when will we be able to leave Iraq in a stable government?

Question

i am a lib. i ask when will we be able yo leave iraq in a stable government?
there is no good solution for iraq if we stay till the government can stand on its own feet, how long will that take? my guess is 10 to15 years or more.
if we pull out now how will we justify the genoside/civil war that will follow?

Answer 1

Currently their government is made up of people stealing as much as they can and socking it away. They will continue to do that as long as they can. When forced out they will be replaced by other people doing the same thing.

Answer 2

Arriving at a stable government in Iraq would amount to victory for Bush. He would finally win!

It won't happen because winning in Iraq is more difficult than herding a thousand cats out of the woods onto a moving merry-go-round.

It helps to know who the fighters are. In corner number one there are the Kurds. Their population is about 1/6 of the total in Iraq. They have a lot of oil in their sector in the North, have a good army, no insecurity, very few attacks, and no serious complaints.

The Kurds are giving a little help to the Shi'ites in corner number two. These guys are about 4/6 of the total population. They have a lot of oil in their sector in the South and East, now that Bush got rid of Sadaam Hussein. They also have received a lot of armament and training, also from Bush, for the last few years. They are even being helped by Shi'ite Iran, our sworn enemy! Lately, they are using Iranian IEDs to kill our guys, too. They are divided into two main factions that are fighting each other over the oil when they are not fighting Sadaam's old gang.

Sadaam's old gang are the Sunnis in corner number three. They are the remaining 1/6th of Iraq's population but, before Bush's invasion, they had all the weapons. were running all of Iraq, and controlled all the oil. They and the Shi'ites have been killing each other for 1300 years. Now, as insurgents, they would like to get back at least some of the oil. They still have some of their weapons and can hit and run, but can't hold a position very long. They avoid our guys if they can and do most of their damage to the Shi'ites with suicide bombers coming in from all over the world - an endless supply.

The Sunnis were helped somewhat by incoming Al-Qaeda Sunnis in corner number four, who want to train with live targets (our guys) and do the jihad thing. Lately the more moderate Sunni tribes are killing them. The last ones standing will leave when the targets leave. The dangerous plotters are all in Pakistan, anyway.

Our guys are in corner number five. There are about 160K of them, well-armed and courageous, but poorly led. After deposing Sadaam, their Commander-in-Chief held a democratic election, which the Shi'ites naturally won and will always win with 4 Shi'ites per Sunni. (They were the ones with the purple fingers.) Now the C-i-C wants the Shi'ites to give some oil to the Sunnis, their blood enemy, and can't understand why they won't. He also wants the Sunnis to pay taxes to the Shi'ites, their blood enemy, and can't understand why they won't. The C-i-C should ask his father why "reconciliation" and a "National Unity Government" will never, never, never happen.

The Shi'ites could defeat the Sunnis, but prefer not to. They would rather keep getting more equipment and training as long as possible. So they pretend weakness and political stalemate. It's a con and our guys are being killed for no good reason.

Bush can beg and beg, but these guy will never live together in peace. They have to fight it out without our interference - or anybody else's interference - until they have had enough and can agree on boundaries for Kurdistan, Sunnistan, and Shiastan.

If the C-i-C had brains, he would take our guys out of combat and move them to strategic border areas where they could be supplied or could exit with relative safety. They could keep the war from speading and protect Kurdistan and other nations.

But he has no brains - or else he would prefer to stay the course until he leaves office and then blame his disaster on the next president.

Unfortunately, none of the presidential candidates from either party are much smarter than Bush. They haven't yet figured it out.

Answer 3

When we get ourselves out of Iraq and allow the Iraqi people to sort out the mess that George W. Bush created there.

Answer 4

Regardless of why, who or when we need to stay until Iraq can defend and govern it's self. unfortunately some idiot thought it was a good idea,so now we have to deal with very old rivalries and worse religious belief's. anyway IF we stay
generations.

Answer 5

When there is an Iraq government strong enough to kick extremists out of their country

Answer 6

Good question we've only been at it since 1776..... Are we stable yet?

Answer 7

the chinese will cut off our funds before that long. and do you really think thats bush's plan. lol

Answer 8

You can leave anytime .You could care less.