A reader writes:Clinton, in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention in Kansas City yesterday, said "we've begun to change tactics in Iraq, and in some areas, particularly in Al Anbar province, it's working."
Here we go...
So...do we stay or leave? What do you say Mrs Clinton? I am just glad she isn't the coach of my favorite football team...cause once we are heading for the comeback win we would apparently leave and quit playing. Just think you should talk about this Mr. Pajamas!
I have to admit, I'm not sure what more I can say about Hillary. I think I've made it abundantly clear that I'm no fan of hers.
On the issue of the war and the so-called "surge", I don't doubt that she is right - that we may be making progress in certain areas. However, the bottom-line is that we should NOT have gone into Iraq in the first place and one area of Iraq may be getting better (al Anbar) others are worsening (the southeast regions).
One could argue (and I'm sure that this reader will) that Saddam Hussein was a bad dude and the U.S. is safer without him in power (or alive for that matter). This may be true, but the last time I checked - Saddam posed NO immediate threat to the United States. He possessed NO weapons that would cause concern. And he certainly did not do anything to provoke an invasion by our troops (i.e. invade another sovereign country, say, Kuwait).
My analysis is simple: Get. Out. Of. Iraq.
Period.
Unfortunately, it's not that simple. BUT, I think that it is obvious that we do not belong there. Shit, the Iraqi parliament is on f**king VACATION while our troops are dodging bullets in the streets. That ain't right.
We need to exit Iraq - but in a calm fashion. We can't just pull up the stakes and split, but we do need to go. I'm no military logistics officer, so I'm not going to pretend that I have a plan. BUT, I would say that a slow, orderly withdrawal is what is required here. Then we can let the Iraqis fight it out.
What the news media (and the Bush administration) always fails to mention is that Muslims (Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish) in that region have been duking it out for centuries. "Sectarian" warfare is nothing new there. To say that "if we leave, the region will devolve into chaos" is true - but how is it different from the current situation?
Bert McBrayer - Founder/Editor
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I don't think a football analogy of your reader is reasonable for the war in Iraq.
If it was the case, I don't know of any teams that would tolerate a coach insisting on going to the big game with shoddy equipment and without clear plays... then hire said coach for another 4 year contract to do the exact same thing.
Maybe one of the most unfortunate parts about this war is that many of the vocal folks think of it as a game easily playable in their armchairs.
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