Reply #: Well, ok, but who isn't resistant to that? [View All]

[K-W]

Except perhaps for isolationists, who are few and far between these days.

Juan Cole's big mistake is thinking that 'get our troops out now' means 'forget about Iraq'. It doesnt. It means get our troops out of the illegal occupation. It isnt a hypothetical position. It is based on the facts of the situation. Which is that this is an illegal occupation, serving only to worsen the situation in Iraq and the threats to America, and that our current administration has proven that it does not share humanitarian goals and cannot persue any foriegn policy honestly.

Whether or not we should be using our troops for the potentially noble cause of aiding Iraq is a conversation we cannot seriously have until we are committed to ending the blatently non-noble occupation.

But our brutal and illegal occupation isnt going to magically morph into a peacekeeping force if we give it time. And you have to face the very important fact that the US government and military are not benevolent and are a tyrannical force in Iraq.

Whether or not we can be part of the solution is an important discussion to have, but that issue is a joke as long as we continue to be a part of the problem.