Poll: American Troops In Iraq

[PhilosophyGenius]

I think it's best to set a timetable over around 6 months or more. If American troops get pulled out now there could be a huge humanitarian disaster there because the insurgents could destabalize the Iraqi government to the point where they can no longer function.

[jetsetlemming]

I think it'll be the far future before Iraq doesn't need U.S. troups backing it up somehow, but if we're still doing the brunt of the peacekeeping past the immediate future there, I think it's time to start changing things around.

[Dave Mann]

Could be a "humanitarian disaster" if we pull out. That's a joke right??

[beltman713]

Yeah, isn't it already a humanitarian disaster?

[Dave Mann]

You bet it is. Shock and Awe, most of the country irradiated with uranium weapons... murder on a massive scale. The Iraqi patriotic forces are holding their own though, despite all the fake terror designed to discompose the resistence and the society generally.

[jetsetlemming]

I tihnk instead of a time table we need a set of definite goals (besides kill all the terrorists). We don't have any in the fighting besides shoot whomever shoots at us.

[PhilosophyGenius]

Could be a "humanitarian disaster" if we pull out. That's a joke right??

Okay. What happens if we leave and the jihadists and the insurgents who view the Iraqi govn't as American puppets were to topple that govn't? (which could easily happen) What then? You'd have a nation with 25 million people and different groups of people who hate each other left with no ruling body, no law enforcement, food and medicine would also become a huge problem, ect.

[princesskittypoo]

i think there should be a clear time line... if you just pull everything out at once there could be a vacume to sucks us right back in later.

[ThotPolice]

i think there should be a clear time line... if you just pull everything out at once there could be a vacume to sucks us right back in later.HA!

It's a mess really no matter when it ends a war was the wrong tactic for anti-American militants, it may quell the hate for a time but they only created more people wanting to destroy the US.

They cant publicly state a withdrawal date either as the "terrorist's" will only retreat regroup and recruit till that date and then fractions will be fighting for power in the area.

I don't know it's a mess. A big corrupt miserable mess.

I think we need a world body made up of all nations that could monitor countries and prevent corruption from happening as well as protect good governments from warlords. It would have to be unlike the United Nations in the way that it would actually work.

[jetsetlemming]

What are you doing posting here when I have the most recent posts in about half of the areas of your site? You should at least be out somewhere online whoring your website!
(Go here now, people: http://www.hottopictalk.com/talk/index.php)

[Tonya]

no matter what, it is a shitty situation. It is just hard deciding which situation would be less shitty and how much shit will we make our troops go thru.

[Gold9472]

The troops are now in the middle of a Civil War (thanks to the Bush Administration). They can't be expected to take part in that. They need to be brought home now.

[BASE701]

I am unsure about this. I want them home now. I also feel like alot of them want to finish the job for their friends who had fallen. I'd hate for them to lose the opprotunity to do so. (I personally know a vet from Iraq and he feels this way.)

I have so much respect for our troops, I guess I want whatever they want.

[dMole]

I want ALL our troops home NOW (my family recently welcomed one of ours' "back" alive and mostly-undamaged, unless "political" things change- thank whatever your religious belief is for that!).

I'd also like to give ALL the neo-CONS one-way airfare to downtown Baghdad for Xmas/Hannukah/Kwansaa 2007...

[AuGmENTor]

I did work for a guy that had been in the army for 23 years. Now he is a NYS trooper, and he told me the Iraqis are totally lazy about doing anything for themselves. Why shouldn't they be? We are there doing it all FOR them. It was really funny, because he about confirmed everything we read about the sub-contractors, and how the American troops don't want to be there. When I asked him about all the people we see in MSM talking like they are there to support the mission (in military uniform) he said he didn't know ANYONE in his 18 months who thought they should be there. I was really surprised to har this guy talk like this. You would expect a 23 career army guy to be all supportive and stuff. And now he's a trooper? Kinda gave me a glimmer of hope for when the martial law goes into effect.

[dMole]

...When I asked him about all the people we see in MSM talking like they are there to support the mission (in military uniform) he said he didn't know ANYONE in his 18 months who thought they should be there. ...

So how much cash do you figure it would take to get an enlisted man to talk out his ass "for the 'folks back home?" Or would it be cheaper and easier just to put a "dress up" uniform on some actors? No offense intended, I'm honestly curious here.

[AuGmENTor]

That's kinda what I was insinuating...