If I were to suggest that we prepare for a measured withdrawal from Iraq beginning in 12 months time, would you call me a coward? Would you say I am giving up on America? Would you say I'm siding with the terrorists?
Alright, now, think about it again, but let's change one detail.
If I were to suggest that we prepare for a measured withdrawal from Iraq beginning in 12 months time, and in one hand, I am holding the severed head of Osama bin Laden by the hair, in the other hand is a large bonesaw, and his cooling body is at my feet, would you say I am a coward? Am I giving up on America? Am I siding with the terrorists?
Would you consider agreeing with me? Also, how much do you think Bush should pay me for the head? Would you chip in, or pay for a picture with the head?
2007-03-12 07:48:54 · 13 answers · asked by BDOLE 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
This is a bit tongue-in-cheek guys... Still, for seriousness' sake..
JHE123- I might not agree with you, but you can be sure I'd listen a lot more intently and think it over. If we follow through on bin Laden that well, then maybe I'd have a bit more faith in following through on Iraq?
2007-03-12 07:58:15 · update #1
If we should decide to withdraw from Iraq at some fixed date, the terrorists will simply bide their time until we do so, and then take over all or part of the country to work on more 9/11-type nastiness. If you can find ObL, I'll hold the body while you wield the saw. Fun! (We'll both need a bath afterwards -- messy.)
2007-03-12 07:55:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
This is hilarious... Remember when you were a teenager and your mom said she was going someplace at 3:00 and you'd be home alone for a few hours?? Remember being nice as pie while she was there, plotting how you'd spend every moment of the time after she left? WHY would you think the insurgents are any different?? If we indicate when we might be leaving Iraq instead of saying, "We stand firm in our commitment to the people of Iraq, 12 million of whom voted in the new government in reliance of our commitment to them," then they'll just make nice for a few years, wait until we leave, and Iraq dives, at that point, into a civil war.
What you're not hearing in mainstream media is the recent increase in State Police recruitment of Iraqi's. That is huge. Especially in the provices most heavily hit by insurgency. The people are fighting back by putting their lives and their families lives on the line to beef up their own ability to provide for their own security.
2007-03-12 19:08:22 · answer #2 · answered by Amy S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me give you something to think about. Lets say that the war on terror is not just about Iraq. Iraq is a small part of a much bigger picture, and that big picture is the global jihad on western society by radical islamic lunatics on a world wide basis.
The war on terror has only just begun, and leaving Iraq will aggravate the situation unless a stable government and the rule of law is established.
Here's something else to think about. After we are finished with Iraq, we will be moving on to other theaters of operation. As long as the radicals keep recruiting, we will have to keep fighting. So sit back, grab a beer, and watch the wars unfold, because that's the way it's going to be for a long time.
Wake up and smell the jihad!
2007-03-12 15:26:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A timetable doesn't solve the actual situation. You have people over there killing each other for something that happened over 1300 years ago. Talk about holding a grudge...
People need to understand that in order for the US to leave Iraq, the Iraq government has to take care of their own security and that of the people. For some lame a$$ reason, our folks on the left think if their guy isn't President and any troops die in fighting in a war, then dead troops are a really bad thing.
I find it amazing that some folks can't remember what happened in a place called Vietnam and see how the press was then compared to now. I remember quite well and I'm seeing the exact same thing.
2007-03-12 15:05:16 · answer #4 · answered by chefantwon 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are not a coward, but you are misguided. It is tactically stupid to give your enemy some type of time line for your future movements into or out of a conflict. You will strengthen his hand when he plans for his future strategy.
If you had to arrest some hard core guy (say you are a police officer) would you call him up first and tell that you would be over in twenty minutes to get him?
You guys have to stop thinking with your feelings and start using logic. You are helping the enemy every time he sees us fighting with each other instead of putting all our efforts into getting them. They use people like you for their propaganda at home and around the Muslim world.
2007-03-12 15:10:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Bravery or cowardice has nothing to do with it.
Calling for an orderly retreat and handing victory to our enemies (with or without OBL's head) is foolish, any way you look at it. It will have worldwide repercussions that will result in significantly more death and destruction than if we decided to press to victory.
By pulling out without victory - because OBL is just one player in the big picture of terror - would be of signal encouragement to the jihadists, and would tell those opposed to jihadists that they have no friends, nobody they could count on.
It would get very bloody, and we would not be any safer. The world outside our borders would likely get much more dangerous and deadlier, with many smaller countries erupting into sectarian wars.
This is why President Bush said OBL doesn't matter.
2007-03-12 15:09:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
The question is not when Bin Laden is caught, rather when Iraq and Afghanistan have the ability to defend their own borders and have stable governments. That is when withdrawal should happen, not before.
2007-03-12 14:52:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry to tell you but that makes absolutely no sense. What if I proposed staying in Iraq and had bin Laden's head in my hand would that make you change your mind????
2007-03-12 14:52:37 · answer #8 · answered by JHE123 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I don't have the inside scoop on what is really going on; if you do and can show me your credentials and present a logical plan then I would make a decision based upon a rational conclusion but I doubt if you know any more than I do so it is all academic.
2007-03-12 14:56:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am not calling a coward. I beleive that we have stay in Iraq for the long haul. Their army is not ready to engage in battalion size operations.
2007-03-12 14:54:29 · answer #10 · answered by c1523456 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋