Is the USA still in Iraq for honorable reasons?

[NNN0LHI]

[Solly Mack]

1. America never was in Iraq for honorable reasons

[Jacobin]

28. That one would have been my vote

[leftofthedial]

2. never were

[Fridays Child]

3. never were nt

[smokey nj]

4. There was never anything honorable about the......

illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq.

[benburch]

5. Never were. nt

[rock]

6. Still?

A presupposition up with which I do not put.

[liberal N proud]

7. There was never an honorable reason for this war

[greyl]

8. Hell no.

"Honor" is a serious word.
There are individual troops doing the best they can to uphold the standard of honor while being trapped there, but on the whole, there's nothing honorable about fighting arson with gasoline.

[TahitiNut]

9. After stabbing them in the back, we refuse to pull the knife out

... claiming they'll bleed to death on the carpet. :grr: :grr: It's up to them to "heal" first. :dunce:

[Junkdrawer]

10. Only if depopulating the region so you can control the oil is "honorable"

Otherwise, I'll have to go with NO...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1503947&mesg_id=1503947

[Skip Intro]

11. still? we didn't go in with honorable reasons.

[bdamomma]

12. they never were.

....2517 American victims


We lost seven over the weekend.

[Totally Committed]

13. We were never there "honorably"...

There is no honorable reason to illegally occupy a sovereign nation for their oil.

TC

[endarkenment]

14. Bad question: assumes we ever were there honorably.

Consider editing the still out of it.

[NNN0LHI]

17. I won't edit it because there are some people including myself...

...who falsely believed before we invaded that Iraq had some sort of WMDs.

I did not however think whatever they had could possibly be worth going to war over.

I can see how others though with less information could have been frightened enough to think Iraq was a threat to America and I will not belittle them for that. My mother for instance was really scared of the drones of death. Take into account she is about 80 years old.

Don

[endarkenment]

18. Then you should have offered a choice of 'never was honorable'.

[NNN0LHI]

24. Or you should start your own poll and word it however you want n/t

[endarkenment]

27. If I were the only one with a problem you might have a point.

Oh well, never mind.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

22. Yes, well, you were all wrong, weren't you?

I don't see how that makes it honorable.

[niyad]

30. since you KNOW that the reasons given were false, then you were in

error in posing the question as you did, regardless of what you think others still believe.

[NNN0LHI]

31. Wrong

I am acknowledging that many Americans actually believed at one time that Iraq was a threat. Not because it was a threat. Rather because of the way Bush and his minions along with the help of the media were able to portray and convince the majority of Americans that Iraq was a threat using BS propaganda that we all now know were lies.

I am not going to belittle those who were sincerely concerned for our country and their families safety during that period for their errors in judgment.

I hold Bush and his minions responsible.

Don

[Arkansas Granny]

15. The US did not invade Iraq for honorable reasons.

[endarkenment]

16. Who the heck voted yes? nt.

[mike_c]

19. it was dishonorable from day one...

eom

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

20. Killing for honor is an obscenity.

Not to mention that it's also a lie. Much like the "honor" killings of women in various places all over the world.

Honor is egomania with a "repectable" face.

[NNN0LHI]

25. Read it again. For REASONS that are honorable

For instance defending ones country from attack is normally considered honorable.

This has nothing to do with honor killings.

Don

[truebrit71]

21. Flawed question. It never WAS in Iraq for honourable reasons.

PERIOD.

[bertha katzenengel]

23. Still?

Ever? Nope.

[Ganja Ninja]

26. Is this a trick question?

[Vidar]

29. Honor & the US are mutually exclusive at present.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

32. This question implies another statement which is untrue. As others have

pointed out.

[misternormal]

33. Stretching the imagination...

... looking for the possibility of an honorable reason to be there, I would say no... There was never an honorable reason to be there in the first place.