Why are Americans making a fool of themselves?

Question

The war situation in iraq already is a challange to be fixed.
Why is the political class making it a Bush afair?
Do you think withdrawing the troops home is going to solve the problems; One for the Iraqy poeple and two, keep Amarica blameless and safe?
Please make your contributions reasonably or do not bother to react. Thanks.

Answer 1

The only reason that the Iraq war happened is oil. There are better and cheaper alternatives to oil, that need to be used.

The fact that the American government ignores the energy crisis, sourcing and use of alternative fuels and is Positively in Denial of global warming PROVES conclusively that they are making fools of themselves, just as they are making corpses of those who stand in the way of their short term greed.

Answer 2

It is a Bush affair because it was Bush who went into Iraq prematurely and without much agreement to do so. He went in there looking for "weapons of mass destruction" when Saddam was allowing the country to be inspected but Bush bombed anyway.

Withdrawing the troops will cause a serious situation for the Iraqi's. Remember what happened to the South Vietnamese

when we brought our troops home? They got slaughtered. That is what will happen whether we do it now or later.

Americans will never be blameless or safe. We aren't exactly thought of well by the most of the world to begin with.

This is a serious situation that we will never be able to fix and should have never gotten involved in. My question, why did Bush bomb Saddam when he had nothing to do with 9ll and we knew it at the time.

Answer 3

Everyone can determine for themselves how they react to things other people say. Therefore I have not seen you write "why are Americans making a fool of themselves" since I don't believe that.



We should stay in Iraq until results are achieved. We don't believe being there or not would solve the problems and, it's not up to the Americans to solve the problems so we aren't even trying.



Americans aren't safe there; every day they are risking their lives and paying the price, and they are there because they want to be. If you're talking about the land of America being safe then surely you know that's an entirely different situation and is not regarding Iraq itself. Did you have a real question in there somewhere?

Answer 4

The war in Iraq is a civil war we should not be involved in it in the first place.



The reason the Iraqis are in civil was is because they let religious differences drive them to mass murder amongst each other. truth be told the civil war in Iraq didn't start until they took Saddam from power. And Bush is the one who did that so yes it is a bush affair.



Yes we should bring are troops home. why should Americans die for someone elses war when have so many problems within our own country that need to be fixed.



And upgrading home security is the only way we can Be safe in America not sending troops to another country

Answer 5

This is a question that leaves it open for many who like to bash, etc on the subject. I'm not really sure why all this is happening and I dont have the answers but I sure wish someone did. It's really a shame that this is going on but thats the world today. As far as the Bush bashing and making it a Bush issue... I think people just need to grab onto something to rant about and that is the main issue thats easiest to run with at the moment. If it wasnt him it would be someone else in power. Americans have always seemed to like to have their strong input whether it be bashing or praising, and arguing really is a happy past-time it seems. I dont understand it all but maybe thats what makes the world turn in some ppls lives. God Bless America!

Answer 6

I tend to disagree. I do not think that withdrawing the troops is going to solve the problems until the Iraqi people can stand on their own and without our assistance. Having been oppressed for sometime, it is going to take some time for Iraqi's to learn how to be independent. Also, as callous and cruel as this may sound, I think it is better to fight the war over there then to have bloodshed in America. I remember 9/11 and all the prior attacks that led up to 9/11 on US embassies and US warships and we did not learn our lesson then. If we do not curtail our enemies over there and thoroughly instruct the Iraqis on defending themselves, then we may have more 9/11s or similar.

Answer 7

Either way you go about it, America is going to get blamed for something. We can't take back the fact that we're in Iraq at this point, and if we withdrew troops now, it would only piss the Iraqi people off because then they would have an all-out civil war and there would be total anarchy. We shouldn't withdraw, because now we're on clean-up duty. We've got to finish what we started and only then will we be able to gain a shred of respect.

Answer 8

I don't believe that withdrawing our troops will solve any problems, in fact, I think it will make us more vulnerable than we already are.



What people don't seem to realize is that these people (the Iraqi's) have never experienced freedom. They're used to dictatorship and being told what to do. Unfortunately, it will take years to get them on the road to independence and to teach them to become self-thinkers.



Look how long it took the U.S. to form the original 13 colonies. Things don't happen overnight.



I have no answer other than I pity those Iraqi's who have supported us and will now be left behind to live an even darker hell than what they've already been put through.

Answer 9

The war is a money maker and crutch for the Bush administration. Bush has failed as a president. No pulling troops will not solve the problems . And as for making a fool of themselves dont you think Iraq has made of fool of themselves by starting a war and needing someone else to finish it?

Answer 10

Americans r not making a fool of themselves.the bush is and its a shame when u cant say what u think unless u get fires from your job for coming against bush which is what several has done and now their on rosie odonnel why? because shes onto them and they know it.u think about this what was the bushs careers before the whithouse OIL !!!!!! some people wouldnt admit a mistake if it slapped them in the face. is any of his kids over there i think not.he should have already been impeached. id rather a president have sex anyday as to lead us into a war for his own gain because hes greedy. greedy enough to kill innocent people.at least sex isnt that evil.if bush would have been impeached already like he should be we would not be in this much trouble as the nation is right now.i feel for the troops and their families.but mr bush is the blame for this.u look at him not any one else.

Answer 11

well i think we need to be over there for a while to try and get things half way straight. I also think that it has been shown that history repeats itself even when we do leave there will prob be a war over there there is allways going to be certain people that hate americans.. I also know that yes bush did say yes lets go over there but then again he didnt do that all on his own.. We need to try and get some sort of government established a strong government.. Alot of people complain about the pres yet they dont vote this i dont understand and also they blame the pres and get upset when in most places you cant say anything about politics because you would be killed so yes if you dont like bush say so but if you dont vote dont complain because you didnt even try to get someone else in as pres. America is going to be to blame for alot ... its a blmaing game blame the big liberal country why because people can and they are able too i guess. but i like being an american and like my country Bush and all

Answer 12

The Iraq situation is fubar.. Bush has more on his plate than he can handle right now. Plus the man does not sell himself well or defend himself when wacko liberal start spewing hate and lies about conservatives. He has a poorly laid out agenda. Plus the masses are stupid beyond belief due to the dumbing down of our kids in school and colleges. All we car about is the next Mtv spring break, what self serving whore made it on American Idol and who oh who is the father of Anna Nicole's baby. Thank G-D we figured that out or we would have watch sensationalist news casts of that for another two years. People need to wake up and start reading history. We care more about who got voted off America's Next Top drugged up skiiny Model than the threath to our safety that's knocking at our door

Answer 13

I think because we have a congress that is a bunch of puppets that won't say no to dictator BUSH .The man thinks nobody but him has any good ideas. We as a people seem to not have enough backbone to really protest this war,the way we did Vietnam.Come on young people get it together and do something to save this country. We are really looking like sh-- to the whole world!!!

Answer 14

I started to read some of the "answers" to this question and from the spelling, grammar, and insults you have to disqualify most the writers as fools. Maybe that's who you are talking about... You seem to lump a number of questions under one heading but you seem focused on Iraq.

Saddam Hussein ordered his fighters to fire missiles into the USS Stark back in the eighties. A number of sailors died but the ship was saved. Saddam invaded Kuwait believing that he could threaten Saudi Arabia after he consolidated power. GHWB sent people like me to the Gulf to push him out of Kuwait. Those were our orders; push Iraq out, not destroy Saddam.

GWB comes along after years of attacks on our aircraft by Iraqi forces flying in the no-fly-zone that Saddam agreed to.

It was discoverd that Saddam was trying to build nuclear weapons and he was further along than most people thought. Of course we destroyed the equipment but Saddam was not going to give up so we inspected.

In 2003 Bush had just come from 9/11 and the fight against world terrorism. Saddam was paying people in Israel $25,000 per family for suicide bombers. Saddam had thrown out the weapon inspectors that were supposed to prevent Saddam from building nukes. The UN voted 14 times to inpose sanctions on Iraq including military action. Colin Powell stood in front of the UN and gave 17 different reasons why Saddam had to be deposed. WMDs were not number one on the list. GWB asked Congress for permission to take action, they gave it so they democrats are very hypocritical by complaining now. They would be justified of complaining of progress, but they say the Bush lied so that lets them off the hook. Bill Clinton called for war in 1998, Al Gore called for war, John Kerry called for war and said that we had to be prepared to go it alone if necessary, and John Edwards called for war. Hillary voted for war.

Now we have two choices; go or stay

If we go the middle eastern countries will never trust the US again. Israel will be in more danger because Iran and Syria will believe that we will not support them. A million Iraqi people will be slaughtered and the terrorists will establish a government in Iraq with the help of Iran. The war against terror will get more difficult.

If we stay then more troops will die. However, we believe that at some point the Iraqi people will stand up and say enough with this killing. We lived with each othe for years until these radicals showed up. A democratic Iraq will threaten the governments of Iran and Syria through their people.

Answer 15

Bush and his supporters are making fools of themselves. Don't lump all Americans into the "fool" group.

Answer 16

I think that ALL humans often make fools of ourselves. When one decides to become involved in politics or to give their allegiance to anyone other than God they take the risks of making mistakes.

Answer 17

because they **** in stupid you cant even trust the government

i don't what this world coming to but i think that this world is

coming to a end .

Americans these days are so mean to each-other

we need some who cares about the Nation

Answer 18

I can't beat around the 'Bush'..it's his war..not all Americans are fools...

Answer 19

Because we're American Idiots

Answer 20

You can't tell me if I can respond or not. Let's hear your solution if you think you are so smart.

Answer 21

to fight for their right to love lol akon

Answer 22

CUZ some of us r stupid

Answer 23

because they are AMERICANS