Do you think we should send more troops to Iraq?
955566
Yes, and I think we need more help from other countries too.  I think that if we put a huge mass of boots on the ground and overwhelm the terrorists, that would be the way to go.  I think that we should systematically start from the top of Iraq and fight our way down and wipe out the terrorists.
940564
That sounds good. Let's recall our troops from Iraq and send them in to fight a war that is worth fighting.
690746
I agree 100%. But we can do more. Remember, some of these brave men and women have been away from their families for over 18 months, while the US government cuts their pay and benefits. Most of the troops in Iraq are reservists, meaning they left better paying jobs here to go fight there.\n\nI support our brave and noble men and women in uniform not only with a handshake, but with donations to charities that help the family they are seperated from. The 2 I give to are listed below, but there are many more.
331694
That's 2391 too many.  We sent them to die for no good reason.  America should only go to war when it's absolutely necessary, and Iraq was not necessary.
420595
LOL, AWESOME!  I think that it would be good for more people to join the military...especially the ones who have never been in Iraq (and never will be) yet still think they know what's going on over there!  Too bad we'll have to wait until 2024...the war will be over by then!
598321
I think World leader should lead troops into battle. If not at least go to the warzone ONCE and go out of your fortress alittle bit to what you created (In Bush's case) The Mess
785831
I saw on CNN last night that to be as effective as we were in world war 2 we would have to increase our military to over 400,000 troops. that would be 14 soldiers for every thousand Iraqis' that would mean a large scale draft and many many opinions support that idea. our allies seem to be going out the backdoor and practically the whole world thinks we should too. there's no way to leave this war and save face unless we win and the only way to win is a draft and I don't support a draft. many others don't either. I say start now pulling them out slowly. maybe some of them could come home for Christmas
850376
No...and why would we ask?  I can figure out why some other middle east countries and even a couple of European countries might consider asking them to "help".\n\nBut my bet is that there are hundreds (at least) of people from both those countries already in Iraq.  And I doubt they are helping to rebuild schools or hospitals.
777977
they should ,now that we hve seen wots happening in iraq,
583693
The MEU is up and running strong.  They are continually training.  They make trips over to Iraq and Afghanastan right now.  But they are kind of a quick reaction force.  Since they are pretty much geared up to go at any time, they can be dispatched to a problem area more quickly than other units.  For actual invasions, I would have to beleive that more troops would be needed.
288248
Is that true? I think our armed force's should be protecting all our boarders, and not Iraq's. If America has this terror problem like Bush says then I would be the only smart thing to do. Vote the Tyrants out in November.
959569
If you want the true answer to this, check out this recent poll by Bin Laden's favorite network, Aljazeera.  When asked, "Is Iraq right to extend the presence of the US forces for another year?", 59% said "No".  When asked, "Should the US 'cut and run' from Iraq?", 63% answered "Yes."  I don't think there is any debate as to which party supports these goals.
534754
Actually, there are already over 100,000 Iraqi soldiers trained and operating in Iraq. The deal is, it takes time for the battalions to mature and become fully self sufficient. It's  one thing to train individuals on how to fight and become soldiers; but these soldiers need good, well-trained, officers and seargents to lead them. These leaders take time to develop.
764467
I saw some things on the news about I think that now its not about fighting I think now we need to train our soldiers to train the Iraqi soldiers to do the job our soldiers are doing like raids check points. I heard this guy(god rest his soul) who was a marine and he talked about how no one seemed to understand the war but he did that he was fighting for these peoples freedom. I dont know I dont think we can solve the problem but I think we should in no way send more troops I think we should train the  Iraqi troops to do what our troops are doing and then leave. Because if we left right now all at once I feel like everything that we have accomplished will become a waste and speaking as a military fiance the soldiers who are fighting and the ones that have died all the hard work we dont need to go to waste.
744058
There is high unemployment and unemployment causes problems. If the U.S. would turn these guys into soldiers, they would be solving two problems at once without needing more U.S. forces.  I think the U.S. should double what they wanted to train from 500,000 (police  and soldier combo) that will be trained by the end of the year to one million Iraqis.  It would be much cheaper and more effective (the Iraqis have something to lose besides pride).  I'm sure the 10,000-25,000 men that are fighting the coalition would have a hard time standing up to 1 million guys even if they were poorly trained.
901235
i think there should be more balance, while i think we need some money going for defense (not saying iraq is the best way ),  and some to help other nations,,,,,, we also need an equal share to helping our own people here in the usa,,, for medical care,,,, quality of life, etc,,,,
739324
Yes, the conflict has gone way too far ! Our troops should not be further exposed to the violence.Iraq is not a state or province of The United States,we are simply there to help them establish their own government.With the casualties continuing to climb; perhaps its time to rethink  our plan of action.\n\nThis "internal civil war " is both political and religious  motivated; that needs to be settled by their own people .\nGive the people the arms and training they need and allow them to emancipate their own country.\n\nThe Sunnis and Shiites have been at "war" with each other for many years.Their true religious leaders(those who actually follow the true teachings of Islam ) should call the leaders of the others and  attempt to mediate an end to the killing and violence.