What benefit has the invasion of Iraq brought to the US?

[Squatch]

How were people here, in this country, positively affected by the war in Iraq?

- Security?
- Lower oil prices? :rofl:

- Free from the threat of SCUD-B's?

There have been no positive results of the war in Iraq that the average, everyday American can touch, feel, or see.

On edit: despite the allegations of the first two responses, I do not, in fact, hate America. Now, back to your regularly scheduled program...

[trotsky]

1. SADDAM WAS A BAD MAN AND GASSED HIS OWN PEOPLE!

Why do you hate America? ;-)

[dave123williams]

6. Yeah....then WE bombed them.

[leftofthedial]

2. But we're so much safer with Saddam out of power

and fighting them over there instead of saving Katrina victims.

Why do you hate America?

:sarcasm:

[leveymg]

3. Go ask Dick Cheney.

He knows all about who benefits, and what they are. :bounce:

[begin_within]

4. 1900 Americans dead, The world hates us, Gas $3/gallon, $200 billion debt

[Spurt]

13. Correction...

...1900 military dead.
Many more Americans when you add in contractors, journo's, etc who have also been slain.

[Minstrel Boy]

5. Preempted Saddam's flying drone attack on Virginia Beach,

so there ya go. That's one thing.

[Squatch]

7. He can have it. I live in Chesapeake.

[indepat]

8. War on Iraq has kept us safe because we are fighting 'em over there

so we don't have to fight 'em over here. (Mild humor and scathing :sarcasm:)

[Squatch]

9. Was Iraq planning an invasion of our country?

[indepat]

22. I dunno about that, but didn't Condi speak of imminent mushroom clouds?

[Inland]

10. Great videotape of smart bombs blowing up targets.

but that was in the first three weeks. After that, not even good video.

[HereSince1628]

11. You are obviously NOT part of the investor class.

If you were you would know that things are going along great.

[Squatch]

12. Well, my portfolio is doing well...

but I have most of my stuff invested overseas.

[HereSince1628]

21. So, then you know. Everything is peachy in globalizeddreamland.

[CountAllVotes]

14. positive

You ask what is positive about the invasion of Iraq. I will tell you of one positive thing. It has unveiled the anti-Christ to the world. If the world fails to act on this great evil, it is the world's fault, not just the USA's fault.

We are now seeing catastrophic events occur, especially here in the USA. That is a positive result because that is what it takes for people to actually realize what a great evil has fallen upon us.

I saw a bumper sticker yesterday that said, "Welcome to the Dark Side". I thought to myself pfffftttt .... Dark side hell - welcome to the black side ... the black side being beyond dark. The black side is in our faces and it is EVIL.

What next I ask? Time to do something to purge this great evil that has fallen upon us.

How? That is the problem.

[SixStrings]

15. This is what the majority of Americans believe though,

That they are much, much safer now. Check out this link - It makes me hang my head in shame...

http://www.3wheelerworldforums.com/showthread.php?t=40522

Ahh, ignorance truly is bliss...

[Squatch]

19. You got that right...

"failer" (failure?)

"definatly" (definitely?)

"that their thinking that" :rofl:

"rediclous" (ridiculous?)

Wow. Just wow. Just goes what rampant consumption of Natural Light will do to you.

[ridgerunner]

23. Those who live in glass houses

shouldn't throw rocks.

goes=shows

[Squatch]

25. LOL...I was in a hurry

to get out of the office. Nice catch.

[Mika]

16. Fulfilling Norquist's/GOP vision of "drowning gov in a bathtub". n/t

[TallahasseeGrannie]

17. I GOT ONE! I GOT ONE!

It brought the incredibly sane voice of Cindy Sheehan into national politics.

Would have been nice if we hadn't needed her, though.

[txindy]

18. Junior and his cronies got richer, isn't that reason enough?!

:sarcasm:

[tx_dem41]

20. Tang....

...ooops...no, that was NASA, damnit!...sorry. :)

[newportdadde]

24. We are fighting them over there so we dont have to fight there here!

Because duh its not like they might be planning anything over here right now.. because they are all over there. Didn't you know the ones fighting US troops over there are the same ones who were behind 9/11?

[maxsolomon]

26. if you are still driving on gasoline in 20 years, iraq will be why.

OIL is why we are there.

but not oil today. oil tomorrow. to maintain the status quo of the american economy after the sauds run out of oil or are overthrown by wahhabist fascism. that is the strategic goal of the iraqi occupation; make sure that oil flows to america, not china.

to believe otherwise does not give the PNAC enough credit.

remember, this administration is OIL MEN. who would know better the status of the global supply & the need to conquer the second largest, possibly the largest remaining, reserve?

[Raiden]

27. The Lord smiles down on death and destruction

Go read The Bible you tie-dyed, long-haired, free-love, hippy peacenik!




:sarcasm:

[daninthemoon]

28. ChaChing for haliburton. Nothing good for America or anyone else.