mmarsh
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MarineRhodes
If we stay, we have a chance, however small or large, that we can bring some kind of stability to the country.
That's where you are mistaken. There is NO chance, not even a teeny-weeny one. The reason there is no chance is because the Sunni and the Shiite have no interest in living in peace with each other. We cannot make people live in peace if they don't want to. You have a better chance of selling sand to the Saudis then you do of getting these two sides to tolerate each other. The Sunni and Shiite have been killing each other since the 12th century. That's 800 YEARS of hatred. You cannot just switch it off.
There are only 2 things they agree on. 1) The hate us and 2) that they want us out.
The other thing the military says is that the fact we are in Iraq is HELPING al-Qaeda.
As to your question what happens if we withdraw? Simply put, Iraq will become a bloodbath. But thats inevitable. What people here don't understand is that these people are religious fanatics, they WANT to kill each other.
The only choice is whether we keep sacrificing our forces for the inevitable or not.
If we stay, we have a chance, however small or large, that we can bring some kind of stability to the country.
That's where you are mistaken. There is NO chance, not even a teeny-weeny one. The reason there is no chance is because the Sunni and the Shiite have no interest in living in peace with each other. We cannot make people live in peace if they don't want to. You have a better chance of selling sand to the Saudis then you do of getting these two sides to tolerate each other. The Sunni and Shiite have been killing each other since the 12th century. That's 800 YEARS of hatred. You cannot just switch it off.
There are only 2 things they agree on. 1) The hate us and 2) that they want us out.
The other thing the military says is that the fact we are in Iraq is HELPING al-Qaeda.
As to your question what happens if we withdraw? Simply put, Iraq will become a bloodbath. But thats inevitable. What people here don't understand is that these people are religious fanatics, they WANT to kill each other.
The only choice is whether we keep sacrificing our forces for the inevitable or not.
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