"thunder" wrote in message
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On Tue, 23 May 2006 01:25:01 +0000, Calif Bill wrote:

Forget the
war in Iraq, most do not like the way it is being run, but we are stuck
there, and most of the people who vote realize this.

I don't mean to jump to severely on what I am sure is an off-handed
comment, but I'd point out, *we* are not stuck there. Some 140,000 odd
young Americans are, and death is their daily reminder. To me, if it
weren't for Iraq, Bush would be just another inept President, of which
this country has a long list. However, make no mistake, the "buck" for
this war stops on this Presidents desk. That buck includes 2,500 young
American deaths, some 17,000 American wounded, and some 40,000 Iraqi
civilian deaths.

Was not an offhand comment. Was a thoughtful comment. We are at war with
Muslim extremists. Most of the country realize this. The Iraq war was as
ill advised as opening up the Russian Front in the 1940's. But if we pull
out now, you do not think the Muslim extremists will not only be emboldened
but have a recruiting bonanza? We will be having lots of suicide bombers
right here in the USA. We are stuck now, and have to figure out a way to
disengage while leaving a semi-functional Iraq. If they crash in to total
extremism later, will not be the disaster that just pulling out now would
be. We could have won in Viet Nam in less than a year after we pulled out.
The Tet Offensive decimated the VC. Thet lost 40-50 thousand. Most of
their equipment, etc. But we were told we lost the Tet Offensive by Walter
Cronkite, etc, and the American people had had enough. So a couple million
Cambodians, and Vietnamese died in the following purges.