[Dems2008] Re: Why a get out now strategy doesn't work

But it must be done; the likeliest outcome of our leaving is that the
country will either split into two or three distinct ethnic sections OR
(maybe more likely) coalesce around (or under) a new strongman. That
could be another Saddam Hussein; it could be Iran or Syria, but
something more stable than 150K U.S. troops serving as a lightning rod
for an endless supply of insurgents.

The "disaster" in Iraq prolongs itself as long as we remain. Yes, we
created it, no doubt about it, but the chaos is the natural consequence
of our half-heartedness about troop strength and our propping up a weak
and ineffective government. The strategists who could not figure out
how to handle New Orleans after Katrina cannot be expected to figure
out how to run a country in the Middle East.

Someone, someday, somewhere is going to say that Iraq was "lost," and
everyone is going to have his or her favorite candidate for "who" lost
it. The fact of the matter is that it was never winnable, never
advisable, never in our interests to be there. The beneficiaries of
our being there are all who wanted the region destabilized; they have
gotten their wish.

If we were not there just to line the pockets of U.S. Contractors, we
could probably SELL Iraq to Saudi Arabia, and then get the hell out of
there. We are there to line businesses' pockets, and from Bush's point
of view everyday we stay is another day of cost-overruns and more
benefit to the contractors.

WHY will no one make that point in these campaigns, in the media, in
the public conversation about Iraq? Is it because it's not
politically correct to suggest that our soldiers are dying for money
alone?

--- In "raschueller" <raschueller@...> wrote:
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> Extraction of our troops despite the passion will have to be dome
> slowly and carefully.
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