeking of a guarantee that there must be an uninterrupted flow of oil into their nation.  They all hover around the Middle East like moths to a light, ever manipulating, bribing, arming, trading, selling technology, whatever it takes, to buddy up with the Sheiks.  Use simple "rule out" and you find there are many countries with worse dictators and political systems around the world that we have not, or would ever consider invading to "set those people free."  It is  only because there is oil in Iraq that we even know where they are on the map!  It is hard, but it is true.
212213
because we're not trying hard enough.  We haven't put CIA and FBI agents in the right spots and our military has no idea what's going on.  Then we had to go and attack Iraq and get a new set of problems to focus on.  Pretty damn messed up that one guy can orchestrate the murder of 3000 Americans and 5 years later we still have no idea where he is.
321674
There is an oil dimension but not the simplistic one that most people trott out.\n\n1) The U.S has no need of Iraqi oil. It actually has no dependance on any middle eastern oil supply for its own domestic needs.\n\n2) The main recipients of Iraqi oil have been and continue to be France, Germany, and Russia.\n\n3) The stability of global oil supply is vital for the continuance of our society. Everything you eat, wear, work at, use or enjoy depends on oil, and the price of oil. If you listen to some people they would tell you that its about putting gas in your SUV and 50 cents less per gallon, but its not. A minor raise in the global oil price, caused by some kind of mad fundamentalism could melt our society down faster than a horror novel.\n\nThe U.S has enough strategic reserve and alternative supply to ride it out, but oddly its the anti american countries like Germany and France who would suffer the most if the U.S didnt act as the worlds policeman.
595239
They would be right here in the USA doing the same thing that they're doing in IRAQ. The US would not be a very safe place to be.
571493
Yes, I am effing weary about you guys dying.  I don't believe that Iraq was the biggest threat prior to 9/11 and that Rumsfeld and Cheney lied to us to make us believe that.  I feel that your life is being put at risk to fight a war that should have never started-we should have stayed in Afghanistan and found bin Laden.  We should have kept you there looking well after Tora Bora.  And I feel that Iraq wouldn't have as many al-Qaeda living within its borders had we not invaded in the first place.  I don't think that we can set a time table, unfortunately, we have created chaos within the country of Iraq, and we have to stay there until we fix our mistakes.  Unfortunately, putting your life and others at risk.
500406
because there is more than one reason to control the oil.  Oil is the money that extremists use to wage war.  The govt cant say its about oil because people cant get past the thought that we did it just to profit.  How about we did it to stop the people that want us dead from their gaining profit.  The only way to keep people at bay is to attack their money.  the same people that say we are waging war to take oil also say these terrorists cant do anything because they are savages living in caves.  maybe so now but anybody can gain technology when there are people who are willing to sell their technology at a price.  and they definatly have the ability to buy it with no restrictions on their use of the most used commodity in the world.
358272
Here's the deal: Since the USA has been in Iraq the citizens have LESS freedom than they have EVER had, mostly due to the civil war WE caused. They can't send their kids to the schools we opened for fear of death. They can't leave their homes for fear of death. They can't even go shopping or see doctors! They can't go about their normal day to day business. They have a curfew due to the civil war WE caused. How is that right?\nIt IS NOT right. We shouldn't be there. Hell yes we're going to see more "scandal". It'll continue until we're out of there. Honestly it isn't scandalous at all, it's outright WRONG.
332459
We aren't open to attack on our borders.  We have many military installations on the Canadian as well as Mexican borders.  We still have more troops here than in Iraq.