While sharing the need to get our coalition forces out of a lost cause in Iraq, it is easier said than done.
There are all sorts of pitfalls. The bottom line issue is whether the outcome will become so catastrophic that we (and others) will have to return to avoid a major conflagration in the entire Middle East! The world needs a level of stability in the Middle East.
The Economist provides a detailed overview of the issues that need to addressed should a policy be adopted to leave Iraq!
We are responsible for the mess! As Colin Powell indicated, "if you break it, you own it". (I wish that he was much stronger in getting this point across when he had the power to short-circuit the planned initiative).
I really enjoyed listening to former President Clinton on Larry King this week. He invoked a similar sentiment to Powell's "if you break it, you own it" but in reference to Afghanistan.
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