Why are we having a tough time in Iraq?
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1. We don't seem to have a clear objective there. "Destroy the terrorists" is something everyone can agree on but is actually pretty vague.\n\n2. Our soldiers are not receiving the equipment, attention and support they need.\n\n3. There are 3 different Muslim sects there. They are not going to agree on things....to the point of killing each other (and us) over it.\n\n4. Rightly or wrongly, many Iraqis see us as occupiers. How would we feel if another country overthrew our president and we were under martial law?\n\n5. Terrorists are not a clear target. They are everywhere. It is hard to know where they are and who is and isn't one.\n\n6. Rightly or wrongly our use of torture and other "interregation techniques" plays into the hands of the press and makes us look bad.\n\n7. Rightly or wrongly we are perceived as just "wanting the oil".
805045
i didnt really get the question..are you asking about winning and losing? \nwell .. from my point of view..the war in iraq is bad for you americans as much as it's bad for us..i get so much hurt just to see these young gentelmen  upon their tanks when i walk around in baghdad..and i get so much more hurt when i talk to them..when i see that they all have families waiting for them,and when i see the hope in their eyes for getting back there alive..i wish i can do anything to help them..\non the other hand..we iraqis are getting killed for something we didnt do..al-Qaida is eating us from one side and the american government is eating the other side..\nsimply..it's a war between bush and al-Qaida in a place that none of them is hurt..only innocent americans & iraqis are ...
1076872
Let Iraq deal with "their" problems ? It is problems the US of A have created, for goodness sake !! Before the US invasion the Iraqi people were much better off.... they might have been ruled by a dictator... but - hey - so is the US, but the US is worse off: they are ruled by a BRAIN-DEAD dictator, who must be a direct descendent of Nero.\n \nBefore the invasion, the Iraqi people had food, medical care, and the children safe streets to play in. Now they live in constant fear of being massacred by cold blooded murderers, who accuse their horrid actions with "fear for their own life". \n \nThe US needed to GET OUT 3 years ago, but since they HAD to invade, attack and brutalize, allowing their own history to repeat itself, they have to get out NOW... not tomorrow, not next month, not in 2007... NOW, before their trained murderers can cause more dispicible massacres.. The US couldn't run a piss-up in a brewery  and thus need to let Europe and Asia take care of rebuilding Iraq... and while they are at it: send the bill to BUSH.\n \nAs far as the US are concerned, military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.\n \nEnough of the US caused blood-shed !!!
734060
Ever heard of self reliance? In this country we have basically a free education, student loans, pell grants and scholarships for college. They need to get off their @sses and get an education. That would help in their plight! No it is just easier to stick out your hand and wait on what is given you!\n\nGeorge didn't fail us in Iraq, the opposition in this country has failed our service men.
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*#!
96884
No!  The only reason we are in Iraq is to finish what Bush's daddy couldn't.  If you recall Iraq wan't the origional problem, it was Afghanistan.  Why don't you hear much about the Afghan. part of the war?
437104
There are alot of people that that think the country is in trouble, I am sure that even some of the people in congress knows that we are. We have a president that is trying to take power away from the other branch's We have a stupid war that we are involved in and people around the world hate us as a county. The economy is in a shambles and it is ok to ignore out own peoples needs to spend trillions over seas. If that isn't trouble I wonder what is. Remember this though the American people as a whole are good people and we will survive yes we will survive.
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the current situation in Iraq
489639
US is not worried about iraq, they gives a rat's ass about iraq. Unfortunately iraq has OIL and that is US's # 1 weakness.\nAll the countries with oil are unfortunate cuz US will get them and is getting them one after the other\n\nUS is greedy for oil and thats it. They dont even care about their own people, dying in Iraq for not freakin reason.  what a shame!!!!!!!! and its sad!!!!!!1
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.
751527
Arcane are you  crazy?  Their are a lot more modernized middle eastern countries that Iraq.  I have been to a couple different countries and I saw nothing that even Iraq.  You need to know what you are talking about before you start saying stuff like that.  One other thing I want to tell you about.  If the Iraqis didn't want us there all they had to do is run us out,  but they are going through what we did  in our civil war, Losing life's, homes, family and what not they know that it is a necessary evil but most of them are ready for a change.  There have been more business open up in the last year than any other year in their history.  Soon as they can show that their military is able and willing we will be out but no sooner.  It would be a disgrace to the US and its people if we left now and let total hell rain down upon them.
1055942
we're still at war because of oil, however the Bush regime is much more interested in the money and power than american lives. the money and power will payoff higher by using middle eastern oil rather than american oil. already we've set up a puppet government in iraq. the reason democracy hasnt kicked in over there is because we havent let it. the war is to important to them. they profit from it both politically and financially. \nand yes we do need our troops home. they arent fighting some evil dictator, or saving my freedom. saddam never posed a threat to american freedoms. if anyone poses threats to american freedoms it is the terrorists in washington dc. right now congress is trying to vote to eliminate flag burning, which is an essential part of your first ammendment as freedom of speech.\nand many of the troops that are being killed over there are National Guard. The National Guard was, and still is, intended for use on our home soil for things like evironmental disaster relierf, like katrina. it is illegal to send them to fight a war in another country, yet the bush regime has managed to do it any way.\nthere are SO many more factors that i would love to get into, and will if you would like me to, but i think that basically sums it up.\n\nand to people saying that "crazies are trying to kill us. should we kill them?" or "we have to apply pressure to the militant force that's there?" the answer(s) is no. they're no crazier than you or i, or any other person. they're patriots to they're country. anywhere from 100,000 to 350,000 iraqi lives have been lost, maintly civilians. picture this: iraqi's invade america on a bullshit term, and kill your family. what would you do? i can bet you'd fight back. they're not terrorists. they are insurgants. they have no links to terrorists cells, especially not Al-Queida, like we try to link them to. They are not talking orders from bin Laden, or anyone. they are upset that we're there and that we're killing them.\n\ni posted this earlier:\nthings that make me mad.\n\n1. That Almost anyone that reads this can tell me who Brad Pitt is dating, but couldnt tell me the names of their Senators, or anything about politics to save their life.\n\n2. That our congressional representatives are taking bribes from oil companies to lean oil policies their way. Already over $142 million dollars have been accepted from people in congress.\n\n3. Our government launched a war against Iraq on the basis of WMDs even though they knew that information was false months before.\n\n4. We are now looking into any means possible to keep Iran from developing Nuclear Weapons, and are willing to use our own Nuclear Weapons on them to stop them. Casualties for such an atroscity would easily be over one million lives.\n\n5. Our leaders are profiting from this war, both politically and finacially.\n\n6. Our government sat back and watch as North Korea developed their own Nuclear capabilies.\n\nEveryday we move closer and close towards a facist theocracy. Americans who try to speak up are labeled as traitors, un-patriotic, and /or terrorists. Many americans are to caught up in the lies the government and media throw at us.\n\nMy challenge to anyone who reads this is to do some homework. Find out how your everyday freedom is being taken away right in front of your eyes. Watch the evening news tonight instead of access hollywood, or do your research on the web. im not forcing my political belief on you. im telling you the truth because i think, as an american you desearve to know.\n\n\nThe Irony To "The War On Terror" That Washington Is Fighting Is, That The Real Terrorists Are IN WASHINGTON.
680027
We are not all so tolerant. It makes some of us very ill to think about.  The war was suppose to be about 9/11 and terrorism.  There are other countries with dictators as bad or even worse then Saddam.  He had nothing to do with Iraq and yet Osama has his job still.  Some Americans here say that "they hate us for our freedom" but I guess they don't realize we are not the only free country in the world.  There are other counries that have more freedom then we hve here.  Our country is a mess and many of us pray for this time to pass.
815228
Since Iraq now has its own president, the best we can do is to continue trying to help them keep it a democracy, allowing their people to vote for what THEY want, so it doesn't fall back into the hands of a terrorist regime that isn't good for them or for anyone else. Regardless of where we live, we are all inhabitants of this same earth and we are all connected. Their problems are our problems, and our problems will be theirs, as well. That's how it works. We can't close our eyes and ignore atrocities elsewhere or those atrocities will come force our recognition, as they started to do over a decade ago when we first started being attacked by terrorists.
835416
Well, I can tell you from my experiance that I thought we where making a difference. But I can also tell you I have friends I served with that think we are not. So the answers here will deffinately be as varied as the political parties we have in our country. Democracy is something that Iraq has never had. EVER! So there has been alot of problems. Theres Bath party members (That party was banned) Causing trouble. Religious differences, causing trouble. And a large and I mean very large segment of the population that do want to be free, go to work and just raise there families. The Kurds in the northern part of the country have had zero problem with all this and are doing very well. Whats the long term prognosis? I Don't know, I wish I had a crystal ball and could tell you and everyone for that matter. I believe in what we tried to do, and certainly feel it was the best for them, us, and everybody else in the world. I was in neighborhoods where everyone shook your hand and smiled, and they where all friendly. Two blocks away someone set up an IED, and people watched them do it, and nobody said a word to us. Theres alot of faces in Iraq, too many to be honest. But we are trying, and probably only time will tell. I'm being optimistic, but there will be others that are not.\n\nYour right Katie, they certainly do, it always made my day brighter.
859707
We have been for years now , all the deaths and injurers ,parent less children and family's broken .\n Yeah , we are reaping the benefits of Iraq , thank you Mr . Bush .\n CM : Where do you live !!!!!
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.