Why is it we go to war with a country, then we have to rebuild their country????  War is war!!!!?
145730
After overthrowing an evil regime, would you think it smart to leave a country in ruins? The world learned a lesson after leaving Germany to rot after WWI, and look at what type of tyranical government came along after that.\n\nIn most cases of war, especially lately, it is not the case that a whole country is entirely against another. In the cases of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, it was more or less regime toppling and terror hunting. It is important for the people in those countries to experience the benefits of a free form of government and give them the chance of a peaceful future. This could help ensure more stability and good relations.
1053108
Why don't you Americans get out of the country and let the Iraqi's handle their own problems? Imagine your country in the Iraqi's place, would you like to be rescued by conquering hero's (actually villains with a false cause- where are the WMD's?).\n\nAnd if you are dying, you are also killing, and killing unarmed civilians too. Well it's your own elected Representatives that sent you out to do the kill, what did you expect, the natives would be too terrified to shoot back? \n\nWould your countrymen react passively to invaders?\nLook at any country that the US has interfered in-they end up destroying it completely- be it Vietnam or Afghanistan or Iraq - why doesn't the US of a start minding it's own country?\n\nOn a personal note, all I can say is stay alive kid, and do let live - the Geneva convention is there and don't break the rules. You'll only end up making the world hate your country more, and that'd be a pity, for it is one of the greatest countries in the world after mine though!\n\nI am not an Iraqi or Muslim for your info.\nst
217815
Uh...lemme think about th...YES!! We shouldn't have gone in there in the first place! And the whole "well, now that we're there, we have to see it through" concept is completely retarded. When you realize you've made a mistake, you correct it. Or at the very least, you don't make it worse. And I really don't like hearing, "We have to fight them over there so that we don't have to fight them over here." No, let me explain something. The reason we've had to deal with them, over here, IS BECAUSE WE'RE OVER THERE!
398049
YES! Why should people have to fight a war that they don't believe in, when really there doesn't need to be a war at all?
1133456
yea its sad.......\nits been 6 years in war already.... and i think this country has been crippled...\n\npeople arent the same any more due to the war...
799092
We win the wars but lose the peace. Our military is the best on earth but trying to win a guerrilla conflict that has the backing of it's people is like an Olympic swimmer trying to swim up a waterfall, just can't be done
436003
you are already doing that.before you invaded iraq,all were living in peace and harmony.who went against the law (how ever the laws were strict)was punished.but after march 2003,you made a brother kill his brother in a jungle where law naver exist under your supervission.why was the army and security forces desolved and all their assets looted.how can you build such forces in short time,whereas the old ones took 82 years to build.this is the results.mellitias,gangs,undiciplined forces.total curse.what else you want.
32799
i dont know why war comes,,i think u should ask the american citizens because they voted for their leder ..and every leder has a habbit of bombinb and occuping other countries such as japan-vietnam-iraq-afghanistan-....etc (long list)..\nsolution is just dont meddle in other countries affair..ARNT U ALL HAPPY IN america????if so then stop bombing countries
655589
we need the military in the foreig countries killing people, because we have enough civilians killing each other right here at home...\n\nwe are on a path of self-destruction
446282
thing is, war destroys wealth. the wealth comes from taxes which is taken from us before we get out checks on friday. we dont get it back, its destroyed. thers no prosperity after war, ever.
1071851
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.
583338
To win a war you have to conquer or destroy your enemy. The problem that we have is that we stopped realizing this and try to make every war a policing action and restoration of the country we just sacked. So we spend billions assaulting them, spend another billions rebuilding them, and then we walk away and leave them alone without collecting any kind of reward/tribute/compensation.\n\nIraq should have been: sack them, take their land, take their oil, set up a launch point to attacking other enemies in the region. We could have profitted form this war and made the rest of the planet take us extemely seriously.\n\nIf we aren't going to commit to seeing war through properly then we should not engage at all.
135224
Personally, no war can be considered justified. Common citizens of rival countries usually don't have any real reason to kill each other. Their governments make them think there is a reason.
533974
i don"t agree at all. That's just stupid decision for me. Why have to choose war for get some peace?\na state have to more concern about their people than their own interest!
228109
times without peace are always setting us back in terms of progress. not only do wars physically damage the earth and the buildings of a place, they also do severe and often intergenerational psychological damage to people who are subjected to it. (soldiers and civilians alike.) it causes a rippling outward wound that takes years and years to recover from. \n\ni wonder what certain countries would be like if they hadn't suffered under years of warfare?: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iraq, Somalia... \n\nalthough technology often moves forward as a result of wartime funding, there is often great wastage of money which would be better spent on raising the standard of living. just look at the defense budget of the US, ponder the numbers of corporations and public officials who are subsequently caught for stealing that money one way or another, and then look at the education budget. \n\nif people truly believed in peace, if they stopped looking at the world through "gotta get mines" kinda glasses, then maybe we could stop wasting our time always always trying to recover from the five steps back we just took.
815824
sounds like terrorism to me.   How could you want to declare war on your own country-if you don't like it emigrate!
800522
We already dominate the world. The world is jealous of our hard working successful society.\n\nWe have sacrificed our sons and daughters countless times to help stabilize the world. And we have spent vast fortunes to rebuild our enemies homelands and protect their liberty and freedom. Even when they have tried in vain to take ours away.\n\nWhen America goes to war it is for a damn good reason. Period.