“Helping” Iraq

By Daniel Miessler on September 24th, 2005: Tagged as Politics
  • Brian
    How about your option #1, but we wait until things won't go to hell
    when we leave?

    I believe #2 is not possible. The media loves a disaster - "If it
    bleeds, it leads" is a given. (isn't it?) I do not believe that the
    American military would be able to get CNN, NPR, the BBC and Al
    Jazeera (not to mention all the bloggers) to "pretend the Iraqis are
    in charge."

    You allow that leaving early and letting it all go to hell would "make
    the sacrifices of everyone killed nearly worthless" and then go on to
    say that we should help them build an anti-American government if
    that's what they want.

    Wouldn't that also diminsh the sacrifices of the coalition dead and of
    the innocents deliberately targeted by the "insurgents"?

    I mean no offense to you - I know this is a topic that gets emotions
    going very easily. If I worded something poorly, please believe my
    purpose is to understand your view of the situation. ("grep
    understanding" and all.)
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