The Iraq War-Is it the most pointless war in American society?

Question

Yeah, you're right it was supposed to be history, but I don't know how to change it.

Answer 1

Not at all!  There were definite national defense reasons for fighting the war in Iraq and after the second one ended, for nation building.  The War of 1812 took on the world's most powerful country in an attempt to gain the "14th colony" - Canada and benefited nobody except Napoleon I.  The Spanish American War was fought because the boiler in the USS Maine blew up while moored in Havana.  There are many examples of mini wars being fought to protect US companies in foreign backwaters in Central America.  The main problem with Iraq was that the type of WMDs found there were not what the world expected but Sadam's ties to terrorists have been firmly established plus he really needed deposing as he was a huge threat to Middle East stability.  

Answer 2

I think that you meant to ask if it is the most pointless war in American "History".

In order to know this, we need to see how History views the war.  Over thirty years after the War in Vietnam, I don't know any one who could tell me what the "point" of the war was.  I'm sure that there was plenty of good reasons for America to get involved in that conflict, but the historians have kept us focussed on the war protests and social revolution of the period.  

In Thirty years, will Americans remember that Saddam Hussein tested biological weapons on his own people,  Executed thousands of people because they were a political threat to his regime, accepted billions in kickbacks on illegal oil deals while keeping his own people at war with each other to distract them from his tyranny.  Or will history highlight the failure of the UN to find WOMDs and the CIA's failure to see through Saddam's misinformation.  History will categorize Hussein along with Hitler, as one of the wost villains of the modern times, but somehow the war that removed him from power, remains pointless in the minds of many people.

Answer 3

Hardly. We spent twenty years in Haiti and thirty in the Dominican Republic doing similar counter-insurgency operations with a lot less to gain. If you go through a list of the "banana wars," you'll feel a lot better, relatively speaking, about Iraq. If the Shia majority don't overplay their hand in Iraq, and they're left with a government that has democratic principles but respects the position of each of the major religious/ethnic groups, it can be a major boon to the political dynamics of the middle east. That's a much better "point" than improving the bottom line for United Fruit (now Chiquita). Heck, the Marines have been in Bluefields, Nicaragua, so many times it might have been better just to force a permanent Guantanamo type situation on the place.

Answer 4

It's definitely on a par with the Vietnam war.

Answer 5

More pointless than Vietnam? Jane Fonda would dispute that.

Answer 6

I dont know about that. I mean after all Obamas pick for VP-Joe Biden-he voted for the war in Iraq.  

Answer 7

possibly, but not DEFINITELY the most pointless, its down there though, there must be an even worse war

Answer 8

Definitely. America helped completely destroy an entire country, and created a whole new generation of America haters. Real smart.

Answer 9

Read a paper-the Iraq war is virtually won. The bad guys lost.

Answer 10

I think 'in the world' would be more appropriate