Why are US forces still in iraq today?

Answer 1

Because the United States wants to steal Iraq's oil is the most prevalent explanation. They used the September 11 attack as an excuse to invade Iraq. They firstly wanted to tell the world that Iraq supported Al Quaida. When that excuse fell though the mat, they wanted to tell the world they invaded cause Iraq has Weapons of Mass Destruction. They didnt have any of those.

My idea is this. America was attacked and the government needed to respond. The people that elect the president wanted a response and they wanted an immediate one. So The US government had to oblige and they took a world map and decided what countries to invade as to apease the American public's hunger for revenge. They singled out Iraq and since that day have been murdering Iraqis in their thousands on a daily basis.

Keep in mind we invaded Afghanistan first in 2001 and did not invade Iraq until 2003.

Everyone is a critic and has their own political views and beliefs. Look back to Sept 11, 2001 when the US was attacked by terrorists, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were a direct response to those attacks. In reality the decision made by President Bush and at that time a Democratic Congress, the choice was a double edged sword, if they choose to do nothing they would have been criticized and looked at as being soft to the world and would not retaliate against any form of attack on US soil and instead of sitting back and taking that blow we as American people banded together for the first time in years. Americans started flying American Flags, Supporting Troops and became more patriotic all overnight. We did go to the Middle East in search of WMD's, but we also went to find and disband extremist organizations and to take extremist leaders out of control. The left wing Liberals/Democrats and the media portrayed their fellow Americans as to be oil seeking, Blood Hungry, world dominating, baby killers. Why attack fellow Americans who serve in the Military when they are just following orders, doing their job, serving their country, protecting their fellow Americans and the integrity of the US Constitution from enemy attacks. In regards to the Oil, have we actually gained anything oil related from being in Iraq, do we own the Iraqi oil fields and how much oil do the US Soldiers pump out of Iraq daily. To answer that question it is quite simple no and none. The US in regards to Oil in Iraq is to protect the integrity of the Worlds supply of oil produced in the Middle East by taking it out of the hands of extremist groups who would destroy the oil supply to destroy the economic stability of the world, still no American or Coalition Forces are involved and the US does not control or profit from any or a single one Oil Field in Iraq. We are doing great things in Iraq, we have provided the majority or Iraqi citizens with electricity, running water, shelter, educational institutes's, a law enforcement force, firefighters and most important and government that has the interests of Iraq and its citizens in mind. While President Bush was in office the news media showed chaos and military actions all day on television (a bash against Bush), since Obama has been in office how much of the wars on terrorism have you seen on television, realistically on when something terrible happens and its only showed for 30 seconds and never aired again. Many Americans heard that the US was pulling out of Iraq but the media failed to mention that President Obama was pushing more troops in to Afghanistan. We will be in Iraq and Afghanistan for the next 10-20 years just as we are still in Germany (since WW2), Korea (since Korean War), Japan (since Atomic bombs in WW2) and many more. Just support those brave Americans who volunteered to serve the US and if you must hate anyone hate your President, Congressman, Senators and political leaders they are the ones keeping soldiers overseas. If you still have an issue with that you might want begin your political career or find yourself a new country to live in.

Answer 2

The us is in Iraq to police if we were not there there would be hevier battles and perhaps the [WMD]s would be let go.

Answer 3

Honestly all i can say is that we will always be in Iraq and to why we are still fighting its because people are still getting killed.

Answer 4

We're not. We're at war with the taliban, al quada and other terrorist organizations who happen to be in Iraq

Answer 5

in iquara war