# Should the US invade Iraq? Yes or no, folks... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 1, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180 "2003-02-01T22:41:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Bob55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/61 "2003-02-03T07:45:13Z")
YES Iraq is the next North Korea. Do we really need 2 North Koreas on our hands? ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/62 "2003-02-03T07:56:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by djf750 \* > \*\*YES! > > Then North Korea. I just watched 60 Minutes and that place is hell on earth. \*\* I’ll just play devil’s advocate here and remind you that before George I sent American troops to the Gulf the first time, we listened to an “eye witness” describing Iraqui troops killing babies in a hospital in Kuwait. The result was that Americans couldn’t wait for our troops to go and punish the Iraquis. Then, after the splendid little war was over it was discovered that the “eye witness” who had, I think, testified before Congress, was the daughter of some Kuwaiti diplomat who had seen nothing at all, but had been coached in what to say. I’m not saying that the German doctor on 60 Minutes is a liar, or that the other supposed witnesses are. But I am suggesting that the horrors they describe are possibly overstated. If North Korean women are really so underfed that they no longer menstruate, shouldn’t North Korea’s population be shrinking? Just a caution. We shouldn’t be rushing off to war with North Korea on the testimony of a few individuals. And we shouldn’t be invading Iraq because George II has a hunch. I haven’t seen a smoking gun yet. Couldn’t the lack of evidence of WMDs in Iraq simply mean there aren’t any? Just asking. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/63 "2003-02-03T11:38:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by djf750 \* > \*\*YES! > > Then North Korea. I just watched 60 Minutes and that place is hell on earth. > > We should start rescuing all of our fellow humans who are living under dictatorships and ridiculous “cultures” that date back to the dark ages. Take over the countries and put in democratic governments. View all countries just as we would a state that some freak tried to take over. (no, not Minnesota) > > We should start viewing the world as one big country with some of the “states” being run by evil megalomaniacs WHO HAVE TO GO. Ah the whitemans burden. NO. ---
**Author:** ![belkathy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@belkathy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belkathy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/64 "2003-02-03T13:29:58Z")
NO. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/65 "2003-02-03T13:38:53Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Jimson\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@Jimson\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimson_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/66 "2003-02-03T15:25:11Z")
NO. I think that our votes here are a reflection of the feelings of most of the US population. The President has yet to convince the majority of us that attacking Iraq is justified. But he is proceeding in the absence of the voter’s support. I for one will not simply sit back and wring my hands. While my choices of action are limited I will at least write my Congressman and Representative. I will tell them, I will not forget how cavalierly the Republicans are willing to risk the lives of my friends and relatives and countrymen in uniform. My displeasure with their actions will be expressed in next year’s election. It seems vastly insufficient but it is my only recourse. I encourage the rest of you with similar opinions to do the same. ---
**Author:** ![00\_Buckshot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/f0a364/32.png) [@00\_Buckshot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/00_Buckshot)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/67 "2003-02-03T20:16:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jimson Jim \* > \*\*NO. > > I think that our votes here are a reflection of the feelings of most of the US population.\*\* Not necessarily. It just shows that most participants were old, Black, liberal females with a PhD. 🙂 [http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr030130.asp](http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr030130.asp) 00 ---
**Author:** ![fatmac98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@fatmac98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatmac98)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/68 "2003-02-03T20:44:30Z")
Yes ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/69 "2003-02-03T20:51:17Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/70 "2003-02-03T22:01:49Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/71 "2003-02-04T00:08:44Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/72 "2003-02-04T00:38:49Z")
Yes. If we wait for an unambiguous “smoking gun,” the signal to go to war might be a nuclear weapon blowing up Chicago or Tel Aviv. I’d rather act too soon than too late. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/73 "2003-02-04T00:45:25Z")
No I would like to support our duly elected leaders (strike that - - ) our leaders, but it’s just seems fishy somehow. Things are lining up so strangely. Which are the countries that are standing up with us? Bulgaria, Hungry and the like. This is weird. These are the countries that we were warned about just a decade or so ago as being part of the “Evil Empire”. Yet now they are, according to George W. Bush, the “new Europe.” And the people we stood shoulder to shoulder with against the evils of Communism should not be listened to. I don’t know. And then there is the rhetoric…to me, it sounds so much like Germany’s remarks prior to WWII. Remember how Poland and Czechoslovakia were building up dangerous weapons supplies so Germany had to go in to protect the “homeland”…Sorry, that should have been “fatherland.” I don’t for a minute feel that Bush is a latter day Hitler. I refuse to believe that, but I am uncomfortable saying the things and eventually doing the things the bad guys were known for. TV ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/74 "2003-02-04T12:08:15Z")
NO!!! ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/75 "2003-02-05T03:48:53Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/76 "2003-02-05T04:53:13Z")
No, along with the other reasons listed, here’s a selfish and not entirely valid one, but it’s the most important to me right now - My friend is in the army, and I don’t want him to die. However unlikely it is, however few American casualties are expected, even though it was his decision to join the army, blah blah blah. Admittedly, it’s something I would think even if there was a very good case for war, but when the case is only so-so, I don’t know. I get worried listening to the war plans. I’ll be glad when this is over. ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/77 "2003-02-05T05:40:31Z")
No. Iraq doesn’t even control 2/3rds of its own airspace and we’re supposed to believe they’re any kind of threat? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/78 "2003-02-05T12:52:23Z")
No, IMHO. Insufficient evidence that Iraq presents a credible and immediate threat to which war is the only justifiable response. Go after al-Quaeda instead. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/79 "2003-02-05T13:03:45Z")
Tally so far (forgive me if my counting was a little off): **Yes:**                                     17 ( **23%** ) **No:**                                       53 ( **73%** ) **Undecided/indeterminate:**       3 ( **4%** ) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Clawman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@The\_Clawman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Clawman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180/80 "2003-02-05T13:42:15Z")
No - insufficient evidence of WMD and/or Al Queda links. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-invade-iraq-yes-or-no-folks/152180.md?page=5)