Gonna ask this once again....

[Ken Burch]

Can anyone think of any good reason why we shouldn't just bring all the troops out of Iraq tomorrow?

They've had elections. They have sort of a government.

Is there really anything else we can possibly be doing there(at least in terms of fighting or acting as an occupation force)that is of any value at all?

Is there anything that's worth the thought that any more or our troops will die, or that guns paid for by our tax dollars will kill more Iraqis?

[NNN0LHI]

1. Who is going to guard the pipelines?

Iraq used to have a half a million person military/police force to take care of that.

Bush disbanded them.

Don

[Jamastiene]

2. I cannot. n/t

[Scuba]

3. And leave all that oil behind?

[taterguy]

4. No

Scratch that. I have to drive somewhere tomorrow.

Nevermind.

:blush:

[Ken Burch]

I didn't mean YOU had to drive them home.

They have planes and stuff to bring the troops home themselves.

[taterguy]

6. Well yeah, but if the troops aren't there, what's going to happen to our oil supply?

Do you really expect us to bike and walk everywhere?

Who wants that shit?

[Ken Burch]

7. er...people with bikes who are sick of getting hit by cars?

Just sayin'.

[taterguy]

9. No

[Electric Monk]

The Great Game rolls on and on

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Game

It sucks, but that's the why, as far as I can tell.

[havocmom]

5. Reason #1: It would cut into profits

The gravy train must not derail! Think of the shareholders, man! Think what it would do to cheney's portfolio! Save the uber rich MIC party-goers. Who cares about the poor folks in steerage, below the water line already? The band plays on to drown out the sounds of the sinking ship.

Think of the shareholders!

:sarcasm: <---- and I am sad I have to include that, but too many are missing messages lately

It pisses me off no end that we do not see the horrors of this war every night on the news, like we did with that little dispute in SE Asia all those years ago. THAT sort of exposure, and a draft, arethe only things that will get people to put on enough pressure to get us out of Iraq.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

8. We'll leave when Exxon, Shell, Halliburton, BP and the rest say

we can... not until I don't think.