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RSS FeedWe should be focusing military efforts on the Taliban, Al Qaeda and drugs in Afghanistan, not in Iraq
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| Agree | 69% | 272 votes | Total: 396 votes | |
| Disagree | 31% | 124 votes |
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by V. Kumar
If the recent events in Pakistan are any indication, the Taliban is far from dead, and the place from where Al Qaida may rise again is between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Ther...read more
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by Salaam
Capturing Osama Bin Laden should be the number one priority of the American military. The War in Iraq is a quagmire and should be ended as soon as possible. Billions of dollars...read more
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Afghanistan (the right thing to do) Nothing makes me prouder to be a Canadian, than knowing my brothers and sisters are in Afghanistan, putting their lives on the line to ans...read more
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by Dennis Grace
Our military presence in Iraq has gone beyond the realm of irrational behavior into an absurd category all its own. Though less self-destructive than our long and painful tenure...read more
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The chaotic civil war in Iraq between Shi'ite and Sunni factions is unstoppable, each faction believes they can win. the Shi'ites welcome martyrdom and do not fear death. US and...read more
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by Austin Vail
The Iraq project is no longer a war but a huge attempt to build a country that resembles the United States in government, commerce and society. Well, that's how it started out....read more
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The problem is our militaristic focus. Economic problems don't get solved by sending expensive soldiers to the other side of the world to kill people. Progress happens when yo...read more
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I think there are couple of sad realities to the situation in Iraq. Right before we leave Iraq the only way we are not going to get blown to smithereens is to blow up every terr...read more
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Our focus should have never shifted from Afghanistan until the job there was complete. In his haste to invade Iraq, for whatever the reason really was, President Bush squandered...read more
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The United States of America is suppose to be... an example... of it's powerful military force to keep "our country" safe. So I form questions before my answer..What are we d...read more
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by James Ruhnke
Our enemy is terror. If you agree then our efforts should certainly be directed against that objective. When we lost those 3,000 people on 911 I was certain that this Preside...read more
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by Royal Hopper
we have long since reached the point of diminishing returns in Iraq. There is no long argument needed for this debate. When an action that is not necessary for reaches the point...read more
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If one thinks back around five years, one recalls our "declaration" of a "War on Terror." This war was never aimed against Iraq. In fact, Iraq was more of an afterthought after ...read more
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by Can Tran
The presence of the United States and its allies has done far more harm than good in Iraq. Iraq is on the brink of a bloody civil war between the Shi'ites and the Sunnis becaus...read more
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by Phil Hill
There should be a concerted effort on one front. At the moment, the States is waging its war on terrorism, as it claims, in two flash point zones. The situation in both Iraq and...read more
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by Thomas Saul
The war in Iraq is a farce. Weapons of mass destruction, links to Al Qaeda, and many other theories that we used to push this war have come up false and it is now become more c...read more
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Afghanistan has continued to grow in recent years. Afghanistan profiting from narcotics, the US military plans to more aggressively help track and target Afghanistan's vast drug...read more
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by Morrow Hall
It was hard to choose a side for this question because of the way it is worded. I finally chose to agree because I believe we should be focusing our military efforts on the Tali...read more
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Basically, I think we have to have a more flexible, larger military that is not bogged down in a war like Iraq or even Afghanistan. We must cooperate with our Allies and mend f...read more
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by Dana Landers
When we went after Bin Laden in Afghanistan, I, a lifelong Democrat applauded the Bush administration. We should have stayed there and completed the mission. Period. Instead, th...read more
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by David Kramer
Someone once said, "A great deal of what you see depends on what you are looking for." We are at war people! We only know what we have been told and to make assumptions or dec...read more
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The basic assumption underlying this debate is flawed. It ignores the reality that this conflict, whether it be Iraq, Afghanistan, London or New York is global in nature. It ...read more
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by Joel Morse
Here we are again debating the stupidity of war, did you know that since the American government has been in Afghanistan that the common opium farmer went from one acre to forty...read more
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by NetJr
Iraq is a battle field just like Afghanistan. Ignoring one to focus on the other will only allow the one ignored to become a far more serious problem. If we left Iraq to focus...read more
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by Bill Reid
Indirectly we are. For example, a Chinese toy recall affects a dockworker in Long Beach, a trucker from Memphis, and the rest of the minions that support the toy industry. The c...read more
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THE REAL QUESTION IS: What would the world be like if we hadn't invaded Iraq? Have you heard about our problems with Libya and Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi lately? There are...read more
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by Nouri Arif
It should be obvious, but apparently it isn't, that once engaged in the "restructuring" of a country, as we are in Iraq, leaving the job incomplete allows those factions th...read more
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Both issues are a bum set up. In the history of war on ideas nothing has been settled. if anything the war on drugs have lead to the growth and influence of orgainised crime,...read more
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We did go in Afghanistan to fight off Al Qaeda and to find Osama Bin Laden. We went there and then found out that Al Qaeda was operating out of Iraq, too. We can't win this war ...read more
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by Jim Thurber
The Taliban is a paper tiger. If we leave Afghanistan the Taliban will try to slap women around again. They may control some of the tribal areas. Other than that, what you have ...read more
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Are you kidding, focus our military efforts to combat drugs in Afghanistan? What relevance does that have to do with the reasons we are in the Middle East? Does one forget t...read more
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by Joe Fox
Too many people forget why we are in Iraq. We entered Iraq to free a people in captivity. Saddam Hussein was a ruthless tyrant killing his own people by the tens of thousands....read more
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by James Hinton
We are fighting a war for those nearby states, and in fact, making the area more secure for Iran. Indeed, our actions in Iraq directly benefit Iran more than any other state. M...read more
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by AJAX
Okay, first of all. As my being part of the United States Marine Corps. I would like to say that we would not of gone to Iraq without probable cause. The defense committees ha...read more
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America was once a land of opportunity because of a belief in God [or another Superior Deity as written in the Declaration of Independence] and since all Men had the Right To Li...read more
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by DH Sawyer
Again, Helium has a question that maintains the status quo and doesn't question the reality we live with. I am not writing to the disagree side. It just seems to be the only o...read more
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Dividing each conflict up and saying some are more important than others is a misguided response to the mess these conflicts have caused. It is certainly true that Afghanist...read more
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by Ben Newton
Fair play to Al Qaeda really, if Muslim countries were in a position to treat our countries (the rich west) how we treat theirs (exploit their natural resources) I'm sure we wou...read more
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by AMERICAN MAN
This title suggests there is no choice of peace I guess after all that wont make things keep on the same path. What they call crazy or insane, when you keep doing the same thing...read more
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Both agree and disagree are wrong here. We should never have gone into Iraq, and staying in Iraq longer accomplishes nothing except allowing Bush not to admit he lost that war. ...read more
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