Why should a 20 year old marine from Alabama die in this Iraq War anymore?
Posted : October 18, 2006 at 5:07 pm [America/Los_Angeles]
But there are only two reasons now for the U.S. to remain in Iraq: because it thinks that staying will make things better or that leaving will make things drastically worse. Alas, it is increasingly hard to see how our presence is making things better…While leaving would no doubt exacerbate the civil war, staying in Iraq indefinitely to prevent even more Shiites and Sunnis from killing one another is not going to fly with the U.S. public much longer. Bob Woodward quoted President Bush as saying that he will not leave Iraq, even if the only ones still supporting him are his wife, Laura, and his dog Barney. If the jihadist Tet offensive continues gaining momentum, Mr. Bush may be left with just Barney.
- Thomas Friedman, “Barney and Baghdad”
Who is really fighting this so-called War on terrorism? I don’t think it would be accurate to say it’s the United States. From my vantage point, the only ones who are truly fighting (and thereby facing the music of this administration’s Iraq policy, failed or otherwise) are the men and women in US armed forces deployed in Iraq and their extended family. Everyone else is just opining. And it’s easy to give opinions when your own blood is not on the line.
- Anand
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