Everyone blames Bush for the problems in Iraq

So they blame Bush. I bet if Clinton was still in power and 9/11 happened and he went to war against Iraq because they were financing terrorism, no one would blame him because of the war becuase he is a Democrat and Democrats can do no more. It is always the Republican's fault. Why didn't they blame Saddam? Even if there were no hidden weapons of mass destruction, his actions in killing his own people gave the impression there were one. And once they got rid of him and sent in the troops, the Iraqis had no history of democracy for the troops to just get out and leave. So who is to blame? It is not Bush nor is it the former congress, nor the State Department. It is Saddam, whose actions precipated the war in the first place.

Well, he is correct. People are so busy pointing fingers at Bush and vying for political power that they are ignoring the realities and needs that this war has generated. Congress is as much to blame for going to Iraq as Bush is, and yet all they can do is everything possible to make it harder for our troops, when they need our full support. Total and immediate withdrawal is not a realistic or good option, and never was. The State Department should have been involved from the beginning, and Congress should have been working together to come up with achievable and workable plans instead of fragmenting and playing politics. However, as we all know this war has become a battlefield for partisan politics.

The Iraq war began way back with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait I think and till then it was OK. But the USA should not have started and continued interfering in an exclusively middle-eastern conflict. We are having regular conflict in Palestine, what do you expect the USA to do, bomb Palestine into submitting to Israel? No…things don’t happen that way anymore, otherwise we would not have had so many diplomatic missions and neutral forums to try and sort things out. It has also been proved that no WMDs were ever found in Saddam’s palaces and most people now believe that vast reserves of oil are the actual agenda behind ‘liberating’ Iraq. The USA govt would undoubtedly serve its citizens well by recalling the boys and ending the crisis. What victory is being spoken of? The troops were there to ‘liberate’ the oppressed people from the clutches of a ‘dictator’, the war as such was over the day Saddam was captured. If by victory the USA believes in changing the peoples’ mindset and lifestyle, it would better wake up and take a lesson from the British. The British empire ruled the world, but never tried to directly interfere in and change the local people’s attitude. Maybe that’s why during the colonial era, we never had such show of Islamic militancy the world over. Direct aggression is no longer the path to ruling over people. The president definitely needs some good logical advisors and yes, no point in blaming him alone…the entire team should get the flak. People world over are looking forward to a change in American foreign policy regarding Iraq and the sooner it happens, the better for everyone.

Either way, he would have been crucifed for not trying to fight terrorism in some way. It just happens that this way might not make much difference. It is too late for blame and name-calling. What we need from this flimsy government(congress and the Prez) are some solutions and action. The Iraq situation is what? All we get is the slanted news. You have to wonder what the real story might be. Do we really get the truth?

Bush is the cause of this war in Iraq,he started it ...He said it was because of that 9/11 ,but Iraq is not the ones who blew up that building.It was Saudie Arabia....But our President is a stubborn man and he wants to take control of Iraq,and all their oil,right now he has made a statement that since Iraq wants to buld a nuclear bomb that if he lets them get away with it ,then we will have world war 3...

Sad to say, it is what it is. I know a lady at work that has a son or he was over there and he's back and poor thing drinks and is depressed and folks be laughing and talking on her. Then we have another woman whose son is over there now for the third time. I cannot even begin to say how she feels. She just had to take vacation to handle some things for him. I just feel it's sad that this thing is going on, but when folks were saying don't do this, folks were so gung ho on going, but now that it's not working as planned, fingers are pointing every which way. I am sorry that we ever went there to begin with. I am sorry that lives were lost while still in the bloom of their lives. But now accountability has to be established and we need to see about recouping and moving on.

This is a disaster. Now if this war was indeed necessary, which I dont think it was, Bush as Commander in Chief is the top of the military ladder. He is the one who decides what happens. He should listen to the commenders over there. But he does not really want to hear what is really going on. Have you noticed that frequently the generals/joint chiefs etc who retire tend to tell a different story than what Bush has said or wants to hear?

The fact remains that now that we're there Bush is the Commander-in-Chief and Congress really has no say other than to control the purse strings and even with that their power is limited. There has probably never been an Administration in history that has refused to work with Congress at all, sometimes even with his own party. He said it himself, "I'm the decider"! Annie

Doesn't it just seem this country is lacking real leadership? Bush and his administration seem to act on an ideology that overrides principles and good sense at time. Others, Dems included, don't seem to know what to do, other than blame others when things go wrong. And both parties seem to value scoring political points over every consideration of national interest.