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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: sandintoes who wrote (758074)1/25/2007 2:10:15 PM
From: pompsander  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
"America's national interest is to protect us against terrorists..if you can't understand that, then you are rather dim.. "

That's just too simplistic. There are terrorists in Pakistan right now. In Yemen, in Lebanon, in Indonesia. Should we invade them all? Should we ignore them while we spend billions in Iraq forever?

Tell me this: If a Shia death squad pulls a bunch of Sunni tradesmen out of their homes, ties their hands behind their backs, executes them and then the Sunni's retaliate by killing the relatives of those Shia.....what has that got to do with our fight with "terrorism".

It is the sectarian civil war most of us think is a waste of America's money, blood and time.

We can fight terrorism better elsewhere, believe me.

In a few weeks everyone will be echoing what Buddy has been saying here for months: Pull our troops back to the borders of Iraq and let the Iraqis settle interenal Iraqi problems. We will still be in the region, but not in the middle. If this helps bring Iraq to its senses, great.

McCain is already hinting at it. Hagel has said the same thing.
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