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Originally Posted by FastNinja76
Excellent question. Tough to answer though. IMO, I think that we continue to ride the sucess of the surge to its conclusion. While we keep the pressure up militarily, up the political pressure for Iraq to take over. Iraqi's have been volunteering in masses for the ministry of defense. By last Novemeber, I think the number was around 100,000 and growing. This change in strategy is working, pulling out now would be a bigger mistake than the way this war was managed through '06. Iraq needs the time to grow. Democracy (or a variant of it) is not dead in Iraq. With all the American soldiers lives lost to IED's and all the innocent lives lost because hiding extremists within their ranks, dont we have the responsibility to atleast see this through?
If its true that this conflict will last hundreds of years, then the "Iraq stage" will set the stage for the future. We must see this through.
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I doubt this conflict, at least in Iraq, will last the 100s of years but we'll have to accept a government that is not exactly democratic. I don't think democracy is right for Iraq. It's just not going to have the right type of people or culture to make a government that is similar to ours work. What Iraq needs, IMO, is a much more tougher government. THAT government is what needs to be phased out gradually as the country develops. This country, as may other third world countries, have a huge issue with despair. When people are desperate they are easily persuaded to be radicals. For them that is the only open option for a 'better' life, albeit it's going to be in the after life. Believing in a religion that is radicalized definitely not helping things much.
Here is what I think we shouldve done. This is again my opinion and mine only.
We should have addressed Afghanistan issue much more forcefully than we have thus far. We needed to catch and kill Ben Laden and company in such a manner that will make people's nose bleed when they think about attacking us. If we showed so much force and completed our mission in capturing Bin Laden, we would've had so much more convincing power to many other rogue nations, including Iraq. When you realize that you'll be annihilated if you attack us, people will think twice about doing it. Right now we are a laugh of the world and that dumb ass is jumping from cave to cave, house to house and we are still chasing his tale.
Iraq is not about terror. It's all about big business and oil. You don't have to believe me. Just do some research and read all the information that is available to us. Hell, you can go to the white house web site and get all kind of contradicting information that makes you wonder if these guys actually read what they write.
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