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I think it is the most disgusting waste of time, men and weapons in recent history.

Firstly, there was no proof there were any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq...if there were some known ones, it was because George Bush Sr. SOLD it to them.

Secondly, how long has North Korea been saying, "LOOK GUYS! WE HAVE NUKES!" and nothing has been done about it? A long time, even I know that. But you see, here is that problem in all of this...

North Korea doesn't have oil. Iraq does.

This whole thing is a war on greed and oil, it is a war to finish what G.B Sr. started to do, and failed at.

Now, I know you might think that since I am not American, that I do not have a valued opinion, but truth be told, the rest of the world thinks it is a stupid idea too. Americans might be all for it, but everyone I talk to seems to think it is a joke.

George Bush is one of the most hated President's, and there is no doubt about that.

As for Afghanistan, I guess the USA is still looking for Bin Ladin...good luck.
And I would like it very much is the USA would STOP killing my people in 'frendly fire' incidents.

Death Count = 5.

Yes, agreed.

Wow, that is a hell of a lot of people who are dead. I might not agree with the war, but I am sorry to hear that people's lives are being affected, and without good reason.

I can't say, I support it but, they do have oil. So Bush wants that Oil, so thats why he keeps the troops there. I don't support Bush's plan, what so ever.

I just reliezed something the war isn't in Japan so I shouldn't care..... But if I didn't that would be cruel of me! I think that is was is a stupid war. And you know what else I feel bad for IraQ they had to deal with Americans and most of them never did anything to America. You know what else is funny how many Americans think the war is because of 9/11 of because we have freedom. I bet you half of America doesn't even know why their at war.

War is a complicated issue, and not nearly as simple as you would think.

The trouble comes from trying to judge or prejudge a situation. After the first world war, during Germany's rise to power, the rest of Europe wished to avoid war, and granted Hitler many things, hoping that he would take them and be satisfied. As we all should know, this did not end up being the case, and a much greater loss of lives could have been avoided had war been declared early, rather than letting him go forth and conquer and gain a solid foothold first.

In the case of Iraq, while it is not technically a war, the decisions for invading Iraq were shaky at best, and gradually lost credibility as time went on. The only reason we are still there currently is because of the backlash violence that erupted because of the invasion and Saddam's ousting, and we will probably not leave for quite some time, waiting for Iraq to have a capable enough law enforcement agency to deal with it on its own.

People were for the invasion at its conception for a few reasons:

1. It was still fresh from Sept. 11, and people were unsatisfied with the lack of results in Afgahnistan looking for Osama bin Laden. Thus, Iraq made a geographically convenient scapegoat.
2. With gas prices on the rise, the economic benefits of looting Iraq's oil was especially enticing to many Americans.
3. Saddam had a long history of despotism, and people knew this from Bush Sr. in the Gulf War. It was easy to convince people that he was a threat to National Security, and that he should be removed from power immediately.

My apologies if I was unclear. I was IN NO WAY defending the actions of the United States in the issue. We were dead wrong for invading Iraq and there are plenty of places where we could better spend our resources for the good of mankind, like Sudan, North Korea, etc. I was merely explaining the possible reasons people in America supported the invasion when it began, and it should be noted that the majority of Americans have now changed their mind, and are against the occupation.

I bet you the administration doesn't even know why they're at war, either. Every time someone asks why the US is at war with Iraq, they probably get a big tophat full of little paper scraps with BS reasons written on them, and fish around for a bit before pulling one out and trying to pass it off as valid.

I'm not a big fan of war to begin with, but here's the thing - I would be all sorts of supporting if they hadn't mislead us into starting the thing in the first place. If we ran in there saying things like "We must get Saddam! His evil and tyranny must be stopped!" I would back that 100%. Instead, we get the runaround about a bunch of nuclear weapons, talk about the 9/11 incident when it is in no way connected to Iraq, and loads of other things I can't bring to mind. I wouldn't be surprised if they blamed the Bird Flu on Iraq, if it would get people to join the cause.

And I have no doubt that they'll do it again in the near future, too. Watch out Iraq, Iran, Venezuela, Sudan, North Korea... Okay, the list is getting depressing, I'm just going to stop now.