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Originally Posted by Red Baron
We shouldn't pull out at all. We should get serious about defeating the enemy and lay the smack down.
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The only way we could abandon the region is if we were to actually use the oil fields that we have on American soil. Although I like the idea of using theirs first, the time is approaching for us to be energy independent. Once we are, the middle east will have a whole new attitude towards us. Until we do, we should hunker down and stay for the long haul. It'll take a generation for the Iraqi children who just witnessed their mothers vote for the first time to grow up and start getting involved in their destiny. We're still in Germany, for Christ's sake. Why is it any different for us to stay in Iraq until it can get on it's feet? Isn't that what we train our military for? Bring them home for what? Training? Exercises? They're military folks, and they are currently involved in what they are supposed to do.