Reply #8: Welcome To The Pottery Barn...

[KharmaTrain]

The big lie is that Iraq is either "stable" or doing better or some illusion that the invasion has been "successful". Far from it. It's our military that separates the various factions in that country that have long hated one another and are just biding their time to go after one another. Petreus bought off tribes and walled Baghdad to resemble Beirut. There's very little reported in this country of what's going on there...outta sight, outta mind.

The clock is ticking as to when the guns we gave the various factions start taking aim at one another...all that's preventing widescale slaughter are our forces. Now we can try to get those troops out safely using diplomacy (something this country hasn't done) or we can shoot our way out. There are few other options.

Yes, we need to bring the troops home from Iraq, but I want them out safely. We also have a responsibility to try to leave that country without inflicting even more damage and suffering for those people.