Why aren't more Americans protesting this War in Iraq, since Iraq had nothing to do with 911?

I know you're not going to like this answer but:

1.There is no military draft and no popular active plan for it.

2.This war is a baby compared to every other major military conflict.

3.Yeah, I think that Iraq had VERY LITTLE to do with 9/11 but Saddam was still a really bad person with a lot of really bad neighbors (hello Syria and Iran) and to have a strong military presence in the Middle East is probably a great idea. Have you heard the rhetoric out of Iran, or the past speeches from Hussein? These are grade A1 ***** and should be treated as such. Given that, I agree that the whole WMD thing was a sham and I still support it for these reasons.

Well, lets see....we know Al Qaida (the people that took down the twin towers) are in Iraq. Hence the name "Al Qaida in Iraq". The great thing about freedom, which your military is protecting, is that you can say and feel however you want about decisions that are made for our country. If you didn't vote then you don't really get much say. If you did vote and your side of the aisle lost then you can complain until your hearts content until the next election.

We as Americans love instant gratification. Since Vietnam any war or conflict has been dealt with in a matter a few days or months. In the end of 2001 and the beginning of 2003 everyone in America was saying "Yes, Kill the bastards!" Now that the war has taken a long time everyone is thinking differently. If the war in Iraq and yet don't forget we are still in Afghanistan as well as many other countries around the world is so bad then why do people keep volunteering to go.

You can be against the war! That is your free right to protest anything you like. But, don't throw your misinformation on everyone else so you can feel better.

I am sure I will get many "thumbs down", but those are from the people that are only lying to themselves and won't admit that they too wanted all of this to happen 5-7 years ago.

This war has helped a lot of the Iraqi people in the long run. It got rid of a madman who tortured people and abused woman. It gave people freedom they never would have had.

My husband was over there for a long time and the media NEVER shows all the good the U.S has done.

My husband and the guys he knew fed kids, saved their lunches, dinners for them, stray donkeys that could help the farmers - do you ever hear that on the news? That is just 2 small things - you should hear about how they lived before they had the protection of US troops. They got thanked SO much for just being there - treated like heroes and that NEVER hits the media here.

Did you see about the torture houses Saddam had? The piles and piles of bodies that were found how many times? What if we had not gone in? How many more would have suffered?

I am glad we went in and I am proud of our troops and all the good we have done. I think we should stick it out to the end and disagree with jumping ship and leaving people hanging. I detest the protesters period. War protesters are a disgrace.

We should be supporting our men and woman in uniform,standing behind what they are doing way better.

I can't speak for other Americans. But, I'm aware of the reasons we carried out our offensive military operations against Iraq. They are contained in the first source below. I'm also aware that they mirror those contained in an Act of Congress passed in 1998. The second source below is a link to that Act of Congress.

I've also read "Milestones", by Seyyid Qutb. It is to the Hirabah (terrorists) what "Mein Kampf" was to the Nazis. Coupled with that is my knowing that 5,700 died on active duty during the previous administration when we were at "peace" and that 9,555 died on active duty during the period of 1980-84. I'm intimately aware of that last figure because I was involved in arranging the burial of some of them.

This is the Long War. One in which small troop units will go into some place, kick in the door and shoot people in the head. It will also require that we provide an alternative to the siren song of "Milestones", showing the world that this isn't a "Jahili world" filled with decadence and corruption which must be turned into "Dar Al Islam" (World of Islam) because some son of a rich Saudi family says it must.

That's reality. Not shopping at the mall. Not the Super Bowl. Not celebrity worship. And protesting against our involvement in this war will only show the Hirabah the truth of an old adage that people only want the strong horse, not the weak one.

Why do more Americans not realize that the war was never started as the "War Against the Guys Who Committed 911". I cannot remember anyone from either side of the aisle who billed it as such.

The idea was to have a war against terrorism, but that idea has been scuttled by Americans who undermine the war effort in order to build political power.

What part of the country do you live in that has a military draft. When I signed up for the Marines I remember it being voluntary.

The reason is there is no draft. These people are volunteering to go to Iraq and Afghanistan. There probably would have been very little in the way of peace marches for the Vietnam War if there was no draft.

With my understanding of incentives...unlike Vietnam, the Iraq War had no draft - it is all voluntary military- thus, minimizing an emotional factor that would drive people to protest. So we don't protest because of a combination of this and my generation feeling like they're on the outside of a political arena where their voices won't be heard.

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Because the FEAR of more terrorism on American soil has been instilled in them since 9/12/01. FEAR is the ultimate driving factor and is what is keeping the masses subdued into believing this war is necessary. Americans need to wake up and stop being afraid of terrorists overseas, and instead be afraid of what's going on in their own backyard. Our freedoms are being taken away and people would rather read up on the latest Britney drama, then open their eyes and do something about it.

For some reason, I think people have a deluded idea that Osama and Saddam were good mates (In reality, they hated each other. One a Sunni Muslim, the other one...Forgot what their name was again, but it's pretty much like Protestant and Catholic in Christianity)

Of course America set them both up to power.

Frankensteins monster, man.

Built it, didn't control it.

Of course, a lot of things they did America matched.

They fought them then after the war was called "finished" (and with only 50,000 deaths in the meantime. Good thing it's in the off-season), they started to drain their oil to stunt their economy and torture their soldiers in a way that breaks Geneva.

911 is pretty much just something America can use to declare war "As 911 taught us, we can't back down from the constant threats including (thinking of stupidest option I could think of) New Zealand"

I wouldn't be too surprised if they used that for the next 100 years though.