[pangaea6]

I’m for FDT all the way, but I am starting to think we need a way to get out of Iraq, support the Kurds up north but let those other fella’s down south fight amongst themselves. I read Bill Buckley’s piece this AM and he makes a lot of sense and kinda codified the way I’ve been leaning here the last few weeks. I have no idea what will happen if we leave Iraq but I sure don’t want to tell everybody when we’ll do it and I want it to be in a good way. I think we could certainly claim victory for the autonomy and relative peace for the Kurds up north and that’s the route I think I would take right now.

[bert]

We are not leaving Iraq any time soon. Iraq is only part of the total picture and pales in comparison when considering the improtance of the Gulf states that will be in jeprody if we leave.

Please recall that the war wit Iraq began in 1991 and is continuous to this day. Military operations were ongoing all through the Clinton administration on a daily basis.

You must take a long horizin of 25 or 50 years and consider all events as a blip on that time frame. The Democrats are making no friends by talking big for political gain. They know they won’t leave even in 10 or more years. They Leave, America dies. It’s that simple.