| I will not claim to predict the future. Would the consequences of pulling out now be worse than they would be a year from now when another thousand or two more American soliders have died? In Vietnam while Nixon negotiated a "peace with honor" 20,000 soldiers died, and in the end Nixon got no more by than he would have gotten at the beginning of the negotiations.
In Iraq I think we should set a date certain by which we will pull out. With the concurrence of our puppet regime, excuse me, with the sovereign government of Iraq, we would invite in UN peace keepers, without conditions, and assist in the transition. We would also agree to continue funding Iraqi rebuilding.
Whatever happens, we are not the solution to Iraqi violence. We are the cause. The longer we stay the worse it will get.
Rick
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." Sinclair Lewis |