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Originally Posted by Tobra
while I am certain you would disagree, I think he may just be referring to the fact that none of the "get all the troops out today" folks appear to appreciate the potential downside to doing this. They don't seem to look at the situation realistically.
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You're wrong. I know who he was referring to. My question back to him was...well, it's in the post.
I've never advocated "getting all the troops out today". First, that's a logistical impossibility. Second, it would leave a power vacuum that might suck in the bad guys and cause us even more trouble than we've managed to create for ourselves already.
I believe we should get out of Iraq as soon as we possibly can and I believe we have stupidly created a situation there that makes it extremely difficult to do so.
When the war whoops started up before the invasion, I'm on record as stating "Bad, bad mistake to do this! Watch and see what happens." So what I'm seeing comes as no surprise; my prediction that the aftermath of an invasion would be bloody and controversial, with ever diminishing public support being correct is of no comfort to me.
Your comment, in the requisite green, is laughable. There are two sides to this argument, both having their good points as well as their bad points and neither is devoid of reason if one has an open enough mind to attempt to look objectively at both sides.