is it rite what the united states is doing after  the fall of saddam in iraq  ?
612596
my country right or wrong.\nright or wrong, my country!
263047
Simple.\nBush's dad helped put Saddam in power and things were going ok, Saddam helped replenish US oil reserves drained by the 70's crisis. But when Saddam got more profit he realizes he could make his country better so he nationalized oil industry, rebuilt the economy and education, bringing IRaq closer to true civilization.\nAs Iraq turned away from US, it was clear the balance in ME was going to turn gainst US and Israel, no to mention US lost their second oil supplier.\nSo they tried other things:\n- accused Saddam of human rights violations (true by international law but Iraq was a dictatorship, Saddam could be tried only after deposed)\n- embargo on Iraq, pretex by Iraq invasion on Kuwait, which was once supported by US as Bush hoped Iraq will become a larger supplier (US hoped the population would turn against Saddam, but they didn't since under Saddam Iraq grew a lot, despite wars) this eventually led to more than 1 mil death among Iraqis who were deprived of medical aid and food.\n- first Gulf War, the 'oil for food programme' which helped Western nation blackmail oil out of Iraq in exchange for food (probably one of the greatest human rights violations in the history of mankind after the Holocaust)\n- as everything failed, US used the 9/11 to invent a threat in Saddam claiming he was involved and the he had weapons of mass destruction. None of the allegations were proven but US and UK went to war, despite the fact UN Security COuncil opposed military action.
895888
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-scramble9nov09,0,6350531.story\n\nThat. It's actually a very mixed bag, right now, so expecting Iraq to be able to respond as quick as we can, amidst their still incomplete reorganization would be far fetched.
737244
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.
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Since we invaded isn't really a fair assessment.  The sanctions the US imposed on Iraq killed millions and then on top of that the wars we waged against them brought Iraq from the most industrialized, secular, progressive 9relative to others in the region) country in the region to be one of the most religously divided, ruined, starved, unstable and un democratic places on earth.  \nThe US is responsible for far more Iraqi deaths than Saddam that is certain.  \n\nPeople say what about the Kurds?  They tried to kill Saddam.  What about the people slaughtered by the US government at Waco remember that?  Governments protect themselves against angry citizens, and the attakcs Saddam carried out, in military/government terms were justified and far worse has been carried out by the US against its population.  \n\nSaddam loved Iraq and Iraqis (many who still do) liked Saddam's rule far more than this new puppet governemt who cannot bring law and order to Iraq.  They ALL hate the US and we were never met as liberators (with flowers) as our government told us we would, and we never will win the hearts and minds of Iraqis.  It is a lost cause.  \n\nIf the US doesn't pull out more Iraqis will die, we are killing 80% of all Iraqi deaths there.  So the US out as soon as possible is the best option for Iraqis.
789887
It's much worse after. Saddam is evil. Everyone was afraid. When we invaded and captured Saddam, Iraq was a leaderless country. A very easy target and a logical choice for terrorists to occupy. Three years later there is still major upheaval throughout. \nReally, how can a country that has lived under dictatorship, know exactly what all a democracy truly means? Most of us who are used to a democratic republic don't completely understand. We need to begin our exit strategy soon. \nThere are basically three groups of different people living in Iraq. None of them can agree with the other two, nor do any of them trust one another to be fair and impartial to the rest. Without impartiality, and fairness a democracy is doomed to fail.
294907
Absolutely not. Saddam may well have been a tyrant, despot and  an egotistical maniac as well as a bully but the UN should have got him out when he sent troops into Kuwait in the 90's and there was truly an international coalition against him. They had the moral high ground then and a mandate from the UN which made Operations Desert Sheild and Desert Storm legal under International Law plus there were many arab nations involved.\n\nThis time things are different. The so called coalition is made up of mainly American and British forces with a few small contingents from some countries, the majority had no wish or desire to become involved. The case for invasion this time was flimsy at worst and a complete pack of lies at best.\n\nUN inspectors found no evidence of chemical weapons let alone weapons of mass destruction yet at the UN members were shown "spy satellite photo's" of mobile chemical trucks and production facilities. Strange how the inspectors never found any of it. When America and Britain put forward a resolution calling for the invasion of Iraq most of the UN voted it down, the US and UK virtually thumbed their noses at the UN and went ahead with the invasion anyway.\n\nSo now we have a situation where the "liberators" are now the occupiers, insurgents are all over the country, American and British soldiers are being attacked daily, suicide bomings are becoming more and more frequent, kidnappings of Westerners and Muslims is increasing, the new Iraqi Government is virtually paralised by internal squabbling, the American trained Iraqi Security Forces are bareley holding their own and the whole country is sliding ever more closer to civil war and anarchy. Yet both Britain and America maintain that things are getting better.\n\nReally where??.
933682
Remember we have a thousand year of history behind us and have survived and co-exsisited. Saddam was installed in power by the Americans. He was financed and armed by the US(to combat Iran). We now have another American puppet in power. Then we paid the price of America's mistakes and today again we are paying the price of America's mistakes with our lives. All we want is America to get out of Iraq and we will solve our own problems. The sectarian violence will not cease unless American's leave our country. They are doing more harm tham good with there presence. Dont they realise, we dont want there "democracy" or way of life. Just let us be. We dont need any help from the Americans. GET OUT OF IRAQ NOW.
1044461
US is not at war with Iraq and had never been\n\nBe it desert storm or the recent compaign, both are aimed at Saddam and his followers, and to free the Iraqi people from the dictator.
797601
What a fricking 'tard.  Iraq is Iraq fault, America is just trying to help put it together so they know what freedom is all about.  Where does your monkey azz live?  If it is not the States then I bet that your country was helped by the U.S. at one point too.
924285
Oh yes.  Saddam will be hung, and it will be before the spring of 2007.  Its no longer in America's hands.  The Iraqis have spoken up to their years of abuse and genocide, and Saddam will get what he deserves
1141261
We havent heard much because nothing much is happening.  Saddam has no real defense, and he's still yelling about the court not having the autority to try him,  yada yada.  \n\nI hope deh fry da sucka
1084897
WE ALL KNOW IRAQ NEVER ATTACKED THE USA. Pres. Saddam Hussein was trying to make sure the flow of oil to the Zionists and America wasn't as fluid as America would like. Hence the reason they got rid of him. The pretext of saving the Iraqi people from Saddam is nothing but a lie. Just like 9/11
262358
Oh Well, this is a tough one. \n\nAlthough I would like to believe that the current Iraqi situation could sustain itself, I must be realistic in my assesment of the situation. I believe that Iraq will fall apart due to the collapse and absence of a powerful cental government. Saddam was tough, but he held the country together. I think we're gonna end up having to deal with THREE NEW Iraqi states (Northern Kurds, Central Sunnis and Southern Shiites) and I just don't like the sound of that, why deal with three when we there was only one?\n\nBesides, the Shiites in the South will most likely control the larger sum of Iraq's Oil cause that's where it's concentrated. \n\nI still believe, contrary to popular belief, that Saddam could have been dealt with differently, either through micro surgery, or through hard-core diplomacy until he crumbled on his own, this all out invasion is just costing us ridiculous ammounts of money and rubbing our global reputation in the dirt. \n\nThe world is changing, we're loosing favour with hundreds of millions of people, and I just don't want that for my country, a country that I love.
1142801
there's nothing we can do about iraq. everything that's going on there and everywhere else was meant to happen. the u.s is in iraq now so that they can set up camp for when they go and start picking on iran and later get into what we know as armageddon. read revelations in the bible, it will tell you all you need to know...
736201
No. He'll find some reason or another to stay. (Can't forget that oil). Again, Bush is in quite a bit of trouble right now. Remember, The US took a large number of young Iraqis to "train" for security purposes. Many of them went to Jordan. The streets are not secure and it will take a while for them to become secure. I don't believe this "westernized" method of training is doing any good in Iraq. In that respect, I believe Maliki has other plans to provide security.  Even if it means "using" al Sadr.and Iran. And Syria.
898365
Yes, as it will show America that the Bush administration has made some signifigant steps in helping the Iraqi people, and also show that things are being done in Iraq, its not just a bogged down mess