They needed protection from Hussein. I think the US presence is the only thing standing in the way of total civil war.
Before someone paints me as a pro war activist, I'm not, but like I said we're there now, and all of the anti-war protesting in the world isn't going to change that. We won't just set down our weapons and pull out, and given the current situation there, we shouldn't, regardless of whether we might have created the whole mess or not. Bottom line: we need to implement a decisive strategy for 1) putting down the insurgency 2) putting the Iraqi government in a strong enough position to defend itself against any new insurgency 3) getting our troops out safely, with as little bloodshed on all sides. Now... given that we have a lame duck vice president and the puppet that he pulls the strings of, I don't think this will happen before 2008. Scott A. Stewart ColdFusion Developer GNSI 11820 Parklawn Dr Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 770-9610 -----Original Message----- From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 2:25 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: <Poll> Should The US Leave Iraq? Well, US soldiers hand out candy to kids and help build schools, while insurgents try to kill children and blow up schools. So....in that capacity, i'm sure they see the Americans as "protectors". But here's the problem....the only reason they need protection by the Americans, is BECAUSE of the Americans. You know, every time Bush says "we've taken the fight to them", i cringe. Because where, exactly, have we taken the fight to? That's right, the residential streets of Iraq. Insurgent bombs are blowing up Iraqi civilians and Iraq buildings because Americans are among the Iraqi civilians, and because Americans are populating Iraqi buildings. We took our fight with terrorists, and put it on the front lines in Iraqi cities and towns, because we'd rather have innocent Iraqi civilians die than innocent American civilians. Wow, that's some message for the Iraqi's to rally behind us!! >I think the question of should we or shouldn't we be there at this point is > irrelevant. We're there... Sen. Cain has made some very valid points, we > need a decisive insurgent strategy, we don't have one. Protecting the > Iraqi > people from the insurgency also speaks to the "hearts and minds" issue, it > would put the US troops in the role of protector in the view of the > Iraqis, > not the role of invader. > > sas > > Scott A. Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:181591 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
