Iraq Discussion
My position on Iraq and the current American involvment is that we should leave one quarter to about half of our troops in the Middle East and spread them out amount Iraq and Afghanistan to find Osama Bin Laden and try and build a democracy but not at the jeopardy of American lives. The soldiers who have had to stay in the service for longer than they intended should be relieved and new soldiers will take their place. We should worry more about what is going to benefit our country internally rather than immediatly looking towards international relations. By taking some of these soldiers home, many people will be satisfied. It seems like bringing soldiers home is almost more of an issue than the war itself. All that bumper stickers and signs say now are things such as “Bring Home the Troops” which is a major concern of many Americans which it should be. The recent sentence of death that was given to Saddam Hussein was looked at as a major liberation in Iraq and it already opened the doors to a better chance of finally achieving a democracy. This is the type of interaction that America should have. A look but not touch type of attitude that doesn’t encourage much of a violent reaction after making political or military moves.
Saadi Hamid, 63, sat in his photography shop staring up at a television carrying the second broadcast of the sentencing. He cried when he saw it the first time. But this time, when Saddam Hussein began to shout, “Long live the Iraqi people!” Mr. Hamid looked away and smiled broadly. “‘Long life for Iraqi people and he killed everyone,” he said. “No one can help him now.” (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/06/world/middleeast/06voices.html
This is showing just how explosive the reaction of the Iraqi people can be after events unfolded themselves no thanks to the American military being there. Rather than fighting this was for us to win, they are fighting for Iraq to stay together.
November 8th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
hi brayden
November 22nd, 2006 at 10:38 am
Brayden-
I agree with your postition on the war in Irag. I also think that America should deal with our own problems before we go around helping other countries. I think that there is so much more to the war then we, as citizens, don’t see. The main problem that people see about the war is bringing our soldiers back home. No one realizes why we are actually there.