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June 7, 2005
Plans for Iraq
More and more people complain about Iraq now but I have heard few alternatives other than to pull out. I can certainly understand the impulse, but what about the implications? If we pull out now, or very soon, what do we leave and by extension, what have we created? Iraq would be in a state of civil war. The insurgents have substantial backing from both illicit organizations and Middle East regimes, i.e. Saudi Arabia and Syria do not want a democratic Iraq. They would find ways to funnel money to the insurgents. Assume a worse case scenario, the insurgents establish a government and develop a large network of terrorist training camps throughout the country. These terrorists go forth and multiply. We certainly won't go back in. Radical Islamists build an ever stronger political base in the middle east. Now what? The Middle East is a political and economic sewer and needs to change for everyone's sake. I certainly don't agree with our oil and economic policies, and I don't like how the U.S. has managed the war. I am not sure that this White House is capable of fixing things. And there is no question that G.W. has screwed up this war, but walking out and leaving the country to Taliban like radicals is a horrid alternative. Come on, paint me some other pictures.
Posted by Chip Spear at June 7, 2005 8:48 AM
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First, while the US may some day reduce troop commitments, we don't current;y plan to ever leave Iraq. OK we might leave after all the oil in the Middle East is gone, but not before then. Currently we are building/have built around 14 permanent bases there.
Second, the radical islamists are already using Iraq as a training camp and our continued presence drives more fence sitters into the radical camp every day.
Thus, US pull-out makes sense, particularly if replaced with a UN peacekeeping force. Hopefully, this would lead to conditions such that humanitarian efforts could restart to help ameliorate all the damage caused by the US attack and subsequent occupation. Of course, this won't happen because then we wouldn't have the bases to project force into the rest of the Middle east.
Finally, the deals we are forcing the Iraqi government into wrt economics especially will come back to hurt us also, but not until Bush's cronies have made their money.
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