Are you upset by what is going on in Iraq?

I've been saying that the country would have issues again after we pulled out of there. I was thinking more so five to ten years though...

Well the writing was on the wall, when do very little to bring a divided Nation together, and then put a band-aid on it. Unfortunately, the people who should of been listen to the smartest people who kept trying to tell the truth, would not listen, because it didn't fit into their own agenda. Not only talking about President Obama, but President Bush too. Also what happens when you trying to rebuild two Countries using the same basic blueprint, when both have vast different needs and issues on the ground, that need to be dealt with.

I know im a lil late getting to the conversation but we should have never left we should have stayed and finshed what was started and now if we do go back are we going to be welcomed? going in and having what few Iraq people who wanted us there and leaving before any real signs of stability was dumb on the presidents part I worry that it will be much much worse if we go back and with the president saying he is going to cut back the size of a deploying force will make the job much harder

CPL Jay Freeman With The rise of ISIS we sure do have the benefit of knowing that withdrawal was never the correct thing to do. The conflict in the region AND the current state of the country only goes to underscore how much we need to be there to help stabilize not just the country, but the region. Of course that does not play into our fearless leader's promise, does it?

nope not at all MCPO Gene Treants Hin sight being 20 20 and having been in Iraq and talking with the people this just all sucks having lost friends over there and knowing how hard the fight was to win hearts and minds and do so much work to watch it all be washed away it is like building a sand castle at low tide and watching helplessly as the tide comes in anyways it is what it is and we will see what the future shall hold for our Military I read some where he is planning on down sizing the amount of troops being deployed on the ground I wonder how much more this will cripple are ability to do our Job

Sigh, well look at this way. While we have been on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan, we have let both Iran and North Korea, make repeated threats similar to the ones that got Iraq invaded the second time around. So I wonder how much more this will cripple the ability to do the Job the Military is committed to do. Next thing we aren't the only Nation in NATO or any of the other alliances that the U.S. belongs too. Just take a look at NATO overall, in general if someone was to decide to mobilize their ground forces and have them head West. With how many troops he has been able to mobilized just for the situation in the Ukraine, it nothing to really down play. We don't have the troops to booster NATO defense, and NATO doesn't have the troops needed for a unified defense of well organized attack coming across the entire western border of Russia. Russia does have those resource to move West, given enough time to mobilize them, and can train them far enough from the western border where we wouldn't know what was happen until mere hours before the impending attack. The Russians and the Soviets before them, were excellent at learning valuable lessons in military tactics and strategies that help deceive their enemies and 'friends' alike.

Yes .... We're should sending ground force there !!!!!! I'm in

What good would sending ground forces back into Iraq do? We are the United States Military; not the world military. We gave them the tools and knowledge to do what is needed and they failed themselves by just throwing away their weapons. Again, you can't force the horse to drink.