A Premature Troop Withdrawal Would Have Horrible Ramifications
Democrats have succeeded in passing a timetable on troop withdrawals for Iraq. President Bush vows to veto it.
The Democrats also succeeded in one more thing- sending a message to our enemies: “Fight us as hard as you can, and we will leave and let you win.”
Whether we like it or not, we ARE engaged in this struggle, and for us to walk away and just give up because things are not going well, would be a huge mistake with horrible long term consequences.
To those calling for a premature withdrawal, I pose the following questions: What will happen to Iraq when our troops leave? Will the sectarian violence cease when coalition boots are no longer on the ground? Would people stop dying if our troops were to leave now? Of course not.
As we watch our brave soldiers dying on TV, our hearts break and many of us cry out, “Stop this! Do whatever it takes to keep our brave sons and daughters from dying!” Of course the quickest way to get our soldiers out of harm’s way is to get them out of the danger zone of Iraq. Therefore, most Democrats and many Americans are calling for this.
I wish the situation was that simple. Even those calling for withdrawal admit the strong possibility that if our troops were to leave now, Iraq would descend into inconceivable chaos. If we leave, and Iraq becomes a safe haven for terrorist to plan more attacks like 9-11, and Iraq gives Iran a comfortable place to promote their horrific agenda, the next battle we will have to fight with the Islamic extremists will be even worse than the one we are engaged in today.
Today’s main battlefield is Iraq. If we give them Iraq, the battlefield will shift closer. Do not be fooled. We WILL have to fight the Islamic extremists. It is only a question of where. Make no mistake about it. This struggle will continue. The battlefield will either be over there or over here. Whether it is in the streets of Baghdad or on a airliner over the skies of New York, Pennsylvania, or D.C., Americans will have to fight.
Therefore, let us choose to have these terrorists hunted down and killed by our brave soldiers on their side of the world, rather than our innocent civilians hunted down and killed by these terrorists on our side of the world.
When a group of people want to destroy your way of life, there are no pleasant options.
September 11th proved this.
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Are you suggesting that this fighting will never end, and we should forever occupy Iraq and other nations that are "Islamic radicals"?
I sympathise with your point that Iraq may grow worse if we leave. But unless you indeed plan on occupying Iraq forever, how do you define victory? What, specifically, has to take place before America should leave? And what if it never happens? What makes you think it will ever happen?
I cannot agree with Norfolk. If you can say that Iraq would get worse if we left then how than that not contridict with a "set timetable." What if the Muslim Extremists don't follow our itinerary? We have to take what ever measures are necessary to make sure our troops efforts weren't in vain. If we increase the numbers we'll be stronger in the fight. We'll win and we can come home. That's just my opinion.
Elfinesmom,
I agree with you that the best case scenario would be to win and come home. My concern, though, is in how to define "win." The longer this war continues, the murkier that end becomes.
I'm not saying that we should leave. I think it was a huge mistake to go in in the first place, but now that we're there, I think you're probably right that it's premature to leave.
But I think that leaving sooner rather than later would not necessarily mean our troops' efforts were in vain. Under that rationale, we could conceivably stay there forever, just to try and justify to the troops families that it was all worth it. Even if we leave when it would clearly not be a victory, e.g., now, that doesn't mean our troops efforts were in vain. They did and cointinue to do their job. If the overall policy fails, that doesn't mean their efforts were in vain.
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