I never "acknowledged" that the US "has a responsibility to remain in Iraq".
You didn't? Well, either you're trying to change your position, cover your tracks by lying, or just don't know what you believe from day to day..
Please recall the discussion:
Message 19033609
Hi Hawkmoon; Re: (my comments) "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?"
(your comment) 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.
So which is it Bilow... Should we stay or should we just pack up and go?
I don't think that there is any leader in Iraq who can control the situation. I think that Iraq is doomed to follow the Lebanese example after we pull out.
So just quit, right?
Throw in the towel without even making an effort, right?
Just admit defeat and create even more instability in the region?
Our situation somewhat mirrors that of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. That is, until we leave, we will be faced with rebellion. After we leave, the country will dissolve in civil war.
What happened to the Vietnam analogy? Will you acknowledge that one of the primary reasons the Afghanis were able to defeat the Soviets is because the US was providing them with tremendous amounts of weapons and equipment which eventually make the price of their occupation too high to bear?
The problem is not that the majority of the Iraqis hated us, but that there was a sizable minority that was willing to do whatever it took to get us out, and the vast majority were not willing to risk their own skins to help us out.
Fight fire with fire. Support a rival faction to do our "dirty work" for us and battle that minority faction. Terror on terror, but dealt out by other Iraqis who have had enough and fear being subjugated by that group. Use US/UK forces as the "sledgehammer" where local officials are unable to "nail down" these armed factions. Eventually the groups will call a truce and learn to live together.
But once again, you're willing to abandon the majority who desire our assistance, but who are too scare and weak to defend themselves, to be thrown to an aggressive minority, ruthless in their actions.
Just leave the sheep to be slaughtered, right?
How noble... And shades of Ruwanda... Will you bear also bear responsibility for the resulting massacres that take place after we leave?
Hawk |
