Would You Support Extending Troop Presence in Iraq?

[tekisui]

Poll question: Would You Support Extending Troop Presence in Iraq?

The aftermath of the elections in Iraq isn't going well. There have been purges, bombings, disputes and at least one assassination.

If Iraq cannot form a government within a couple months, or if violence spirals and spreads, is there a condition in which you would support US combat troops staying past the approaching deadline?

The contingency plans to stay have been drafted in case the violence gets worse.

Would you support it?

[ixion]

1. I have never supported our presence in Iraq

or any other sovereign nation.

[deminwi]

2. No

Please bring our troops home ASAP!!

[Donnachaidh]

3. I really don't believe we're ever going to leave entirely

Come on - you build an embassy that is BIGGER than Vatican City - do you really plan on abandoning it? We went for the oil - we'll stay till the fields are sucked dry. No matter WHAT is said in pretty speeches.

[Echo In Light]

5. .

[Donnachaidh]

12. LOL -- doubleplusgood comrade.

:rofl:

[RKP5637]

6. Excellent point!!! And quite true IMO. In this case, follow the oil trail.

[Hippo_Tron]

22. Oil that is mostly going to non-American oil companies

http://www.businessinsider.com/sovereign-backed-oil-companies-creamed-the-multinationals-in-iraq-2010-2

Maybe Bush did go in for the oil, but it didn't seem to work out that way and at this point I doubt that's why we're still there.

[RKP5637]

4. IMO how many Vietnams does this country need before it learns to stay the F

out of other countries.

[Iggo]

7. Not just No, but FUCK NO!!!

[Oregone]

8. Only if Obama charismatically told us we needed to stay

You are either with him, or against him

[Zorra]

9. No. Only reason we're still there is to keep defense and oil industries and their satellite

industries profiting.

Shutting down the wars now would probably be terrible for an already bad economy. Plus, all those unemployed soldiers straining the labor market.

Sad, horrible, but probably all too true.

[unhappycamper]

10. I want to vote Fuck No but I didn't see that as a choice.

So I voted No.

[Ozymanithrax]

11. We are not leaving permanently...There are bases that will continue to be used by U.S. Troops...

Their role is not technically combat. It simple is and is not being extended.

So I voted other.

Now, if you asked if we should extend our combat role, no. I do not support a combat role in Iraq anymore than I would support a combat role in Germany, where we have troops.

I support ending the empire and moving all troops stationed overseas back the the U.S.A.

[unhappycamper]

13. Thank you Ozymanithrax.

A most cogent reply. :thumbsup:

[sandyj999]

14. I didn't support it in the beginning and hope that I live long enough to see it end.

By end I mean us leaving. That "stuff" over there will never end.

[Individualist]

15. It was bad when it was Bush's war, bad now that it's Obama's war.

[spanone]

16. it's beyond time to leave....and we all know we should have NEVER been there in 1st place

[tekisui]

17. We got 4 yes votes so far. If we are told we

are staying longer, we'll see how many defend it.

[G_j]

18. does it matter?

I voted NO, of course. But, it really doesn't matter what WE think, does it?
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U.S. Considers New Base, More Troops In Iraq
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x448452

Top US general David Petraeus said last week that the US military may set up an additional headquarters in northern Iraq.

[tekisui]

20. They have been priming the pump for keeping the troops there

later. As the post-election violence worsens, I wouldn't be surprised to hear of an extension.

[branders seine]

19. get out now,

while we can still pretend we "won."

If Obama screws around much longer, he'll forever be known as the one who "lost the war in Iraq."

[NeedleCast]

21. No Way

There are going to be purges, bombings, disputes and assassination attempts long after we're gone.

[tekisui]

23. More uncertainty in Iraq's results.

Each day of uncertainty and violence moves us closer to getting stuck there.