> Sgt Sorge wrote: > Your money analogy does not wash with me since it cannot be applied to > this scenario. In the context of this conversation,
I think you're suspending reality on this one. A large American presence in Iraq is impossible to continue for much longer for all kinds of reasons that have been detailed ad nauseum. No matter who's elected there'll be a draw down (faster with Obama, slower with McCain) and it'll be conducted with all of the language that's appealing to the most people (we've "won"; look at our "victory"; "rah, rah, and double yea!"; it was SO worth it). Then, when Iraq inevitably crumbles a year or 2 after, we'll say that we did our part and the new civil war is not our fault. There are those of us who will realize that we could've left 5 years ago and the same outcome would've happened: civll war. Others will insist that had we done that it would have been MUCH worse. Iraq will fade into selective history. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264369 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
