Should insurgents be punished for making such a mess out of Iraq?
971026
No, you're thinking like a Democrat.  Democrats think of terrorism as a law enforcement issue.  Republicans think of this as a war issue.\n\nThe correct answer is you kill them!
948213
Coincidence.   The Iraqis are too incompetent to have anything turn out according to any pre-determined plan.
102766
Those pictures are awful and the soldiers that did this were punished. What does that have to do with the war in Iraq.
1033914
Well I'm all for removal of the troops but I see 2 problems with this (going by only what you have told me btw)\n\n1. We can't make deals with the insurgents. That is for the new Iraqi government to do, not us.\n\n2. The question remains: are they willing to recognize the new Iraqi government as the sole controlling power within Iraq even after we leave?
2776
i believe that a slow and thorough withdrawl over a period of the next year is the only way out of iraq.  we made the mess, and now we MUST do our best to leave them with a non-explosive situation once we are gone.  many of the iraq's don't want us there, but are afraid of an immediate withdrawl will land their society into the hands of the political extremes and possibly fundamentalist elements.  we cannot pull out now, but over time with control.
278504
Waste of money for the tax payer, A PR exercise & just another deliberate prolonging of the war to generate cash for those with investments in the war industry who want results. \nThe US and friends should get out now, acknowledging that there will always be 'insurgents' as long as they occupy by force another country against the will of what looks like the majority of the people.
928188
Yes, put them on trial for removing a barbaric religious government (the Taliban) and toppling a brutal dictator (Saddam).
668780
Well... thanks to bush pproving to send troops in the first place & destroying their country, if we pulled out now it WOULD cause absolute anarchy. We can't just go over there, wreck their land & leave. Yeah it was wrong as hell to do it but it has been done now & we gotta finish the job whether we like it or not. That's what happens when you have a dumbass in the whitehouse & even dumber advisors. Maybe next time more people will think before they vote!\nSigned.. A Military Wife
843706
I agree with you, not only has G. Bush made a mess out of Iraq but by doing so has made a mess out of our own country by cutting all social services and entitlements has ruined the quality of life for the average American especially in areas of education, environment, health care, security, transportation and withholding or cutting federal money for our fire fighters so that they do not have the finest and best equipment.  His incompetence is endless.
18552
They have caused enough problems over there. If they want to continue getting killed and continue killing then they should stay. If they really are seeking democracy for Iraq (which is none of their business in the first place) then they should leave now and let the Iraqis govern themselves and set up a new constitution and start living a normal sovereign life like any country !
906279
If you live in Iraq you can, folks here are screwed.
1149483
I'm sure somebody used em to describe Vietnam.   I think, though, that the issue they're talking about is our responsibility to provide stability in government. The removal of Saddam created a very real power vaccume in Iraq. (question of right/wrong in doing so aside) Simply leaving after getting Saddam, would have drawn even more condemnation from the world. The world would  be screamin at us for NOT doing something to help them. As it is, they're screaming at us FOR doing somehthing. Whether or not what we're doing is effective, is another story.
663960
Nothing at all.....yes they should be punished to the fullest extint of the law.  How does it look for the people who are put in place to enforce the law constantly break it and get away scott free?  This may go on but it takes courageous individuals who know of this type of inappropriate behavior to come forward and make this unsavory deeds known.  No matter what the cost....a philosopher once said....without struggle there is no success.......
868381
We should leave them alone.  Or perhaps you might be suggesting we enslave them, in a figurative sense of the word, by forcing them to live like westerners.  We may have the best system here in the west, but it is obvious, like in Iraq, that not all people are cut out to make a democracy work.  Interference would mean more war and more reconstruction.  Things are moving slow enough in Iraq, we really don't need to expand on our problems.
628138
Yes, knowing what we know now, this wasn't the solution.\nMuch more could have been achieved with less loss of lives and resources.\nThe real problem with Iraq is yet to emerge. This country is in complete disarray, there is nothing left. the moment the Americans leave, a civil war will break out, because there is no dominating or controlling force. In a normal revolution there is an organization, a plan, a people movement. Ideals, a bigger picture. But here?\nA better way would have been to work from the inside,to start up a movement, to feed them money, structure. To let that movement gain momentum, and so on. In the case of Iraq, maybe try to split up the country?
848781
Yes, anyone who kills themself should be executed.  Not only that, they should be made to pay to clean up the mess.
390070
Are you asking why the insurgents are killing Iraqis?  If so, the answer is fairly simple; they cannot allow the Iraqis to form a unified government.  To do so derails their goal of throwing Iraq into a bloody civil war where Sunni and Shiite kill one another, with the US led coalition stuck in the middle.