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What happens in Iraq if we pull out?Tue, 02/06/2007 - 5:12pm
By: Letters to the ...
Okay, can someone please explain to me the following: One: if we withdraw our troops now from Iraq, what will happen to: Two: if we withdraw from Iraq now, who would benefit the most in Iraq? Three: if we withdraw from Iraq now, what message does that send to the terrorists? Does it make them fear us as a military or political threat? Or does it deliver them their first major “victory” since 9/11? Four: okay, say you don’t advocate pulling out from Iraq now and that you only want a change in course. What change would that be? Seems to me there is only one option: increase troops and try to secure stability by beating back terrorists, insurgents, and militias. I can’t see another possibility, other than changing our policy to a more aggressive one with the current troop levels, which seems to me foolhardy considering all of the admonitions for more troops emanating from the military, the ISG, and various politicians. Five: okay, [for argument’s sake] let’s say Bush lied to get us in Iraq and did so for oil and to avenge his father and to establish U.S. hegemony to enrich his corporate buddies. Does that justify pulling out and leaving the Iraqis to a bloodbath and our national reputation in tatters? I welcome an answer to these questions. The way I see it, we have no choice but to stay and fight to win. Accepting withdrawal now is nothing but failure and would result in tens of thousands of deaths, permanent harm to our effort to fight terrorism, and would render meaningless the deaths of our soldiers and Iraqis up to this point. How can anyone in their right mind advocate such a position? Does anyone seriously think that “peace” would result from our withdrawal? I just don’t understand the Left. They cry about civilian casualties, then advocate a policy which would result in the deaths of thousands of civilians. They criticize Bush for not putting enough troops in Iraq, and then criticize him when he chooses to send more. They say Bush lied, but the majority of Democrats voted for the war in Iraq based on the same information that Bush had. They can’t distinguish between lying and being wrong. They learn nothing from history and yet quote it all the time as justification for their policies. They complain about being called “unpatriotic” and yet heap insults on Bush and Republicans constantly. They rush to defend Muslims and yet criticize Bush and evangelicals for wanting a theocracy in this country when Muslims are the ones who officially believe in theocracy (it’s in the Koran, but no such dictate is in the New Testament). Oh, well. I guess that’s what blind hatred of our president and our country does to someone. Just please don’t claim it’s all out of “patriotism.” Trey Hoffman |