Is the average Iraqi better off under the American Invasion?
919750
Nope.  Under Saddam the utility system worked, there were no roving gangs of thugs, and there were not Al Qaeda insurgents wandering the land.  Since the invasion 600,000 Iraqis have died.  Saddam was a bad guy, but the price of the invasion has been very high for Iraqis.
967980
right, the war was against Saddam Hussein and the ba'ath party, not against the people of Iraq. the whole point of it was to liberate them. second there was more than enough money in the Iraqi oil trust fund, but this was swallowed up by corrupt politicians and big corporations who took the money but didn't do the work. a lot of the insurgency is not political, it is a vendetta. a jumpy young soldier at a check point shoots up a car full of innocent people and you've got a whole family and clan taking revenge. the shia were cooperative in the beginning, but as time went by and there was no improvement, no regular electricity, no water, no sewage, no work. the hospitals closing down due to the lack of medicine and equipment. they got a tad annoyed with the Americans and British whose corporations were there to improve things but were actually just taking the cash. there was no al-qaeda there until the invasion as they saw Saddam as a heretic and he mercilessly crushed them. they came after the invasion and the break down in law and order. it is a good recruiting ground for them and they are financed by the Saudis who are terrified by the idea of a democratic shia state next door to them. we, the British and the Americans have to pay for the blundering manner which our governments chose to liberate the people of Iraq, so that millions of innocent people do not suffer. it is our fault we voted the cretins in
515168
You are an absolute idiot. Stop listening to the media and actually attempt to find the truth in this matter. I have three siblings who went to Iraq several times each and all have said how much they love Americans for getting rid of their tyrannical dictator. If we benefit while we are over there, is that not a fair trade?? This is a highly mutualistic proposition for both countries, and the only really bad thing about is that it has cost the U.S. a bundle.
832963
Less than those who die in Iraq
219666
bagdad was always a hub of commerce & society. americans were safe up until the invasion. it was one of the last places in the middle east that i could get a drink, a woman could dress in modern clothes & have a job, gays were tollerated, trade was unrestricted & all people were welcome to enjoy all there was to offer. the only standing concern was to pisoff saddam.
489922
Is that the same as Iraqi?
711431
stealing iraqi people
434041
You are so far off the mark that even though I am against having our military in Iraq, it would be better for my side if you didn't express an opinion.\n\nReally.\n\nAnyway, the short answer is that Iraqis aren't attacking Americans.  Many of the insurgency are fighters from various other countries including Syria and Iran, as well as Palestinians.
302930
the money is staying with the iraqi people, and where it goes is determined by the iraqi government. and for the record, Bush sold his oil company years ago, so he couldnt possibly have gained from it
467451
If you look at the numbers of deaths per day that were listed by the UN Human Rights Comission prior to Saddam being removed (79) and the number that is averaged today, including terrorist attacks (35), you would have to say that in numbers if nothing else, things are better in Iraq.  I think that things are also better in that the Iraqis now have some say in what their future will look like.  \n\nRemember, more people die in the state of New York per day in traffic accidents than die in Iraq due to terrorism.  Should we withdraw from New York because it's a quagmire?
682441
Hun you do relieze that you put IRAN right and not IRAQ... Cause that is where I am right know IRAQ.. And this war is going to go on for a while.. we are going to be here for a long time.. This war is not a war on a battle field anymore.. it is a war against Insergeants who are trying to win the people over... the war we are at is called Counter INsergancy... We the United Nations... are trying to win the hearts and minds or the people (people being Iraqies)... But in a recent study that came down it will take at least 9 years for this "war" to be won... and 13 years to be one if the insergents do a better job at winning over the local population.. and from the front lines.. it is happing we are losing this war in the long run. American Soldiers are killed everday.. It was totaled and average.. we loose about 3-5 American Troops aday... that is through the Airforce, Navy, Mariens, and Army... If you as me Yes I want to be here... Cause if where to Loose this war...then my brothers and Sisters have dies for nothing... If you want to talk more in depth about it please feel free to Im me... or Email me
759212
I think it would depend on the circumstances. Undoubtedly, some Americans would fight , no matter what the intentions of the invaders. \n\nIf we had been suffering under an abusive, oppressive, dictatorial regime, and the Iranians offered some measure of freedom, I think they would win popular support among Americans.\n\nIf they invaded now, with things as they are, they would face tremendous opposition. We have a pretty good system now, and what the Iranians have to offer doesn't even come close.\n\nI know the point you are trying to make here, but I think you are seeing a false equivalence between U.S. democracy and Baathist rule of Iraq. Our system, whatever it's flaws, at least has a fundamental respect for the rights of the individual. Hussein's system did not. Our system is open to popular influence...his certainly was not. You can't hypothetically "turn things around" without acknowledging this.
1008329
Anyone can correct me if I'm wrong here - but I think one of the major differences is that the Iraqi people ARE indeed willing to change their way of life, adopting democracy, whereas the Vietnamese actually wanted to keep their communist government in tact so there was no will on their part to change. That's why we lost then. I mean, going back to the basics, in order for things to change, the will must come from both parties, otherwise it'll just be communist and dictatorship all over again. If we come in Iraq forcing our democratic ways on them, that wouldn't make us any different from Hitler. I think the Iraqis are actually willing to adjust.
928877
if you mean BAGHDAD in IRAQ the USA army don't & if they pissoff the country will be better off
193571
Iraq is slowly but surely turning into a self governing democracy that will in the near future be capable of defending itself and participating and working with nations worldwide economically and as an ally in the war against terror. the Iraqi people will be free to pursue the freedoms that we here in America have long taken for granted.Iraq does indeed have a bright future ahead and because they do our future here is America is brighter as well.~
1069068
Americans for the most part like the Iraqi's.  It is the terrorist insurgents and the hangers on to the old regime we don't like.  In the words of Thomas Jefferson, all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights.  Sometimes you just have to stand up and fight for those rights.  The Iraqi people are just starting to get a chance to fight for their own rights now.  If you are an Iraqi, be proud, vote and support your new free and open Representative Republic.  It may not be perfect, but it beats the hell out of tyranny.
890379
Iraq was not like it is now when Saddam was in power. Saddam was a threat to his own people, and those around him, period. World threat? Threat to America? Not by any thinking person's stretch of the imagination. We had to retaliate for 9/11 and a group of brilliant people decided Iraq was the path of least resistance after we topple their tyrant to install a democracy. Wishful thinking at its best, we are starting to see the worst. Things have degraded to their tribal levels split along religious sects. We invaded without understanding the culture and history of the region. Hatred and war are long time bed-partners in the middle-east. Just to keep the excitement growing we can now add extremely twisted, hate filled, religious fundamentalist zealots adding to the killing in the name of Allah.  Baghdad is eerily starting to look like Saigon. We won't need a strategy to get out, we'll need emergency evacuation.