Janelle's Response

I think that the U.S. involvement in Iraq is the stupidest thing ever. Lately I haven't really been keeping up with the news, but when I do hear about it it makes me cringe. I read the article about the climbing death tolls in Iraq, and most of the deaths are non-combat related. I think that we are putting our soldiers out there for no apparent reason, only for them to risk their lives. Of all the news I've heard about Iraq, I barely hear about improvements we are making. U.S. involvement in Iraq isn't accomplishing anything other than getting our soldiers killed, most of them not even while fighting. Personally, I think that we should leave Iraq and let them kill and fight each other, and stay out of their business. They are such violent people and I don't think that we should be putting our soldiers right in the middle of them. Also, all of the families of soldiers are being greatly effected also. Its terrible that each day wives, mothers, and children of these soldiers are learning of their family member's death, and it makes it so much worse when they are becasue of non-combat related injuries. U.S. involvement in Iraq is an extremely negative thing for the country, and we are not visibly getting anything accomplished.