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Daddy Bush did this to the Kurds a decade ago. He told them to "Stand Up", and that we would be beside them. Daddy Bush hung the Kurds out to dry.
Saddam was a miserable bastard, but the average Iraqi (The butcher, carpenter, electrician, secretary) had electricity and infrastructure. Their kids weren't getting blown to bits by IED's. They had steady saleries and access to doctors. Their country was not a safe haven for terrorists. There was no civil war.
We went in there to install a democracy. In the process of doing so we have turned pristine rivers into cesspools, we have made life for the average Iraqi a hit and miss proposition.
I can't help but feel that many Iraqis are just like me. They love their families, they go to work. We can't just pull up stakes and leave. We owe these people something. I'm not sure what, but we owe them something.
As far as I'm concerned, none of them are worth the life of a single American, much less thousands of Americans. Suggesting that more of our kids die there makes hurts me so much, yet simply leaving does not seem like an option.
Maybe it should go like this-
Limited, scheduled pull-outs of assets begin ASAP. So long as junior says we'll stay forever, the Iraqis will be more than happy to allow us to die for them. Setting a timetable for withdrawl, including conditional withdrawl based on benchmarks should take place.
If the criteria for limited withdrawl is not met, we should determine why, and do something about it.
Meanwhile, unconditional scheduled withdrawl will be taking place. American assets should be moved more to the periphiry. Iraqis should be the ones kicking in doors. Not us. Not after three years.
'06 elections will take place. If we can get past the rigged voting machines, maybe we can take back some power. Maybe Kerry had it right. That serious investigations into pre-war lies will begin.Then the impeachment proceedings may begin
If the Iraqis see this, see that Bush is no longer untouchable, maybe then they'll start believing that we won't be there forever. They really do need to begin taking care of themselves a bit better. Seeing Bush twirling around on the rotisserie should be enough to promt them into action.
Then again, maybe I'm wrong and we should get the hell out of there. I dunno.
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