it *is* the domino argument.

On 11/18/05, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We broke it? I thought the whole point of going in was that Saddam had
> broken it.
>
> I cannot in my wildest imagination ever imagine any scenario where Iraq will
> be stablized. Regardless of when we leave, chaos is going to erupt.
>
> This sounds remarkably like the Domino argument for why we couldn't leave
> Vietnam.
>
>
> On 11/18/05, Howie Hamlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > We have to stay becuase of the Pottery Barn rule - we broke it now we have
> > to fix it. If we leave now the country will likely become far worse than it
> > is now and might even erupt into a 3-way civil war and could potentially
> > draw Turkey, Syria and Iran into the conflict. We have to stay until the
> > country is stabilized.
> >
> >
>
>
> 

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