Reply #18: Do You Really Think Iraqi-on-Iraqi Violence Will Abate If We Leave? [View All]

[DoveTurnedHawk]

I think the absolute opposite is true.

I don't know who the "insurgents" are, especially since I don't typically use that word (I didn't use it in the post you're responding to). I'm sure a number of Iraqis are fighting for what they believe in. That doesn't change the fact that a number of Iraqis are also fighting to further sectarian violence, personal power and to bring down whatever they don't like about the existing Iraqi regime. It also doesn't change the fact that a lot of people on all sides are dying.

No offense intended, but I think it is highly naive -- and without reasonable basis -- to believe that a sudden US withdrawal would somehow make everything better.

DTH