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You think we're bearing the White Man's Burden for the poor childlike Iraqis who don't know any better.FiremanRyan said:of course the majority of Iraqi's would vote to have us leave but if you took a poll of a bunch of little kids asking them if they wanted to eat cookies for dinner every night, im sure theyd say yes too. sadly, the majority of Iraqi's wouldnt be able to have that kind of authority over the issue because they just dont understand the implications of a US pull out.
Simon W. Moon said:You think we're bearing the White Man's Burden for the poor childlike Iraqis who don't know any better.
FiremanRyan said:either way, none of us know even 5% of what is actually going on over their nor are we military tacticians, so does it really matter what we think either?
26 X World Champs said:If a vote were taken today in Iraq and the majority of Iraqis voted that they want Americans to leave, should we? If no, how come? After all, if we're building a democracy shouldn't we respect the majority vote?
Missouri Mule said:I don't think we would have any choice. The sooner the better. Let the Iraqis settle their own affairs.
If Iraqis Vote for USA to leave, do we?
None of the rest of your post changes the fact that you compared the Iraqi people to "bunch of little kids" who lack the understandng, information and impulse control to keep from eating cookies for dinner.FiremanRyan said:how did i know someone would say that :roll:
if you bothered to read the rest of the post...
So what? This a poll on an internet MB. Not a damn bit of harm will come of us expressing our opinions no matter how well or poorly informed those opinions are.FiremanRyan said:we dont have enough information to vote on this subject as well.
As one of the "common people" allow me to point out that this sentiment's pretty elitist of ya.FiremanRyan said:but to be so naive to say that the common people of either country understand the neccessity of our presense there is irresponsible.
Peralin said:I agree, Ryan. Though I'm sticking to my post above, I also agree that most Americans have no clue what's going on in Iraq. All the information that I get comes from the news, which seems to tell the bad stuff but leave out the good. The truth is, I have no idea how well things are going in Iraq and I definitely can't decide what choices the country should make.
Navy Pride said:I think we should stay in Iraq until they can handle their own security.........As a Iraqi battalion stands up and American battalion stands down and comes home.....
Make no mistake about it though if the Iraqi government asks to leave we do just that.........
Simon W. Moon said:None of the rest of your post changes the fact that you compared the Iraqi people to "bunch of little kids" who lack the understandng, information and impulse control to keep from eating cookies for dinner.
If you knew that what you wrote would come across as something you didn't mean, why did you post it?
As one of the "common people" allow me to point out that this sentiment's pretty elitist of ya.
HTColeman said:Fireman Ryan,
Firstly, Iraq is a country, not our ward. It is not up to us to decide what is best for them. Besides, what makes us sure that we know what is best for them? If they were to vote us out, we should leave.
cnredd said:Which brings up a VERY serious question...
If the Iraqi Gov't asks us to leave, and we do...then a year later asks us BACK because they now realize they've asked us to leave too early, do we go back?
Pacridge said:I would be very concerned about doing any "cut and run." I voted no. Mainly because the time line was not defined. If they voted tomorrow I don't think we should leave the day after tomorrow. I do think we should honor their vote and begin a removal of troops.
FiremanRyan said:let me ask you one question. do you actually believe that the Iraqi people know enough about this process to vote for the future of their country? if you had a vote with Iraq's new government and officials THEN i would agree to a pull out. but Joe Iraqi doesnt understand this and will vote yes because they dont want us to have to stay there as much as we dont.
im not againts a vote. what im against is a vote among the people who are just as uniformed as we are. a vote should be made by authorities on the issue from Iraq.
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