Please no soundbyte answers. This is the question that I believe America needs to consider before thinking about either adding troops to, or redeploying troops from, Iraq. It should have been discussed before invading Iraq. It should have been the foundation for the 9/11 report, it should have been the foundation for the Iraq Study Group. This has not yet been tackled.
I for one am tired of listening to "not by cutting and running," and "not by starting a war based on lies."
Change our policies? The US has been the primary benefactor of Arabs and of Muslims everywhere in the world for 60 years. We tried diplomacy before the Iraq invasion (12 years with Iraq; years with French & Russian governments that had multi-$B deals dependent upon Saddam staying in power). "Arrogance" is nonsense. I've lived half my adult life outside the U.S., speak seven languages, and find that we are perhaps the least arrogant people on earth. "Leave Iraq" might be a good idea, but it won't solve this.
2007-01-20
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