Do the military privately acknowledge that the attack on Iraq is a total failure?

4000 US soldiers have died and thousands more innocent Iraqis have been killed by the US military. The world shakes its head and wonders when the US will wake up to its mistake. Do the military privately acknowledge that the illegal attack on Iraq has been a disaster which has ruined the reputation of the US and stigmatised its military as a brutal human rights abusing force?|||First of all. The war is not and has never been illegal. nearly all of congress voted to approve it... (as did most of the united nations) so who are you going to arrest first????


secondly. Saddam Hussein had WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. We know this is TRUE because he used chemical weapons on the Kurd's. So I guess that was all a lie and illegal too.


Third. The American military would never acknowledge your claims because they are false. The reputation of the U.S. is fine. I don't see any American military cutting off the heads of innocent people on TV... Do you???


And Lastly, we've been in this war (understand WAR) for more than 5 years. and we just went over 4000 dead. WHY don't you pull your head out of your *** and look at some other statistics: such as how many drunk driving deaths happen every year, or how many children are getting killed with guns... here in the U.S. not overseas... and not in a war zone. You ask a service member about what they do and why they serve. I don't think you'll get an answer from any of them stating ANY of your beliefs. I know this because I served in the Navy for more than 20 years. I patroled the Persian gulf, I boarded (Oil) smugglers there when Saddam was placed under an embargo by the United Nations... He didn't obey any law, he was the one breaking them. As for you, you need to stop watching the (propaganda) news, and maybe put on a uniform.|||why should the military acknowledge a blatant lie perpetrated by the left wing media? you are so screwed up in your thinking it's actually offensive. I hope to God you are not an American|||one persons view aren't necessarily others, keep your opinions to yourself.|||No.|||No and i and glad that old fool Adm. Fallon has retried making way for Gen. Petraeus to run Cent Com|||well perhaps if it was indeed illegal and a failure they might say privately and publicly it was a failure.|||How does it feel to be consistently wrong on all counts? Nothing you say is correct. I think I smell a liberal here.|||The military soldier has a duty to serve his country and you have to do the talking for him. If you believe this is the case what are you going to do about it?|||Invading Iraq accomplished several goals:


1. It removed a harsh dictator from power


2. It gave freedom to an oppressed people


3. It removed the threat to Israel


4. It provided a platform for future US Military Jump-off points


5. It allows the US to exert some influence in the Middle East


and there are a few other reasons that I am not at liberty to discuss at this time for invading Iraq.





Thank you|||I think the term "Total Failure" goes to far. There are many people that disagree on the war whether or not you talk about civillians or members of the military, but it's rare to find anyone military or civillian who thinks it's a "total failure". Most reasonable people can find something that went right, just like the staunchest supporters can find mistakes.





So no. but there is a significant disagreement with the war, much like on the outside. Suprisingly, there was quite a disagreement leading up to the war as well, including General Tommy Franks, the man who lead the invasion of Iraq. Of course, I can't say whether he opposed the war in Iraq itself, it seemed that he was more upset that it was hindering his mission in Afghanistan at the time. Many others in the intelligence community were skeptical of the facts, whether or not they opposed it as a whole, is debatable.





And then here we are, in the 6th year of the war, naturally some will be opposed and some will be in favor, but I can't imagine that you could say there is a consensus opinion.|||Please do some research before you post another stupid question. I'm so sick of you moron liberals coming on these treads trying to convert everyone to your idiotic ways of thinking. please, for everyone on here's sake, go away.|||The attack on Iraq was a total sucess - the Alliance won.





It's the peace we're still fighting.|||My brother has been over there twice. He still believes in what he is doing but I think he will change his mind if he has to go back. He told me once that 50% of his unit thinks that the mission over there is pointless. Good people are dying for nothing.