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**Seeseeskeva** · 04-04-2010, 02:35 PM

This administration has demonstrated time-and-again they don't give a rat's ass who approves of their actions,even when the vast majority of Americans disagrees with them.

The critics would, none the less, undoubtedly be the minority. The US public isn't ready for another long-term military engagement. The most they'd accept is a large-scale aerial campaign and special forces missions.

Well, suppose Bush pulled out immediately after the overthrow of Ba'ath party's rule of Iraq, let's say, end of April 2003, no American or coalition troops left in the region, suppose we left them as they were after the lootings. You don't think the protestations from Dems, Americans, and service members in general, not to mention the rest of the world including our coalition allies, would make a political dent on GOP's rule, or popularity, and diminish it's financial support from its corporate contributers including the energy conglomerates and military contractors- for the next 10 years to come?

I think it will. And I didn't even mention the Iraqis, or the terrorists, which are consequences in their own right. But the GOP (or Dems) never cared about those two so we can keep those outta the picture.

Unless you are talking some kind of intermediary solution, between an occupation like the one in Iraq, and pulling out comepletely. Well, what would that be?

04-04-2010, 02:35 PM	#40
Seeseeskeva Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 419 Senior Member	This administration has demonstrated time-and-again they don't give a rat's ass who approves of their actions,even when the vast majority of Americans disagrees with them. The critics would, none the less, undoubtedly be the minority. The US public isn't ready for another long-term military engagement. The most they'd accept is a large-scale aerial campaign and special forces missions. Well, suppose Bush pulled out immediately after the overthrow of Ba'ath party's rule of Iraq, let's say, end of April 2003, no American or coalition troops left in the region, suppose we left them as they were after the lootings. You don't think the protestations from Dems, Americans, and service members in general, not to mention the rest of the world including our coalition allies, would make a political dent on GOP's rule, or popularity, and diminish it's financial support from its corporate contributers including the energy conglomerates and military contractors- for the next 10 years to come? I think it will. And I didn't even mention the Iraqis, or the terrorists, which are consequences in their own right. But the GOP (or Dems) never cared about those two so we can keep those outta the picture. Unless you are talking some kind of intermediary solution, between an occupation like the one in Iraq, and pulling out comepletely. Well, what would that be?
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