Mission Accomplished, so go home now.
Republicans, The War in Iraq June 6th, 2007
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Remember this picture? You should, this is after the war was won, however we haven’t left just yet. The rhetoric of the Republican party right now is one that states, “if we are defeated in Iraq they will follow us home”. The problem is not only are we not defeated we have already accomplished our mission, so why are we there? The Republicans have backed themselves into a box with the withdrawal equals defeat issue. If they simply would have said “we win” and went home they could have celebrated their “war on terror” as a victory. Instead we are stuck in Iraq with no real realistic benchmark for when the war is won. Surely the war needs to be won or lost at some point right? That whole model of a war on terrorism means we fight until there are no terrorists. Okay then what is a terrorist and how exactly do we know that they are no longer a threat? The same grey area that let the Bush administration go to war at will keeps them embattled in a battle they no longer want.” Mission Accomplished” indeed.
June 7th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Failed states create terrorism. America along with the World Bank and the IMF have contributed their fair share to failed states the world over. Terrorism is an ideology and to fight against an ideology one must fight with ideas not military might. The longer we are there the more terrorism we create, if we completely leave the terrorist will use it against us for sure. If we focused all the billions probably trillions of dollars we have spent since “the mission was accomplished” we could have shored up our own security at home and invested in ways worldwide to build states in order for them to maintain security for their own populations. The slippery slope this administration has been leaning on has led us straight into a hole.
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