McCain War in Iraq

[John McCain-SAC]

War in Iraq

The United States invaded Iraq in March of 2003, the purpose was operation Iraqi freedom, was to over throw the well known dictator Saddam Hussein. And also to find any weapons of mass destruction that Iraq may have had. After Saddam’s dictatorship had come to a abrupt end, and the search for weapons of mass destruction came to a halt, many Americans believed that the War in Iraq was soon to be over. But nearly five years later soldiers still patrol the hot dusty roads in all parts of Iraq. President George W. Bush stated to NBC in 2007 that the situation in Iraq was “unacceptable” and in turn deployed 21,500 more troops as a part of a new strategy to turn the war around.
With mass numbers of Terrorists in the group know as Al Qaeda growing larger, The American soldiers are left in Iraq knowing that leaving could cause a civil war. It has been a tough few years for our troops but even tougher for the terrorist groups we are fighting. Slowly we have been training their government, Electing representatives for their country and helping them build a strong army to defend these threats. Many Americans are questioning how long U.S. troops should stay in Iraq, and whether the war is making the United States safer from terrorism. And with four thousand one hundred and eighty-eight deaths since 2003, The American people are upset about the outcome of this war. Also in the article “how much is the war in Iraq costing us?” John W. Schoen stated, that $1.8 billion a week was spent on the war in Iraq the American people are questioning the financial outcome of the war.
With the election coming to an end and early voting already here, I think the outlook of our candidates on this war is a very important subject. McCain supported sending reinforcements to Iraq to implement a classic counterinsurgency strategy of securing the population. That strategy has paid off, From June 2007 through March 2008, sectarian and ethnic violence in Iraq was reduced by 90 percent. John McCain stated in the article Strategy for victory in Iraq: Support the Successful Counterinsurgency Strategy, “It is strategically and morally essential for the United States to support the Government of Iraq to become capable of governing itself and safeguarding its people.” McCain strongly disagrees with those who want to withdraw American troops before this occurs. Though many experts doubt the Iraqi government can meet new benchmarks for progress set by the United States, John McCain plans on getting Iraq’s economy back on its feet. Markets that were once desolate have come back to life in many areas in Iraq. High unemployment rates continue to fuel criminal and insurgent violence. John McCain believes it is important to help the Iraqi government get back on its feet, And also to be honest with the American people about the opportunities, and risks that come along with this decision. McCain believes that it would be reckless and irresponsible to withdraw from Iraq. “I do not want to keep our troops in Iraq a minute longer than necessary to secure our interests there. Our goal is an Iraq that can stand on its own as a democratic ally and a responsible force of peace in its neighborhoods.”


Work Cited
McCain, John. “War in Iraq.” 2008. 25 Oct. 2008

McCain, John. “Strategy for victory in Iraq: Support the Successful Counterinsurgency Strategy” October 25 2008

Prah, Pamela M. October 21, 2005 “War in Iraq Is the United States winning.”

Schoen, John W. October 22.2006 “How much is the war in Iraq costing us?” October 25 2008

[Maria]

As we all know the war in Iraq was started in the year 2003. The objective of the war was to over throw its well known Dictator Saddam Hussein and to free the Iraqis. And also to find any weapons of mass destruction that Iraq might have during that time. But we never found any weapons of mass destruction but we over throw their dictator Saddam Hussein which it was a great help for them since we free them from there dictator. Also we have been trying to help them to be stronger and help them fight against the Al Quaeda group. Now I think that John McCain holds a very powerful point when he said we should not withdraw from Iraq. He believes that in this past years that we have been in Iraq we have been making progress in helping the Iraq people and that we should not bring the soldiers back until we finish the job we started because if we bring them back now the Al Quaeda people are going to look at our nation as a weak nation who got defeated by them and that is not what we want.

[Anna]

I feel when it comes to Mc Cain he is being very strong in the war, because its not right to just withdraw from the war cause all of the soldiers who have already lost there lives the family would feel like they did the war for no reason and they lost there lives for nothing. I also feel if we do help them in getting there victory from the Al Qaeda they would be happy that us Americans have tried in helping them as much as possible. I also feel it is a good thing to stay, because then it may cause some conflicts if we just pulled out and not do what we where suppose, because they then may come back after us later and may not know it. Its good that we do stay and accomplish our war so that they can later appreciate the help we gave them by helping them get free.

[lamar hailey]

When it comes to the war john mccain is the stronger candidate because as shown here he has some military knowledge and knows what we need to do to finish the job.If you look at what happened we had two choices either send counterinsergency or lose alot of ground and end up leaving early defeated,McCain supported the counterinsergency and look what happend deaths and violence went down,moral was boosted now we are training their government to take care of themselves.None of this happens if we do not use the counterinsergency stratagy laid down by McCain.To leave now would show weakness and that we were not entirely sure what we were doing over there but by laying down a stricter military force to fight back we pushed the enemy back and showed we will stay for as long as needed and we're not afraid of fighting.

[Eric Sawyer]

I think john McCain hold a very strong point when he says not to withdraw from Iraq. He believes that in the five years we have been in Iraq we had made slow but sure progress in helping the Iraqi people. With the recent elections of officials to help lead their country out of a hard hitting economic time, and the construction of the Iraqi army to defend their country from the threat of Al Qaeda coming smoothly Iraq is on its way to freedom. I believe that we have spent to much time there and lost to many soldiers to just withdraw, I think that helping the Iraqi people get their economy back on its feet and defeating Al Qaeda would be a victory for America. And obtaining strong Middle Eastern ally would also be a victory, but we would be a savior to over 24 million Iraqi civilians whose freedom in at stake.