Any thoughts on Iraq pull out, too early?

[Anonymous]

Seems like we have come this far, why not stay until they are really stable.
FWIW, I was against the war in the first place.

[Anonymous]

There is no stability until after we leave. The insurgents who want us out will keep fighting until we are gone. The insurgents who want to topple the government will lay back until we leave, however long that is. They are patient because, depending on which insurgents, this is their country or their cause.

There is also a risk that if we don't give them the reins soon, their ability to take over will get worse and not better. They have had six years to prepare. They have 50,000 advisors to help them when they need it. And this is their country, which means that although they are not as experienced, it is their own people they are working with in the cities and towns. And it is their own country that they are fighting for.

I don't like the situation. I wish we never went in there. But that said, this is the time they have to step up.

[Anonymous]

If all hell breaks loose, what happpens then? Would "we" have to go back in, or would NATO send in troups, or what? Anyone?

[Anonymous]

We would have to go back in. We broke it, we bought it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We would have to go back in. We broke it, we bought it.

50,000 troop[s still there. Does that sound like a "pull out"? If Taliban rears its ugly head, combat troops will return. The problem is that Westerners (US and Europe) do not understand the Middle Eastern mind set just as US did not understand Viet Nam mind se--young lives lost for absolutely nothing.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We would have to go back in. We broke it, we bought it.

50,000 troop[s still there. Does that sound like a "pull out"? If Taliban rears its ugly head, combat troops will return. The problem is that Westerners (US and Europe) do not understand the Middle Eastern mind set just as US did not understand Viet Nam mind se--young lives lost for absolutely nothing.

If the Taliban rears it's head in Iraq, we have bigger problems then we realize. Middle Easterners have a really screwed up mindset. They don't like when foreign troops occupy their countries. We Americans will never understand how they can have such attitudes.

[Anonymous]

Jeff, do you mean that we would not welcome a 50,00 strong Yemeni outpost in MoCo? Other than checkpoints on the way to the grocery store and an occasional family gunned down now and then, is it really that big a deal?

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:Jeff, do you mean that we would not welcome a 50,00 strong Yemeni outpost in MoCo? Other than checkpoints on the way to the grocery store and an occasional family gunned down now and then, is it really that big a deal?

As long as they paint the occasional classroom, I'd be all for that.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We would have to go back in. We broke it, we bought it.

50,000 troop[s still there. Does that sound like a "pull out"? If Taliban rears its ugly head, combat troops will return. The problem is that Westerners (US and Europe) do not understand the Middle Eastern mind set just as US did not understand Viet Nam mind se--young lives lost for absolutely nothing.

If the Taliban rears it's head in Iraq, we have bigger problems then we realize. Middle Easterners have a really screwed up mindset. They don't like when foreign troops occupy their countries. We Americans will never understand how they can have such attitudes.

Well, Jeff, I just never know when you are being faceieous or when your're just kidding.

[Anonymous]

Facetious - I do not think that word means what you think it means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Facetious - I do not think that word means what you think it means.

I bet she not only knows what it means, but is giving an example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Facetious - I do not think that word means what you think it means.

fa·ce·tious / f??si ??s / Show Spelled [ f uh - see -sh uh s ] Show IPA –adjective 1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: This is my definition, though, I admit to misspelling sin. Please flog me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Facetious - I do not think that word means what you think it means.

I bet she not only knows what it means, but is giving an example.

No, her sentence implies that being facetious and "kidding" are opposites, when they are nearly synonyms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Facetious - I do not think that word means what you think it means.

I bet she not only knows what it means, but is giving an example.

Give this man a cigar. He is correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Facetious - I do not think that word means what you think it means.

I bet she not only knows what it means, but is giving an example.

No, her sentence implies that being facetious and "kidding" are opposites, when they are nearly synonyms.

No, I am not implying that facetious and kidding are opposite. The PP who wrote I bet she not only knows what it means, but is giving an example is correct.