| kerry's camp made that a big promise during his campaign for prez.. while it sounds nice, it's a pipe dream imo.
the allies that went there with us have either withdrawn, have lowered their troop levels or have plans to withdraw/lower troop levels.. and it's not politically popular to send your troops into a war that's our modern-day vietnam. one where you have these psychopaths running around blowing themselves up and beheading civilians in the name of their god.
perhaps things can change for the better when bush finally leaves office. maybe public opinion is turning a little sour against islamists and they'd be willing to help. maybe germany may be willing ot help out. that could encourage other powers to help. to me, though, that sounds a lot like wishful thinking.
things over there are going to get worse before they're finally better. can't be certain, but with bush in charge, that seems like a real likely possibility. |