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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: ManyMoose who wrote (63790)5/6/2008 3:56:07 PM
From: Sam  Read Replies (1) of 542233
 
So you think if we pull out again, leaving the Iraqis who believed us and voted will not be punished for that by the insurgents, taliban, and all the bad guys?

First, the "taliban" aren't in Iraq. They are in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Second, the "insurgents" are just people. There are insurgents who are Shia and insurgents who are Sunni, and the Turks would say that there are insurgents who are Kurds as well. There are different factions of Shia, and different factions of Sunni and different factions of Kurds. And probably factions within factions. Which ones of these are "the bad guys"? I dare say that some of those who voted could also be considered "insurgents" by someone or another. And I daresay that many of those who voted didn't "believe us" and weren't dancing and throwing flowers in the streets.

I take it you want to leave US soldiers in Iraq for a hundred years more.
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