What the hell are we doing in Iraq?

[Sara Beverley]

Saddam is in custody his sons are dead.
The Baathists are out of power
There were no WMDs
Our own puppet government is in power there
We have utterly destroyed the beautiful buildings and infrastructure
Our soldiers are being picked off one and two at a time.

Why are we still there???? To what end?
Just to have a dubious election so Bush can claim to have brought "democracy" to Iraq? Meanwhile our soldiers are still being killed in Afghanistan and our puppet leader there can hardly venture outside his compound without heavy security.

Who will stop this maddness?

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. you did not get the memo?

We are "liberating" the Iraqis... (of their oil and other riches that is)

[Ironpost]

2. KILLING a lot of people.

but the answer to your question is us, we the people.

[Dan]

3. All along

I have said to people, this is a war we cannot win;

but there is one thing that we can do, and that is kill people.

And we are doing that!

[Erika]

4. The American Public will stop it

when they realize they've been played as fools. Right now, they are still in a state of denial thinking "their" president wouldn't send our kids to die without cause. We've been there and done that.

[cavanaghjam]

5. We're building

14 permanent military bases there. Think we're going anywhere soon? Meanwhile Bushies and the Media Inc. are saying, "See the cradle? See the cat?"

[Erika]

6. American Imperialism Reigns

Paid for by our troops deaths to profit the wealthy. Society hasn't changed much in the last several hundred years.

[Dangerman]

7. We should have not invaded that country in the first place.

Not of this crap should have happened if we've left it alone back in '03.

[leftofthedial]

8. profits are up! we've turned the corner!

no end in sight!

it's all good!

You might want to watch your step though. Don't want to get blood on those shoes!

[indigobusiness]

9. Saddam was never the reason we went into Iraq

just another excuse.

I'm with you

"Who will stop this maddness?"

Your words are like a desperate mantra that rings through my head...almost continuously.

[scarletlib]

10. bringing good old american values to the deprived people of Iraq

[radwriter0555]

11. Genocide. The new Iraq Holocaust. By the New GOP Nazi Uhmurrikkkans..

It's rather horrific.

[RPM]

12. winning hearts and minds....

...for the next terrorist attack; God, they must really hate us at this point

[Scrooge]

13. Kicking them

We are kicking them while they are down. Texas style! We are showing the whole world what America is about. Power. I fear for our future.

[newyawker99]

19. Hi Scrooge!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[shesemsmom]

14. I was pissed

before the day we *took* Baghdad and then didn't hand them the keys on April 9 2003. Yes what the Hell are we doing there anyway.

[OneTwentyoNine]

15. Spending Billions of taxpayer $$ to line Corporations pockets...

Other than that we're doing nothing else except killing innocent people.

[elehhhhna]

16. DING DING DING We Have A Winner!

[pss]

17. We're waiting for our children...

...to start singing songs about us.

[welshTerrier2]

18. Stop supporting the war supporters

I've had enough ...

I will no longer support or work for any democrat who doesn't speak out against the insanity in Iraq ...

Democrats need to demand that all troops be withdrawn from Iraq no later than March 31 ... that's plenty of time for an orderly withdrawal ...

No U.S. troops are to remain ... American troops are nothing more than hired security guards for multi-national corporations that are in Iraq to exploit the Iraqi people. It's way past time for the Halliburton Army and the Bechtel Airforce to be kicked out of there.

I want to hear from every elected Democrat before the end of this calendar year. I especially want to hear some specifics from such high profile Democrats as Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Howard Dean, Tom Vilsack and probably a dozen or more others.

This war was dead wrong before it ever started and too many Democrats did not do enough to prevent it. I supported Kerry in this election in spite of my deep belief that he did not handle Iraq correctly. I won't rehash all the old arguments again. Kerry needs to clearly and forcefully call for the withdrawal of all American troops by March 31.

Democrats need to be an opposition party. Only two possibilities exist for the failure of many Democrats to speak out against the invasion of Iraq. One is that that they fundamentally agree with the U.S. presence there. Arguing that they support the goals but don't agree with how bush has handled Iraq is totally unacceptable. WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE THERE.

The second is that they are worried about the political implications of calling for peace while the troops are engaged in combat operations. This is even more detestable than the first possibility. There is no room for political positioning while we continue the wholesale slaughtering of Iraqi citizens. Again, WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO THERE.

I will continue to support the "good" Democrats in the future. But I will do all I can to find replacements for those Democrats who clearly are lacking a moral compass on this issue.