User:Shinara

I was given the topic of whether or not the U.S. Armed Forces should pull out of Iraq. Greatly enough, I was given the pristine opportunity to debate BOTH sides of the argument. Honestly though, I believe if anyone in my Law & Justice class has the right to debate this at all, it is myself. Considering I seem to be the only, to my knowledge, that is actually going into military service. This actually coming to pass could effect me, so...yeah. Firstly, I shall cover a few of the reasons of why we SHOULD stay in Iraq. Let's be real, terrorism is a massive threat to the people in today's world since 9/11. Iraq has been used a base of operations, so to speak, for the terrorist organization Al Qaeda. If we manage to actually get clearance to go into the country, be a military unit, and beat some sense into the extremists; something of value may actually be accomplished. As it was said in “Kiss of the Dragon”: There is a time for diplomacy and there is a time for action. Diplomacy is dead. I'm, personally, a fan of this quote. It is relevant, it shows that in today's day and age, that countries try too hard to simply TALK out their problems. Every now again, it takes a hard decision to decide to wage a WAR in order to solve problems. The extremists don't use words to get what they want done, they kill themselves in the name of Jihad. Why should we try talking to them if they are willing to murder dozens of innocent civilians, their own countrymen, and end their own life over what I see as just a cultural difference? With the possible, and likely in my opinion, possession of massive stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction can make the opposition an even greater threat and increase the need to go in and systematically reduce their numbers to zero. Finally, if we are going to CALL this a war..it's time to act it. I am tired of hearing how the Middle Eastern Conflict is regarded to a war, yet my brothers in arms seeming to be used as nothing more than police with military gear. The UN failed to do it, I see no reason why the Armed Forces should be shambled with this responsibility of pure idiocy. I persoanlly agree that we should stay in Iraq; not to further any agenda that the government may have, protect our interests, or even protect the people. We started something, and we need to finish it. No matter what.

As with any educated debate, the opposite of your viewpoint must be given attention. I may not agree with any of the reasons for pulling out prematurely [I'll keep any risque phrases kept to a minimum], but I can understand the reason that it is brought into the equation. Previously, I mentioned that the Iraqi's have possible access to massive stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but...none of them were found. Not a single weapon was found. In fact, the SOP [Standard Operations Procedure] wasn't followed in such a manner that it seemed as though that the weapons inspectors weren't looking for anything at all! The Iraqi's aren't even the problem since terrorism has been the focus of everyone's mind. It was Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Organizations, not a country, and for that reason alone; war is unjustified on a country for the fact that Iraq's government isn't responsible for the actions of which they are being retaliated for; violating the United States war time precedent. Let's face it, the economy is spiraling down the toilet right now. It sucks. It was estimated in 2008 that $12 billion USD were spent on the war. Each month. If those dollars were spent in the mainland, it could help us with this economic crises we are in. Oh, and here is another one. Let's say that 9/11 isn't the reason that we went into Iraq. Let's say that it was Saddam and his human right's violations that brought us. Last I checked, oppression is not justification for a country to destroy another and Saddam was never a threat to the US. Maybe to his people and the SURROUNDING countries, but he was never a problem that could damage the US. The most important thing, without Saddam Hussein in charge, it left a power vacuum in Iraq. Once the US decides to leave, or transfer control to the Iraqi's, someone is going to step up and take the empty throne and possibly end up even worse than Hussein was. That would make the US inadvertently responsibly for each and every death caused by such a change in power.