The ISIS says they are marching on Baghdad next. Should we go back to Iraq?

Where we failed is by not instilling the importance of the PT belt in the Iraqi Army.

Iraq is like a skanky crack whore we got pregnant and now we have no choice but to take care of the ugly baby left behind.

What do you mean as we are already going back?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/25/armys-big-red-one-hq-going-to-iraq-1st-infantry-di/

We should have never left and we should have never let the UN get involved in the rebuilding.

Short answer(s): Yes, if we have learned our lesson. No, if we are just going to do more of the same.

Long answer: The situation has changed. When we went into Iraq last time, we did it under conditions x, y, and z (insert your favorite political or military reasons here). Now, we have conditions a, b, and c (insert your interpretation of the conditions here) and the United States should evaluate its options under these new conditions irrespective of the previous conditions.

That being said, I believe that America is now at a new crossroads, a new opportunity to shape its future. Does it want to continue doing more of the same stabilizing action, or does it want to take our country in a new direction--whatever that may be? Personally, I do not want to expend any more American blood or national treasure to move piles of rocks around. Since ISIS is organizing itself more like a nation and less like a loose terrorist organization, it is possible to defeat ISIS as if it were a nation-state. Do I believe we would be stabilizing the region in doing so? Not really. After a decade-plus of war, we have chased away our best warrior leaders. I do *not* believe we can win any wars with the beleaguered, financially strapped, manpower-depleted shell of a force we have today. We can certainly win lots of battles, but we are incapable of winning wars unless we look back at the past decade-plus and gleam some lessons out of the OEF and OIF.

SSG, the president specifically said during Friday conference that we're NOT going back. If he's the man of his word, he'll stand by it whether Iraq asks for help or not. If he goes back to his old flip-flopping self, then stand by.

What he should've said was that no troops are going back AT THIS TIME. Then he'd be justified in calling us back. Obummer

Under the current circumstances we will not go back. It would look way too bad for the folks who made the call. I find myself torn on this one personally. I don't think "we" can fix the situation in Iraq. However, I am also aware that none can afford the realities of a terrorist run Iraq. The thought of a new and very powerful terrorist state is in itself a scary thought of unimaginable proportions. The potential spillover is something the region and the world cannot afford to ignore.

Going in the first time was controversial and later proved the reasons for going, WMDs, were not located, if they even existed. Our military pushed the radicals down in their holes, but did not defang them and now they are back, no surprise. Everywhere you look in the middle east the radicals are taking control and before long they will all be philosophically aligned with Iran and become a threat to world peace. We will have to fight this war again, but I do not believe going back into Iraq will solve anything. Even if we kill thousands of insurgents, more will come and at the cost of American lives. It is just not worth it. Democracy will not work in a nation where tribal customs exist and refuse to die and where the electorate is basically illiterate. Let the chips fall where they will.

I feel that all my friends that I lost over there died for nothing. I never agreed with the decision to pull out of Iraq. But I dont make those choices and we as Soldiers dont have to luxury to pick and choices which orders we follow. We follow all rules, regulations, and orders given to us from the people appointed above us.