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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: one_less who wrote (167415)7/27/2005 2:37:52 PM
From: neolib  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 

2)If we left Iraq under the current conditions there would be violent uprisings from tribal, political, fundamental, fascist, racist, and economic extremists. The empathetic Muslims from around the world would take sides which involves at least 1.4 billion people. The secular interests from around the world would not let their interests be overlooked so they would take sides too. The blood bath that followed would make the holocaust of Nazi Germany look like a cake walk. That is reason enough for me to think it would be irresponsible and wrong.

If we left Iraq, most the the insurgents cause would be gone. If civil war did break out, Iran would come in and help the Shia deal with the Sunnis with or without the Kurds help. Unfortunately, this is precisely what Bush does not want to see happen, so we are stuck in Iraq.

IMO, the current Iraqi government will continue to cozy up with Iran diplomatically and more to the point, economically, so it is irrelevant anyway. We may as well leave sooner than later.
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