[PigRigger]

What few fail to understand, outside of funding a resurrected Al Quaida, we will have lost all hope of ever garnishing allies in that region of the world again.

Once Iraq is given to the Jihadists, Afghanistan will soon follow....the leaders of Afghanistan will not dare trust us to stay the course and will seek other allies to side with....Surrendering Iraq will have a devastating impact throughout the region....

For the few years of a false tranquility we may buy ourselves, we will than face a much more hardened and determined enemy in Southern Europe, SE Asia, and eventually on our shores...

Whether going into Iraq was warranted is no longer the issue; we are there and must not fail.

God help us if we cut and run....we will pay an extremely high price for such a short sighted course of action....IMHO...

[ichabod1]

No higher a price than what the Iraqis will pay. I admit, I've gotten a little tired of Pres. Bush justifying the war in terms of what the Iraqis get out of it. But I'll be damned if I'm willing to stand by and watch them slaughtered by the hundred thousand (again) because Americans lack the belly for the job we've taken on.