Thread: Let's ask the Iraqis

In the upcoming Presidential primaries, Americans will have the chance to choose among candidates who propose immediate withdrawal from Iraq (Richardson), rapid drawdowns (Edwards and Obama), open-ended commitment to the war (Giuliani, Romney, McCain), or a resigned middle ground, notably Hillary Clinton, who acknowledges that the occupation will likely endure well into the next Presidential term no matter which party occupies the White House.


The Iraqi people have no such choice, even though it’s their future that is at stake—and even though the creation of a democratic republic, one in which the Iraqis command their own destiny, has been a stated goal of the war. According to President Bush, American troops will leave whenever the Iraqis ask us to. “It’s their government’s choice,” he has said. “If they were to say, leave, we would leave.” But while the Iraqi government is divided and uncertain about the presence of occupying forces, the will of the Iraqi people has been clear from the beginning: they want the troops withdrawn.

...a Zogby poll found that two-thirds of Iraqis wanted the U.S. and British forces to leave the country within a year, and more than half said that the Iraqis should be left alone to set up their own government. ...

Ask the Iraqis: Comment: The New Yorker

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Okay. So which is it? We leave we WE'RE ready or when the Iraqis ask us to?

*crickets*

Originally Posted by Davocrat

Okay. So which is it? We leave we WE'RE ready or when the Iraqis ask us to?

It was "suppose to be" when the Iraqis said, but since the "Mission" isn't "Accomplished," Big Dog Bush will continue to talk down to the Iraqis and tell them, "I'LL tell YOU when we're ready to leave; you don't tell me!"

I have to wonder what Bushco would do if we DID withdraw today and there was no "bloodbath."

Do you think they'd start funding insurgents?

Originally Posted by Davocrat

I have to wonder what Bushco would do if we DID withdraw today and there was no "bloodbath."

Do you think they'd start funding insurgents?

Wait! Let's ask the Iraqi expert, FFA, first. Mr "Bloodbath after we leave" himself!

Good post Dave. When was this ever about the Iraqis? Oh, I remember! It became about Iraqi freedom when the fact that Hussien had nothing to do with Bin Laden and AQ was exposed and the WMD scam played out.

Originally Posted by Common Sense Craig

It was "suppose to be" when the Iraqis said, but since the "Mission" isn't "Accomplished," Big Dog Bush will continue to talk down to the Iraqis and tell them, "I'LL tell YOU when we're ready to leave; you don't tell me!"

It's left wing thinkers that 'talk down' to Iraqis, treating them like kids, makin the assumption that they don't have the ability to handle the government that we can.

Originally Posted by The God Fearing

It's left wing thinkers that 'talk down' to Iraqis, treating them like kids, makin the assumption that they don't have the ability to handle the government that we can.

Bullshit. The RIGHT has been voicing concerns about the Islamic culture being unwilling to "get along."

Originally Posted by Common Sense Craig

Wait! Let's ask the Iraqi expert, FFA, first. Mr "Bloodbath after we leave" himself!

I guess he can't stomach the birth pangs of liberty unless it's a US placenta.