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Post the rest while your at it.

Tell me what victory in Iraq will look like???

Sunni and Shia Muslims holding hands with Turkish Kurds and singing kumbaya? A government headed by mainly Shia Muslims with known links to Iran and using a Constitution based on Shria Law? What are we defending that is American in Iraq?

Simple questions.

“What are we defending that is American in Iraq?”

what we are defending is the continual rise and spread of terrorism in Iraq i.e. Al Quaida, whose only wish is to destroy America and American interests.

Tell me what victory in Iraq will look like???
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Simple questions.
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Simple questions, lots of attitude. I will try to remember that you are a Ron Paul supporter and not just some liberal Democrat.

Perhaps you think simple questions have simple answers. Here’s a simple answer from President Wilson ‘we are fighting the war to end all wars.’ Here’s another simple answer. Jimmy Carter thought we had an “inordinate fear of communism” and that if we just pulled back, the Russians would do likewise. It didn’t turn out that way.

This war resembles Vietnam. The Democrats abandoned our ally, South Vietnam. The 1974-75 Congress cut off funds and reneged on commitments. Democrats see their actions as right. But millions were murdered and enslaved in South East Asia. And it pushed back victory over the Russian communist empire by several decades.

On to new mischief. Iran was an American ally under the Shah of Iran. Jimmy Carter undermined the Shah, bringing in the Ayatollah Khomeini. He lit the flame of Islamic extremism that we are trying to extinguish today. Wouldn’t it be nice if Iran were an ally today instead of an enemy?

Conservatives predicted falling dominoes and mass murder, if we abandoned Vietnam. Although they may have been wrong on the specifics, they were generally right. These same types of conservatives predict matters will be worse if we abandon Iraq today.

We did not get peace by leaving Saddam and other supporters of terrorism alone. We won’t get peace by leaving them alone now.

We have had successes. FDR defeated Germany and Japan. We had success in Korea. Reagan/Bush defeated the Soviet Union. It may seem trite to say, but there really is no substitute for victory. The sooner, the better. It won’t be easy, but there is no better alternative. Sorry.