[mnehring]

Is that in our interest? Sticking around in Japan after WWII and rebuilding them under our guidance sure has paid off..

Plus, it seems to me, we are controlling the battlefield for the larger war by staying there.. Why would we give up the high ground and take the war back to the swamps, or worse, here..

[dragnet2]

Oh, OK, so it's now all about rebuilding Iraq.

Plus, it seems to me, we are controlling the battlefield for the larger war by staying there.

Amazing, after all these years, accomplishing the 7 of 8 points you mentioned, there is still a battlefield.

So after years of our assistance, the Iraqis are still not capable of doing this? And who is it that's going to invade Iraq now? Iran? Seems to me, Iran is not even this stupid. And why would the Iraqi's not protect their own borders, after we did all the heavy work?