Could someone please explain to me what has been accomplished in Iraq?

Question

I support the troops 110%, but I just wanted to see what people think we have accomplished there?

Answer 1

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Well, we did get rid of one truly evil leader. Unfortunately I don't know whether most Iraqis are better off. Rather than having secret police come in the night they now get blown up during the day. We have done nothing good for America, and we stayed too long and forced the organized Shiite to seek support from Iran. There has never been an Islamic democracy, and I don't know if its possible. I sure hope something good comes out of this because good American have died and because we will be paying down the debt for 100 years.

Answer 2

we proved to the world we can get into two unjustified wars in 50 years.

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i just pray that everyone there gets home safe

Answer 3

The physical danger that extremists pose to innocent human lives is the most quoted official reason for continuing the war on terror. Everyone understands bombs and death. However, as a nation, U.S. citizens do a poor job of understanding secondary effects. Helping Iraq onto the world stage as a legitimate democratic and self-sustaining country makes a large chunk of the Middle East stable. A major portion of our economic lifeblood comes out of that area, and that stability bought with real blood keeps the system flowing - a selfish, but very real effect.

Unfortunately, stories of death, greed and corruption dominate the headlines. It's all of our fault. Stories of villagers being killed gets many times the attention than opening a school or water purification plant does.

Years from now, the cause will go down as noble.

Answer 4

Absolutely nothing, except MASSIVE debt and a bad reputation all over the world.

Answer 5

well we have spent more than 500 billion dollars on this so called"war on terror". how many years have we been at war so far? president bush can find hussein and have him tried and executed but bin laden can run around in caves for 8 years? okay we caught a person of power in hussein but he had nothing to do with wtc attacks. that 500 plus billion dollars could of been put into our oil issue here in the states. also it could of went into better health care,education systems here in the usa. we have lost 2,000 plus people in wtc attack but how many soldiers have been killed so far? more than 4,000 of our troops and now after 8 years usa says we have to resort to plan b for the war? plan a took 8 years how long will plan b take? i support our troops 150% but not this country some of the decisions that get made.united states problem is we are always butting in other peoples business. so that's what we acomplished

Answer 6

What has been accomplished ?

* Removal and death of a megalomaniac and his entourage.
* Creation of a quasi-democracy and pro-west government in the Middle East
* Provided a buffer between Iran and Israel probably preventing a nuclear Holocaust / Armageddon
* Put a 7 year halt to terrorists attacks against American targets anywhere in the world
* Created the largest coalition of free nations in the history of the world
* Cause several "old" enemies to back off and support us
* Neutralized a real threat to America and her citizens
* Gained the respect / fear of many nations around the world
* Killed approximately 100,000 terrorists who will not kill anymore innocent Americans or Iraqis

FINALLY improved Iraq
The Iraqi Navy is operational They have 5 -100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment. The Iraq's Air Force is operational They have three squadrons, which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft which operate day and night,
They have 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers
Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion
The Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers
There are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers each 8 weeks
There are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities.
96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations
4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school
There are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%
Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations
47 countries have reestablished their embassies in Iraq
The Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people
3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been built in Iraq
Iraq's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers
The Baghdad Stock Exchange is open and doing great business
Farmers now produce more crops than ever before. They not only feed Iraq but have exports
Under the supervision of the UN Iraqi oil pumps more oil than ever in it's history....ALL profits going to the Iraqi people

Answer 7

I think a significant amount has been accomplished in Iraq, although I'm not sure how long-lasting or stable our accomplishments may be. In 25 years, our efforts in Iraq may be completely wiped out, leading historians to say it was all for naught.

First of all, we eliminated a leader who murdered his own people and thumbed his nose at the UN and the western world.

Furthermore, the invasion of Iraq was a brilliant strategic military move in the sense that it drew thousands, perhaps millions of insurgent anti-American warriors into that theatre.

The Bush administration calculated that, if we are to wage a war against anti-America/Israel terrorists, it was wise and prudent to wage that war in Iraq instead of somewhere else. This was the brilliance of the invasion.

In fighting the so-called "War on Terror" in that theatre, among other places, we not only kept American deaths at a bare minimum (and this is a largely over-looked historical accomplishment that I'll get into in the next paragraph) but we also accumulated great amounts of intelligence...intelligence which is and will help our efforts in other theatres like Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, etc.

During a training exercise in World War 2...a training exercise...America lost 12,000 military personnel. During six years of the war in Iraq, America has lost an astonishingly low number of 4,000 military personnel. This must rank as one of the great achievments in military history, yet it largely goes unnoticed or underreported by the mainstream media.

Remember, the ultimate agenda for this "war on terror," the plan set forth by the PNAC, was to wrest geo-political control in that region of the world. By "occupying" or heightening our presence there, the US can more readily control and influence, and monitor the complicated movements in that all-important region.

We have accomplished much. But we face a very likely chance that we may undo all the accomplishments unless we are vigilant. And this transcends politics. Both Republicans and Democrats realize the long-term implications. That is why most Democrats, including the Clintons and Joe Biden, actually voted in favor of the invasion of Iraq.

Answer 8

A sadistic and unpredictable dictator is no longer in power, a republican government is in power (for as long as they can keep it), the French and Russians no longer own Iraqi oil, Iraq is no longer a threat to Jordan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, and once things settle down, the USA and Britain will no longer be enforcing a no-fly zone in a long and drawn out state of war. The Sadam regime, in his unceasing refusal to follow the extremely mild terms of his defeat treaty from the Gulf War resulting in so many sanctions, kept Iraq - the first line of defense of the Arab world from the Persian Iranians, weak - that should shortly end.

Bottom line: a more stable middle east (in time)