Hi Hawkmoon; Re: "I see.. just pack up shop and leave them all of them to their own devices, right? No responsibility for the massacres, starvation, and civil war that would result, right?"
No, we do have responsibility for all that. The blood is on our hands because of your moronic foreign policy. But to stay there will only draw more blood.
You think I don't know shit about Iraq. Well, I understand human nature. And a respected US supported Iraqi agrees with me, not you:
Iraqi Leader Asks U.S. to Stop Military Sweeps
NY Times, June 14, 2003
Adnan Pachachi, a respected elder Iraqi statesman encouraged by Bush administration officials to enter postwar politics here, criticized the United States military today for its increasingly aggressive operations in Iraq and said they should be suspended while an interim Iraqi government is formed over the next month.
Mr. Pachachi said that military sweeps through civilian areas with mass arrests, interrogations and gun battles, intended to suppress the remnants of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party and military command, were inflaming sentiments against the American and British occupation.
He predicted that if such sweeps continued, they would be "exploited by the Baathists," and he added, "It would be much better if we didn't have these operations."
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nytimes.com
Now go find an Iraqi who agrees with the administration on how to pacify the country, LOL.
-- Carl |
