Why do you oppose/support the Iraq war?

Grave · Post by **Grave** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:43 pm

i really dont care what they did since me saying dont go to war is gonna stop them, and also we cant pull out now were already there you have to rebuild a country after you attack it and last time i check we havnt done that yet.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:07 pm

I support it for a main reason, i think the people in iraq, the civillians that arent religiously insane that think bombing is ok, i think they deserve the life we have. They shouldnt have to fear thier government as much as they do, they should have rights to certain things. Above all, we need to teach them how to fight when things go bad, such as a corrupt governement taking your country over.

Grave · Post by **Grave** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:21 pm

yeah i supported it the whole time

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:45 am

Bush is taking this the wrong way. A democracy will NEVER work in a country like Iraq.They have lived under a dictatorship for too long, and throughout history, always had one VERY powerful leader. Once the U.S. is done restoring power, in the next non-US endorsed election, theres gonna be some major corruption, political assasinations, all trying to clear out competition. that is how it worked for centuries. The hate of the Western culture, that has been fueled by all of this is going to worsen the situation.

But on the contrary, The Media has blown the war out of proportion. Theres more people killed in Homicides in California than soldiers in Iraq. Even the Daily soldier death count can be matched and overtaken by the daily gun related murders in Compton and South Central. But the thing is, Iraq is a war ground. I'm all for the war, but we're fighting for the wrong cause. We need to drop the whole, "Policing" mentality, and root out the problem and eliminate it.

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:21 am

We should just divide the country among the Shiites, the Kurds, and the Sunnis. I wouldn't be surprised if as soon as we eventually leave Iraq, there will be a civil war.

imgettionowned · Post by **imgettionowned** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:25 am

We'll be going into Iran next, also, dividing them up is a bad idea, we'll end up with a new israel/palstine

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:20 pm

Cuda wrote:Bush is taking this the wrong way. A democracy will NEVER work in a country like Iraq.They have lived under a dictatorship for too long, and throughout history, always had one VERY powerful leader. Once the U.S. is done restoring power, in the next non-US endorsed election, theres gonna be some major corruption, political assasinations, all trying to clear out competition. that is how it worked for centuries. The hate of the Western culture, that has been fueled by all of this is going to worsen the situation.

But on the contrary, The Media has blown the war out of proportion. Theres more people killed in Homicides in California than soldiers in Iraq. Even the Daily soldier death count can be matched and overtaken by the daily gun related murders in Compton and South Central. But the thing is, Iraq is a war ground. I'm all for the war, but we're fighting for the wrong cause. We need to drop the whole, "Policing" mentality, and root out the problem and eliminate it.

Not true, it is you who is blowing this out of proportion. If there were more deaths in California than people dying in iraq every day then there probably wouldnt be a population to California in the next year or so. They make it sound like the war isnt that bad on the news, but the marines ive talked to, say otherwise.

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:23 pm

Some of you guys have NO idea what war means.

Only to see some of you guys owning airsofts or whatever is pittyfull to me.

War is under whatever circumstances NO solution

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:16 pm

Patrickssj6 wrote:Some of you guys have NO idea what war means.

Only to see some of you guys owning airsofts or whatever is pittyfull to me.

War is under whatever circumstances NO solution

Im not saying its great that people are dying, thats terrible, i have first hand experience of what it feels like to have a family member die in this war.

rossmum · Post by **rossmum** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:59 pm

We just lost our FIRST soldier in Iraq the other day, he accidentally shot himself while cleaning his rifle. We've had no casualties to enemy fire. I think the US should just get out and leave the rest to other countries the Iraqis don't hate much, like Australia.

imgettionowned · Post by **imgettionowned** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:08 pm

Actually Multi Genre that's a true fact.
We've had about 2300 deaths over 3 years, that's roughly 2 deaths per day.
Which is a lot, but by war standards that's nothing. 1 Million russians died in WW2.

rossmum · Post by **rossmum** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:13 pm

imgettionowned wrote:Actually Multi Genre that's a true fact.
We've had about 2300 deaths over 3 years, that's roughly 2 deaths per day.
Which is a lot, but by war standards that's nothing. 1 Million russians died in WW2.

That was over 4-5 years, though, and with massive numbers of Germans and Russians fighting. Not to mention the Russians tended to just charge in shooting, which cost them a lot of men.

imgettionowned · Post by **imgettionowned** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:32 pm

my point is that this is actually a low casualty war

halobuddha · Post by **halobuddha** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:54 pm

just because its a low casualty war doesn't mean that its ok and by the way if the iraqis deserve the life we have and really want it then why cant they do it themselves? and also why of all countries in the world did we choose to invade iraq to supposedly bring democracy and luxuries to?

Explosive American · Post by **Explosive American** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:33 pm

I'm against the war, because Bush started it for false reasons (WMD). Iraq had a stable government and the people liked the protection from attack that it offered. That's the psychology behind authoritarian dictatorships. but I don't think we should leave just yet. Bush needs to clean up the smelly mess he made.

halobuddha · Post by **halobuddha** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:06 pm

i personally think the guys inept and not qualified for such power

Warbandit mk 3 · Post by **Warbandit mk 3** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:20 pm

Cuda wrote:Bush is taking this the wrong way. A democracy will NEVER work in a country like Iraq.

Pretty much, but Saddam's Iraqi holocaust was much worse, the only way Iraq can remain stable is cultural and religous segrigation.

The_Hushed_Casket · Post by **The_Hushed_Casket** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:09 pm

imgettionowned wrote:my point is that this is actually a low casualty war

Low casualties for the US. The same cannot be said for innocent Iraqis.

Warbandit mk 3 · Post by **Warbandit mk 3** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:11 pm

Poor Iraqis, they get blown up by our moronic enemies. Not as bad as how other people suffered in other wars, or North Koreans.

halobuddha · Post by **halobuddha** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:03 pm

geeze whats better low casualty or none at all? and what are we fighting for now? why? so how much is it? 1000lives=50 cents less? is it worth it?