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To: Elroy who wrote (54810)	2/1/2007 9:20:23 AM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (2) of 90947

"Face it, it's in the best interests of the USA to leave Iraq and let the local population descend into anarchy and civil war. Sunnis and Shias killing each other for a decade or so in the ME leaves each other as the logical target for the violent extremists among them, and takes "the West" off the radar screen completely. What Sunni do you think is going to plot a bombing in a Dutch disco when you can go bomb the enemy Shia three blocks down the street? How much of a threat to anyone were Iran and Iraq during their 8 year war? ZERO. Leaving Iraq now would be the equivalent of figuring out how to get the North Koreans to attack the Chinese - suddenly, the threat from NK to our interests becomes nil. Same thing if Iraq descends into a Sunni-Shia all out war." Wow. Who knew? It's not "cut 'n' run" spinelessness or political opportunism or budding isolationism or secret leftist desires for America to be "taught a lesson" - it's pure Machiavelli. I feel so much better about the Democratic leadership now. ;-)

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