Reply #33: Bob Johnson: "The awful truth and the cowards who ignore it." [View All]

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It is not cutting and running.

America did this to Iraq. We divided Iraqis. We set them at war with each other. The least we can do is stop killing them and leave Iraq.

The consequences of a failed Iraq state no longer rely on our presence in Iraq.

Leaders are not those who hide behind empty rhetoric and false promises at times like these. What we have seen from both parties is cowardice in the face of reality. John McCain's hollow call for more troops at a time when it is clear that Iraqi military and police units will never be loyal to a government we can tolerate is perhaps the supreme act of cowardice -- committing more of our troops and resources to a lost cause as a political ploy.

We need leaders. Honest leaders. This sad chapter in our history has ended badly. But we must be brave enough to admit that it has, indeed, ended.

Out.Now means OUT ... NOW

All our presence means and will ever mean is expanding the original catastrophic crime of planning and participating in a war of aggression.

All our presence means is more death, more destruction, more hatred, more lies, more broken bodies and minds.

No good will come from even one more minute of an American combatant or mercenary being present in Iraq.

We need to exit NOW and we need to apologize and make reparations NOW and for DECADES to come.

And, We need to care for our veterans as we've never cared for them before.

And, We need to prosecute those among us who are the criminals responsible for all the damage to Iraq that Nir Rosen so comprehensively details.

Thank you for your excellent comments, Indy,

Bob