Reply #17: sorry but ... [View All]

[welshTerrier2]

that's just plain crazy ...

i don't believe there is any evidence that the US has achieved anything positive in Iraq ... if we stay another year, or two, or five, or ten or 100, that is just not going to change ...

the presence of the US military on Iraqi soil is the problem ... we are the reason so many are fighting ... as long as the US remains, there is no path to peace ...

and as for all the talk of thugs running the country, Iraq is in, or about to be in, a civil war WITH US TROOPS PRESENT ... what exactly is being done to "stabilize" the country?? ... we've been "training Iraqi troops" for two and a half years and they can't, and won't, defend anything ... the entire process is an absurdity ...

if you're arguing that the US has an obligation to help Iraq, count me IN ... we need to provide whatever humanitarian aid and infrastructure support is needed ... but if you're arguing that continued occupation will lead to anything but more deaths, more costs and more instability, count me OUT ...

whatever noble objectives you may be seeking in Iraq will never be achieved while the US military continues the occupation ...