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A Democrat on why the Democrats are wrong on Iraq

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posted Tuesday, 22 May 2007
Bob Kerry  has a great column on why the Democrats are wrong on Iraq in opinionjournal.com titled, "The Left's Iraq Muddle. "  He writes:"Some who have been critical of this effort from the beginning have consistently based their opposition on their preference for a dictator we can control or contain at a much lower cost. From the start they said the price tag for creating an environment where democracy could take root in Iraq would be high. Those critics can go to sleep at night knowing they were right.

The critics who bother me the most are those who ordinarily would not be on the side of supporting dictatorships, who are arguing today that only military intervention can prevent the genocide of Darfur, or who argued yesterday for military intervention in Bosnia, Somalia and Rwanda to ease the sectarian violence that was tearing those places apart.

Suppose we had not invaded Iraq and Hussein had been overthrown by Shiite and Kurdish insurgents. Suppose al Qaeda then undermined their new democracy and inflamed sectarian tensions to the same level of violence we are seeing today. Wouldn't you expect the same people who are urging a unilateral and immediate withdrawal to be urging military intervention to end this carnage? I would."

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comments (1)


1. The Capt. left...
Tuesday, 22 May 2007 8:15 am

What many fail to see is that civil war is a natural progression to a stable government. Look, we had a civil war here that killed more people than we lost during WWII. If the people of Iraq want to fight each other, THAT'S THEIR PEROGATIVE! Right now, Al Qaeda is playing the United States, the Sunni and the Shia against each other and they are not smart enough to figure it out.

Bush should have been rendered a lame duck for invading Iraq in the first place while Osama, Mullah Omar and Al-Zawahiri are looked upon as prophets among Muslims around the world. Ignorance was contagious throughout this nation the last 6 years all stemming from fear. Now we find ourselves in patch mode - that's a failing policy right there.

It was Afghanistan that brought down the Soviet Union, not Reagan. And Osama and company are insuring that Iraq will be the downfall of this country.