Is America responsible for the people who get kidnapped in Iraq?
488389
Maybe those people should spend more time blamed the people who abducted them.  Plus whoever is brave (maybe stupid) enough to go to Iraq without good reason is putting themselves in danger.
1125304
Yes.  Like the first poster said, it was AMZ (Abu Musab Al Zarqawi).  That's not even his real name, but nobody cares.  What matters is that AMZ was a very bad person. Unlike some other terrorists who have a legimitate grievance against the US, AMZ just wanted to kill Americans.  He's not even from Iraq.  He's from Jordon.  He went all the way to Iraq for no other reasons other than to stir up civil war and kill Americans.  It's too bad we couldn't catch him alive, but we're definitely better off now that he's dead.
995462
America and our western allies DO NOT HAVE the support or TRUST of the people of Iraq! Our soliders will continue to be killed because we cannot win the hearts, minds, and faith of the people of Iraq. \n\nThe people of Iraq continue to suffer due to our occupation there. Our soliders have killed ( a kill is in the line of duty) and murdered (an unjust taking of a life) hundreds of thier people. Terrorist have done the same. The people of Iraq DO NOT SEE a difference between the Insurgents and our soliders...our being there has caused the death and suffering of many innocent people over there. Without the TRUE support of the people of Iraq America will not win.\n\nIf we kill one "Big Daddy" another one will take his place...this is a fact...Bush and the idiots on "the Hill" don't know sh*#!
834087
I don't know... and did they ever find out for who was accountable for all that missing money in Iraq at the beggining of the war? (8 million or billion or something)? it was a big deal and then I never heard anymore about it?
760523
You are right. We are the main force but other countries are involved. There is enough credit and blame to go around. It just seems we are the popular ones in all this. All of our soldiers, not just the ones from our country deserve recognition for their sacrifice in service to a common cause.
919198
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.
473763
Yes and no. They should not have been committed in the first place. But once committed, they should have had the equipment and manpower to be able to make Iraq secure.
779921
Yes, absolutely. I saw one report that the world didn't blame the Americans for anything done by Bush in his first term because they dildn't know what he was about. But when they reelected him, knowing what he was about, they became complicit in his policies. So yes by the majority voting for Bush in 2004, you could say the American people are partly to blame for the debacle in Iraq.
671741
Not really.  Though the president of Iran was one of the terrorists that kidnapped and held American hostages, that is about as far as the link goes.
204519
america is just successful to kill the people of iraq not combine i have been living very close to iraq and it is possible to see the real terrorism that the americans do.only reason is the oil thats it...those americans can do anything in favour of them thats why they will take the most interest of people,people like OSAMA.\n\npeace out of here
823088
They didn't hold the American people responsible for the war in Iraq when it began but when Bush was re-elected they took it to mean that the country was behind him.  Since Bush stated during his first term that he wanted to be known as the "war president" I would say it's safe to say he is a warmonger & since we re-elected him that means to others that we are too.\n\nEven though we are considered to be warmongers, everyone still acknowledges that our country gives its people freedoms not given by many other countries. America is seen as a safe haven from all the atrocities taking place around the world
387503
I hope so but is not the only one responsible, I hope all the ones involved in orchestrating  the War on Terror get what they deserve, whatever that is, is not up to us but i was thinking the families who lost someone or even the International Courts because there was no evidence for WMD's in Iraq and an unjust war is just plain wrong and illegal.
813978
2.5% of Iraq's population has died...when?  Maybe provide some follow-up statement and context for your quesion.  I'm sure everyone will blame the US, it seems to be the cool thing to do lately.  I will give you this, the US did light the fuse in that part of the world, but it was bound to happen eventually.
68364
it's about oil, because we depend on the oil for our livelihood. It is defintely not right, and we as americans should not think we are better than others just because we are americans. But to answer your question, this administration decided to take the oil instead of negotating for it. They did this because Fmr. Pres. Hussein is not really interested in negotiating with the U.S. But the administration knows without steady oil supplies the United States would be in dire straits, so we just took it illegally.
544195
Yeah. If USA was not intervening with other countries' business, it would have been prevented. From the way US is acting in Iraq and with Iran, I am not sure what US have learnt from 911 though.. Osama and his people are devils trained by US.
371999
Many,yes and not just that.he send our kids to Iraq to get killed just to increase his wealth. and more than that charge us money for their killing. he must send his daughters first to Iraq. I am wandering why Americans still sending their kids.
716945
I do understand that you are not the ones responsible for America's actions in Iraq, Americans. I am from Egypt and I of course don't agree on the war from the begining, it was like a breach to the Iraqi Sovreingity rights...ridding the Country from Saddam's governemnt is something that people Iraq had to do, and does not require the help of anyother country; in other words, it is an internal affair; and what America did is an interference in the internal affairs of Iraq. It Also caused much damage to both sides, Americans lost lots of soldiers there in vien and it consumed alot of money that could have been used in a better way. Also Iraq now is in a state of disturbance, and I don't see that the American forces are able to control the situation there. Gureilla warfare is not easy to handle...so, since they already did what they wanted, they got rid of Saddam, and established a new government too, they should leave and leave it to the new governement to take care of it, because they already fail to sustain a stable climate there. If they insist to stay, then that can be nothing but occupation, which is of course something that is unacceptable...right?