Quick Notes #3
April 5th, 2007
Established: There is no “good” ending to the Iraq War. Whether we leave now or ten years from now, bloodshed and chaos will ensue. Staying on makes little difference, except to the grieving families of our own fallen troops. The insurgents aren’t going anywhere, and we’ll never clean them out (on the contrary, staying longer most likely inflates their numbers). The civil war based on sectarian feuds will not likely ebb soon, either. Iraq is an irreparable arterial gash, and we are simply applying pressure to it. This is important to realize because of all the claims made by conservatives of what terrible things will happen if we pull out “too soon.”