THE IRAQ WAR. the usa win or lose?

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THE IRAQ WAR. the usa win or lose?

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Answer 2

from my perspective it was a failure - It succeeded in removing Saddam Hussein but was extremely expensive for the USA and contributed a great deal towards destabalizing not only the Middle East, but our own economy as well - as you remember our economy was near collapse in 2008. Plus many people lost their lives. As a result of the Iraq war - ISIS was born and many people have been beheaded since. It all depends on who you are and what your perspective is. The refugee crisis was born from all this. I think that if we knew that Great Britain had occupied Iraq and failed - then why at least didn't we have someone fly to England and have a cup of tea with the general of the failed campaign and at least find out why they failed. It would have made sense rather than repeating the same mistakes that they made. The bottom line is that it was a conflict that we needed to stay out of and mind our own business and by our intervention everything was basically made worse, not better. So, I don't know how you define win or lose. I think it was a terrible failure. I don't think it was all about oil as some people have said. Venezuela has much more oil than Iraq. So why didn't we attack them? And as far as the WMD's go? they proved later that they fell into the hands of Al Qaeda - not exactly where we wanted them to go.

Answer 3

It worsened the middle east. Saddam Hussein may have been a dictator, but he was a strong and capable leader who silenced resistance including terrorists. Now because Saddam is gone, there isn't good leadership in Iraq and terrorists are able to expand as a result; Iraq has become unstable and a haven for terrorism. This is WHY I cannot and will not vote for Hillary Clinton...because she as senator supported the Bush wars. She not only helped with that but also made Libya unstable when she as Secretary of state lead air strikes against gaddafi. Furthermore, she wants to turn Syria into another unstable Iraq by getting the USA even more involved in that nation (why?). If we get involved in Syria, war with Russia will occur. Hillary is Bush 2.0.

Answer 4

Saddam Hussein ended up on the end of a rope so the main objectives of the war were achieved. They certainly did not lose the war.



BUT, the effect of the Iraq War was destabilization, a power vacuum, the rise of Daesh. It would have been better to leave Hussein in power- contain him, and let him spout off impotent threats like Kim Jong-un.



The BEST thing in the Middle East are tyrants to keep Muslim fanaticism in restraint. The WORST thing is to liberate Muslim populations or give them Democracy- the result- suicidal fanatics on the loose.



It was, furthermore, a humanitarian disaster.

Answer 5

Depends on your definition of winning and losing. To an extent the Iraq war was a successful campaign because Saddam was removed from power and most of this top people were either captured or killed. On the other hand, we are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi citizens. And the instability in the region cause by toppling Saddam is part of the reason why ISIS exists today. Not to mention the strain on our own nation caused by the death of thousands of solders and the permanent disability cause to tens of thousands more.



Ultimately I believe history will show the US made a huge mistake by invading Iraq and removing Saddam from power.

Answer 6

Neither the USA nor Iraq had won. If what you mean by the USA and Iraq are its citizens, then, by no means, did either side win. The Iraqi people have been massacred ten times over than what Saddam Hussein had been doing to them, and we have been bankrupted by the acts of numerous handouts towards a war, which was premised on deceit, in which many parties had had their special stakes in from the beginning, on top of which had followed the crash of 2008 which had led to suicides and people now having a difficult time entering the workforce because of setbacks or "prioritization." So, really, where was the victory in all of this for many of us?



The only people whom I can see who had profited from this were Dick Cheney, former CEO of Halliburton, the Israeli government, worldwide financiers, and a handful of oilers. Thus, the global elite, people of whom have no nation but their own.

Answer 7

The US military did a magnificent job of winning the war in a textbook display of superior technology, superior tactics, superior leadership and employing modern, rapid command and control over what was the 3 largest military force in the world at the time. THE US military 'won the war' in one of finest examples of a swift, one sided victory, achieved in about 6 months. The US government however failed to 'win the peace' over the next 14 years to follow; much of this may be attributed to near treasonous partisan politics over the past 8 years of Obama - Clinton, which set out to 'prove' GW Bush was wrong and to be blamed for his 6 or so years administering the 'war'. The main simple reason for the war was to prevent the 911 type terrorists from ever becoming a major military force that could threaten the US or the west. Obama and Clinton turned a rag-tag bunch of 'jv league' terrorists into a major army with jets, tanks, oilfields, and control over much of the middle east. Won, then Lost.

Answer 8

Lose. The U.S. has not won a war in nearly a Century.

the Reason:

the U.S. is like a beat cop. When a fight breaks out it walks on in and waits until the Belligerents are tired out. Then makes the big show of cleaning the place up, and that has not happened since before the Korean Police Action.

The War Hawks of the U.S. government don't know how to start a war, even when Bush tried to follow Hitler's plan it failed.

Answer 9

The Iraq war destabilised the middle east quite a bit. By doing that the war opened up larger opportunites for terror groups and radical people to flourish. In the mind of terrorist they would believe that they won as their groups have grown and flourished because of it while on the us front the USA won in the term that they did what they had set out to do but the real question is was the cost of men and destabilising the middle east further more really worth it.

Answer 10

The Iraq war destabilised the middle east quite a bit. By doing that the war opened up larger opportunites for terror groups and radical people to flourish. In the mind of terrorist they would believe that they won as their groups have grown and flourished because of it while on the us front the USA won in the term that they did what they had set out to do but the real question is was the cost of men and destabilising the middle east further more really worth it.

Answer 11

Okay, so as a Iraqi my selv i might know the answer - mayor loss. Do i say this beacuse i am "anti - american"? No. So when U.S invaded Iraq they did a big mistake, they should have finnished Saddam via politics. After the invasion and the killing Iraq is completely split. Also the more known terrorist group Isis are a mayor treat to european and american citizens. The good new though is that Iraq is getting more stable but still very corrupt. And beacuse of the massive pressure the kurdish Peshmerga and the Iraqi army are giving to Isis, we might see alot of attacks on citizens the following months or years..

Answer 12

The first Iraq war, USA won.



The second Iraq war should never have happened in the first place. Therefore, USA lost the second Iraq war before it even began. Even if USA technically won the war.

Answer 13

All the US forces did in Iraq was change things around. They went in there thinking that as soon as they got rid of Saddam Hussein the country would welcome open fair elections and become peaceful. Advisers warned the president that deposing Saddam Hussein would create a power vacuum and factions would try and take power by fair or foul means. The different factions of Islam there all believe they should be in charge and worry if another faction gained power they would not get a fair go and so if they lost the US controlled elections they would start a war of guerrilla tactics filling the citizens with fear by using explosives blowing up civilian targets to make people feel unsafe and as so the present government cannot protect them from the violence. People become scared and frustrated as their elected government fails to get on top of the violence and the guerrillas start to agitate and stir the citizens in the hope they can pressure the current government to quit.

Answer 14

The Iraq war was a win for the USA Susan was killed

Answer 15

The USA had won with the Surge in 2007/08. Barack Obama pisssed it away when he declare the war over and withdrew all the American troops in 2011 leaving a huge power vacuum which the Jihadists rushed in to fill.... At this point we have lost the war, but it may not be over yet.... Wait and see.

Answer 16

Like the Vietnam war, I don't believe America entered the Iraq war with the single purpose to *win* at all costs.

Answer 17

Lose. Terrorists will take over in Iraq and that's what happened during the Invasion during the war Bush started in the first place. We didn't even had any business going there in the first place. If Saddam was in power today, there wouldn't be ISIS at all.

Answer 18

The different factions of Islam there all believe they should be in charge and worry if another faction gained power they would not get a fair go and so if they lost the US controlled elections they would start a war of guerrilla tactics filling the citizens with fear by using explosives blowing up civilian targets to make people feel unsafe and as so the present government cannot protect them from the violence

Answer 19

As a 19 yrs old fresh of high school I thought invading Iraq was the right thing to do.I joined the Marines in 2003. I joined because of 9/11.As a 19yrs old I thought it was a good idea,as a 32 yo man I believe it's hard to see what we won,I do know that I lost friends,but we took out insurgents. Personally I believe that yes,we put away Saddam,but we lost too many lives. I'm not saying my brothers died in vain,most of them just wanted Iraqis to be free kids.I'll always remember your guys.

Answer 20

Everyone lost. Saddam was toppled, but there has been no appreciable gain in toppling him. Iraq is now disproportionately controlled by rebel militias, and the instability that was created in Iraq has subsequently spilled out into the rest of the middle east; leading to Libya (and potentially Syria) becoming a failed state.



The US spent trillions of dollars and thousands of US servicemen lost their lives, for no good reason.

Answer 21

I would say usa lost because usa is occupying iraq, not liberating it. If anything there was no backup plan, after saddam hussein was captured, on how to deal with Sunnis and Shias, who are still in a civil war, as well as insurgents.

Answer 22

Kind of think the Iraqi was lost when the people did not welcome the troops and take joy in their "freedom" Once again the Generals helped the Generals. Must be there job to engage to justify their salaries. The war supported by military to JFK, LBJ and Nixon was such a great disaster. So I guess some can take heart that this war will be longer; but, take not nearly lives of the countries heroes of this country

Answer 23

It's not challenge for Amrica Win or lose,

No need to war in Iraq They are killing Humanity

Answer 24

THE IRAQ WAR. the usa win or lose?



They won cuz their aim was to spread disease in Middle East?

Answer 25

It was a mixed bag but we did win with General Patraeus once Bush got his head out of Rumsfeld's theory of War, but it was Iraq who lost when the Shia became heavy handed against Sunni's.

Answer 26

all the us forces did in iraq was change things around... they went in there thinking that as soon as they got rid of saddam hussein the country would welcome open fair elections and become peaceful... advisers warned the president that deposing saddam hussein would create a power vacuum and factions would try and take power by fair or foul means... the different factions of islam there all believe they should be in charge and worry if another faction gained power they would not get a fair go and so if they lost the us controlled elections they would start a war of guerrilla tactics filling the citizens with fear by using explosives blowing up civilian targets to make people feel unsafe and as so the present government cannot protect them from the violence... people become scared and frustrated as their elected government fails to get on top of the violence and the guerrillas start to agitate and stir the citizens in the hope they can pressure the current government to quit...

Answer 27

Depends on the persepetive, Certain people in the did US profit from the fall of Saddam and the destabilization of the region. If we look at it in the "war on terror" sense, then its a certain absolute loss considering the rise in Islamist terror organizations since, It also certainly wasnt a win for the Iraqi people nor the American people since both are probably at a higher chances of being targeted now than they were before.

Answer 28

I agree that US should not have come to Iraq at the first place.



But it would be wrong to say that US lost Iraq War. US achieved its military and strategic goals. It however should have stayed in Iraq for longer to prop up democracy in the nation.

Answer 29

Look at it this way~~

The war in Iraq is/was , but a stage for more wars ...,

Which appears has a global view , in the plan...

Our borders are open , with increasing numbers of Muslim refugees coming in un-vetted...no checked/confirmation proof ,of who they are,--or even their true age....Minors --are treated differently , in benefits , or in courts of law. Germany has serious problems (many unreported by main stream news) with the number of Muslim refugees already there ....water & oil simply is not mixing there with the German People...causing many problems including sleeper cells mixed in .

Did we win the war ~~~?

No ---it's still going on ...

We need to secure our borders in ways to weed the bad guys out..., as is happening in the UK---/Germany/France/Sweden & more.

Donald Trump ...has said that he would do this ~~~secure our borders first to safeguard American lives and figure out a way to solve this problem

I'm all for that ....then as President Donald Trump ----he would then proceed to destroy ISIL , with active high determination ---unlike it appears-- being the case now, by our current President.

Have a nice day.

+++Spock+++

Answer 30

Isnt Iraq war linked to the Syrian War by the way and these two wars prepare all Superpowers and Regional Powers for ....something like...ww3?

I pray to god,as anybody would say,that i would be WRONG in these predictions?

Otherwise ALL NATIONS are doomed.

Answer 31

Wars aren't about winning, they are about contracts. Halliburton won the Iraq war.

Answer 32

Which Iraq war? Throughout history Irag has proved to be the source of intractable problems. It is a shame that America does not learn, and learn from, history.

Answer 33

Win

Answer 34

We should never have gone into Iraq in the first place, Saddam was a bad dictator but he hated Al Qaeda and kept Extremists under control.

Answer 35

USA won this war because their achieved their objective - **** all over the middle east so neibourhood countries have to waste money to clean their mess. Now Russians wasting money clearing up the mess. Epic win!

Answer 36

The only winning move is not to play



everyone lost



Saddam lost his head, Al Quida lost its main support (and thats why we wnet in there, not WMD's but we could not reveal; the real reasons without revealing the source) and we lost many fine young men and women



No one has flown any planes into buildings though

Answer 37

Win

Answer 38

Win

Answer 39

Win

Answer 40

If you look at history, its wars and conflicts, and observe the progression 20 years later, you will be very surprised to arrive at the conclusion that NOBODY wins a war.

Answer 41

First order affects was a win, 2nd and 3rd order affects we lost. We eliminated the threat we went after, but left an unstable government which lead to a greater threat being made

Answer 42

The Iraq war was pointless and was only done to get oil countries.

Answer 43

U.S. LOST. Iraq LOST. No.security, overrun by Sunni Salafist wahhabi jihadists, Al Qaeda type knock offs.

Who WON? Military industrial complex. NATO. Oil companies. Private security companies.

War profiteers EXPONENTIALLY.

Who footed the bill? U.S. taxpayer will for decades to come.



Where did Iraqi's income from oil go? Squandered? By, not Iraqi, obviously!



https://youtu.be/zB9_EgiylOk



http://www.informationclearinghouse.info "Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590"



Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In U.S. War And Occupation Of Iraq 4,801



Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,487



Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan

$1,705,856,728,918

Answer 44

The US and its coalition partners won the war. It achieved its purpose. The world was much safer despite the symbolic shouting and burning of flags. Then came Obama and ruined the gains.

Answer 45

The USA hasn't "won" a war in 70 years. They get involved in policing operations where there is no possibility of "winning".

Answer 46

lose,we havent got anything from Iraq ,,we just spend money in their country(schools ,etc) ,what do we get in exchange? NOTHING



US and some allies are eliminating very dangerous terrorist which is good..but now that Europe (mainly Germany and Sweden) open doors to refugees ,terrorist are going to Europe now bcs they dont ask for identification or do a background check ,so basically everything was in vain...

Answer 47

like the vietnam war, i don't believe america entered the iraq war with the single purpose to *win* at all costs...

Answer 48

Depends

Answer 49

Depends

Answer 50

We invaded a country that had no WMDs, no clear ties to Al-Qaeda, and no part in the 9/11 attacks, and toppled that country's strong, albeit brutal, central government thereby creating the power vacuum that gave birth to ISIS...an enemy we are still fighting to this day. Yeah, I'd say America screwed the pooch on this one. :(

Answer 51

Officially, to the world mainstream view, non, because no one was even fighting the us beside some chaotic rebels and unorganized jihadists; it wasn't even a real war



According to their real purpose, they won, since they originally came for the gold and oil, and they nearly got it all

Answer 52

Big win for war profiters

Answer 53

Your question should be why did we go to war in Iraq?

Answer 54

No one won except a few people who made money out of the war.

Answer 55

In a war actually none wins totally.

Answer 56

They won the battle but lost the war.

Answer 57

America won that war

Answer 58

LOL. Before 2003, there were LITERALLY 0 SUICIDE ATTACKS!, After 2003, after the invasion the of U.S, there weere over 1,769 suicide attacks all together. Who is the real extermists here? Wake up! You mean was it a lie or not. There were no "weapons of mass destruction", your government lied to you. The U.S is a laughing stock, see through all the lies mates. It was a failed mission.

Answer 59

LOSE, i love the iraqis and don't start talking badly about muslims and islam or i'll give you a load down on judaism roman pagans new testament (christians)

Answer 60

We won the war in that the military goals were accomplished but lost the peace.

Answer 61

Draw

Answer 62

No one really won.



USA Main objective was to defeat and overthrow the regime of Saddam Hussein which they achieved.



but millions of civilians were killed , destabilised the middle east (rise of daesh) , bankruptcy.

Answer 63

Lestermount

Answer 64

Explain

Answer 65

If they had sided with Russia it would certainly be better than Saddam's old guard being supported by the CIA and SAS fighting Russia.

Answer 66

Lost. Saddam Hussein was deposed but little was gained afterward and then ISIS took over the region.

Answer 67

We accomplished the objectives that took us there, then we forfeited the region and left it in shambles. Thank the proponents ts behind drawbacks and outright desertion of a region in need. We left a vacuum.

Answer 68

the whole place is screwd. The Iraq war achieved its aims by defeating its named enemy. Has it resulted in a perfect, democratic country? no. its full of muslimss...

Answer 69

Complete loss. More men had to be sent, because of the instability. Also hanging Saddam caused the rise of ISIS.

Answer 70

Won

Answer 71

In a war, everyone's a winner.

Answer 72

I dunno, because apparently they haven't even identified the enemy yet after 20 years. So officially we haven't even started. We're just some retards in the desert. We are there for no reason. Except to wait until someone figures it out. When we start though, when we say no more procrastinating. Then we will show em.

Answer 73

No one win in wars, there are only losses.

Answer 74

There are no winners in war. Every side loses something, soldiers, supplies, land, citizens, hell even lives.

Answer 75

Iraq is now disproportionately controlled by rebel militias,=======

Answer 76

We lost even after killing Saddam for it opened the door for Arab Spring which caused everything that followed but you can not get the right to see it.

Answer 77

Probably lost.

They gained the oil yeah but tbh but I think China decided to stop bankrolling it .

Answer 78

lose... we should never have been there in the first place. There were no WMD, and the Twin Towers were brought down by illegal Syrians; not Iraqis

Answer 79

Lose

Answer 80

In a war you only win if you concur and the US did not do so

Answer 81

We lost a war that we had no business being involved in and would not of been if it were not for Israel.

Answer 82

Won the war. Didn't give a damn about the 'peace'.

Answer 83

Lose

Answer 84

Lose

Answer 85

Lost.

Answer 86

Mostly a win, but the cost was very high.

Answer 87

Right now using our current military, I hate to say it but we would lose. Our military is extremely under funded.

Answer 88

I think no one won.





That war was a waste of time.

Answer 89

Lose. The US does not control the oil fields. Jesus has not come back.

Answer 90

We lost. Trillions of dollars and thousands of lives and nothing to show for it except an even more powerful enemy in ISIL.

Answer 91

THE IRAQ WAR. the usa win or lose?

>> Say What ya DINGBAT > the WAR was not American nor is it over > sadly, the LOSERS are IRAQI'S thanks to corrupt politics > American and Foreign , MUSLIMS are too COWARDLY to FIGHT their CIVIL WAR and MUSLIM TERRORISTS / DAESH > so the LOSERS are the People > IRAQI'S, etc ... not America !

Answer 92

Lose

Answer 93

X

Answer 94

This is very complicated question. On one hand, we won because we completed our objective to remove Saddam Hussein from power and made sure there weren't any WMD's for terrorist to get their hands on. On the other hand we lost thousands of lives and pulled out of the country horribly and created a vacuum, thanks to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, which led to the creation and rise of ISIS, which is now retaking territories that were once held and controlled by the Iraqi government.

Answer 95

Bad choice

Answer 96

lost. iraq is in bad shape. there is zero chance of democracy in iraq. it need to be broken up now. trillions spent and no success.

Answer 97

Stalemate.

Answer 98

Lose because of Obama.

Answer 99

No war declared it was an uninvited invasion of a foreign country that has OIL .....

Answer 100

US can claimed a victory but made Middle East more unstable.

Answer 101

America lost so hard just like they lost Vietnam. 🇮🇶🇸🇦🇵🇰🇦🇴 Allahu Akbar

Answer 102

We were successful in getting rid of Saddam. But we did not do well with the aftermath

Answer 103

Lose

Answer 104

Lose

Answer 105

Lost and big time, it in the form of ISIS is still going on.

Answer 106

Lost, debatably

Answer 107

Mission accomplished.

Answer 108

Usa cause wayyy more people support us

Answer 109

How many lives did we lose? How much free oil did we get? LOSER, and I'm an American.

Answer 110

Both

Answer 111

If you withdraw from something you certainly don't win.

Answer 112

Loss.. 100%

Answer 113

If American politicians are smart,

They would NOT remove Saddam Hussein.

Answer 114

Hio

Answer 115

win

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win

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win

Answer 118

Lost, I'm afraid.

Answer 119

It's still early.

Answer 120

The out come is being debated the jury is still out so wait ...

Answer 121

win

Answer 122

the usa is not trusted. no weapons of mass destruction were found

Answer 123

a lot of money spent, a lot of lives lost, a lot of lives ruined. we traded corrupt stability for chaos in pursuit of justice...add it all up and i think you get lose.

Answer 124

USA lost.

Answer 125

win

Answer 126

win

Answer 127

Nobody won except for ISIS and AQ.

Answer 128

War? Pssh, don't you mean unnecessary invasion and murder?

Answer 129

we certainly did not win in it

in fact we made matters worse, we should have stayed out of it entirely

Answer 130

nobody wins in war.

Answer 131

We won. Otherwise libtards would not be upset and have to revise everything.

Answer 132

Still playing extra time.

Answer 133

Lose ,what do we get besides the bill.

Answer 134

Won under Bush , LOST UNDER OBAMA

Answer 135

We won

Answer 136

America was soundly defeated.

Answer 137

the military won, everyone else lost

Answer 138

AMERICA NEVER LOSES HUNNY! USA USAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA GOD BLESS AMERICA TRUMP 2016

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The US

Answer 140

Who cares, it is over and done with

Answer 141

yes

Answer 142

yes

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yes

Answer 144

Isn't it still going on?

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lost

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won

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lost

Answer 148

Neither because it is still happening

Answer 149

the moon

Answer 150

It was a disaster for all concerned.

Answer 151

cant win when you quit operations prematurely

Answer 152

won

Answer 153

likely lost. isis exists now.

Answer 154

usa lose, israel win.

Answer 155

lost badly

Answer 156

Not good

Answer 157

No real winners.

Answer 158

lost cuz of that obama

Answer 159

I don't know

Answer 160

Who is alive now ?

Answer 161

rip

Answer 162

Lost it.

Answer 163

ISIS won

Answer 164

1-0, 0-0,0-1.

Answer 165

lose

Answer 166

lose

Answer 167

lose

Answer 168

both

Answer 169

lose, it was a fiasco.

Answer 170

LOST

Answer 171

H

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I am jesus christ

Answer 173

QUAGMIRE

Answer 174

Win na jk idk

Answer 175

Idk

Answer 176

Idk

Answer 177

Idk