In article , jherring$$@
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On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 12:31:50 -0800, jps wrote:

In article .net,
says...

"basskisser" wrote in message
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But the real mystery of Iraq is why we're still there. There are no
WMDs; Saddam is in custody. Why, now, are we still sacrificing troops
and dollars on a guerilla war that will never be won?

What is today's price for funding a president's effort to save face?

So the author supports the immediate withdrawal from Iraq? That's one of
the stupidest things that I've heard. Did you happen to read the piece in
today's NY Times entitled "U.S. Says Files Seek Qaeda Aid in Iraq Conflict"?
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (a senior leader of al Qaeda running the terrorist
operation in Iraq) wrote the following in a plea for help to al Qaeda
leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan:

"We can pack up and leave (Iraq) and look for another land, just like what
has happened in so many lands of jihad. Our enemy is growing stronger day
after day, and its intelligence information increases.

"By God, this is suffocation!" the writer says.

http://tinyurl.com/2crvc

Leaving now would mean allowing the terrorists to win.

Which is exactly what Bush and his political handlers want to see
happen. It's the more politically expedient to be out of Iraq prior to
election time, you see.

It's becoming clearer by the day that this war was a nation-building
effort funded by American tax dollars. $250 Billion of 'em. Imagine
what 10% of that budget applied to our social infrastructure would do...

Eisenhower's fear is still valid after all these years.

jps

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I've heard not one mention from anyone in the administration about our
bringing the troops home before the election. Of course, I don't read
or see everything. Could you post a reference to that, please?

"Out" doesn't necessarily mean out as in home. It means that Bush could
claim the situation is resolved and we're going to participate as "peace
keepers" while the situation continues to stabilize.

The point is, Karl Rove is groping for a way that this administration
could lay claim to resolution in Iraq, even if it means their government
ends up ill-formed.

The Chickenhawk's war didn't pan out as they'd have liked. Now it's
back and fill time so they don't get thrown out of power. Can't finish
something you started if you aren't running the show...

jps