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**casinochniks** · 02-14-2006, 10:58 AM

Leave, and leave now. Just declare victory and leave. I used to think that we "owed it" to the Iraqi people to make sure we leave behind a free and stable government, but now I think that for democracy to work in Iraq, the U.S. needs to withdraw. How can a democracy get started under an occupation? Most Iraqi citizens don't want us there any longer. Let them run their own country.

Did we get Saddam? Yes. Did we get the WMD? No, oops, they either didn't exist or they were moved out of the country, depending on who you believe.

Weren't those the two big reasons to go into Iraq in the first place? Bush said it - mission accomplished - let's bring the troops home ... so they can get a brief break before we invade another country.

02-14-2006, 10:58 AM	#8
casinochniks Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 416 Senior Member	Leave, and leave now. Just declare victory and leave. I used to think that we "owed it" to the Iraqi people to make sure we leave behind a free and stable government, but now I think that for democracy to work in Iraq, the U.S. needs to withdraw. How can a democracy get started under an occupation? Most Iraqi citizens don't want us there any longer. Let them run their own country. Did we get Saddam? Yes. Did we get the WMD? No, oops, they either didn't exist or they were moved out of the country, depending on who you believe. Weren't those the two big reasons to go into Iraq in the first place? Bush said it - mission accomplished - let's bring the troops home ... so they can get a brief break before we invade another country.
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