How much would humanitarian interest and effort change if the US left Iraq?

Question

I base this question on the notion that US involvement in global matters seems to increase interest in them, so, whatever the security implications could be, I wonder how much media coverage would change if the US left. If it decreases, which I lean toward believing it would, would that also lessen the affect on the public, thereby reducing their activism and donation on behalf of the Iraqi people? By how much, if at all, would this happen?

Answer 1

If we leave Iraq and the news is bad it will be reported continuously to damage politicians who supported the war. Just as good news in Iraq is ignored now. This will not change. Most of our major media sources have a liberal agenda and they will do whatever advances that agenda.

Answer 2

If America leave Iraq, it will be better for the natives of that country and for American people, there wont be any more dead Americans ,and people will be happy for the withdrawal of American troops

Answer 3

liberals never seem to get this point for some odd reason....its not just iraq, its AL QAEDA.   if the us is viewed as cowards and people incapable of living up to their commitments as the pelos/reid regime want them to do, then the damage to  humanitarian efforts of the us will be incalculable.  foriegn countries will wonder with good cause if we will EVER be able to complete or fufill the projects we propose world wide.  well never be looked at in the same way again regardless of what we try to do.

Answer 4

There would be a tremendous amount of humanitarian interest if the US left Iraq right away.  There would be a civil war with Iranian intervention resulting in a big demand for emergency humanitarian assistance.  There could also be a lot of refugees that would need immediate assistance.

Answer 5

"I base this question on the notion that US involvement in global matters seems to increase interest in them"

Not necessarily. I live in Germany, and what is deemed important here in terms of international affairs, countries in crisis, etc., is often NOT what the USA is chiefly concerned with.

"how much media coverage would change if the US left."

How much AMERICAN coverage would change? A lot, because if there aren't USA troops there, the USA-based media isn't going to focus any attention on such (although they barely report on Afghanistan, and there are still many USA troops there -- as well as many USA nonprofits and USA civilians working to rebuild Afghanistan -- unlike Iraq). Interesting to note that USA civilians, particularly women, were engaged in a great deal of activism on behalf of women in Afghanistan long, long before September 11, 2001 and long before the USA government or US media "cared" at all about the country.

Al Queda had NO influence in Iraq before the USA invasion of the country, and they were only too happy to step into the power vacuum and instability caused by the invasion. The hatred between Al Queda and the other factions in Iraq (the Shia in particular) is virulent, and if the USA were to pull out, the Shia militias would be only too happy to throw Al Queda out of the country (along with most basic human rights, particularly for women, but I digress...). Which is why Saudi Arabia and other Sunni-dominated countries do NOT want the USA to pull out. Iran claims it wants the USA out of Iraq, but as the country's immediate neighbor and spiritual sibling (Iran is primarily Shia), I don't think they are *really* ready to assume any sort of meaningful, long-term humanitarian responsibility for the country.

So, yes, the USA citizens/civilians might not give much to Iraq as it faded from the news, but the attention of other countries would, no doubt, turn on it further (IMO, they already seem much more concerned about it than most Americans I know, sad to say).