Burn Baby Burn
Peter Daou knocks down the 10 limbed straw man espoused by the pro Iraq War faction of our nation. Only one problem with the list. Daou presents the common liberal myth the myth that in the Middle East "[t]he shifting alliances, the internal pressures, the regional influences, make it next to impossible to say whether or not the removal of American forces would further destabilize Iraq."
As I do support the continued presence of American troops in Iraq I cannot support Daou's claim that withdrawal from Iraq will not have catastrophic consequences. My one word response: Afghanistan. The US abandoned Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal, which created a power vacuum that allowed the Taliban to seize power. That situation didn't turn out so well for us. We don't need a repeat.
As I do support the continued presence of American troops in Iraq I cannot support Daou's claim that withdrawal from Iraq will not have catastrophic consequences. My one word response: Afghanistan. The US abandoned Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal, which created a power vacuum that allowed the Taliban to seize power. That situation didn't turn out so well for us. We don't need a repeat.
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