AlterNet: In Defense of Bugging Out By Christopher Scheer

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In Defense of Bugging Out

By Christopher Scheer, AlterNet
November 18, 2003

For some months, the conventional wisdom has been that whether or not you thought the occupation of Iraq was a good idea, now that we're there, "we've got to get it right." More troops, more money, better leadership, better decisions – whatever it takes. We are in a "test of resolve," a "time to come together and meet this great challenge we face." We can't "abandon" Iraq until it's "stabilized" and "democratic."


Columnist Cynthia Tucker, a critic of the war, expressed this clearly Monday, in reaction to the news that the Bush administration has reversed field and is going to, in the vernacular of Texan Molly Ivins, bug out. "If we clear out too soon, we may be setting the stage for Armageddon in the Middle East before 2008," writes Tucker. "And we'll be sending a message to hundreds of American families that their sons and daughters died for nothing."

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[KoKo]

1. The whole article is a great read! n/t

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[frank frankly]

2. a very good read and dead-on correct

bring our troops home now.