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Originally posted by sycamore
Actually, I think it would be pretty fucking funny if we just upped and left. I've been thinking about that one a lot lately.
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You would then get strong opposition from one who was against this whole boondoogle from the very beginning - me. I opposed it, in part, because there was no turning back. We are now stuck there because this administration had no exit strategy and repeatedly ignored warnings from those who knew better. This administration had their rhetoric and that was all they needed to hear. Only those who agreed with the rhetoric were heard. UN opposition was because we were wrong to invade Iraq and now must pay the price. We cannot leave.
I even heard a comment from an administration that sounded just like the famous expresson - "light at the end of the tunnel".
Today, a Civil Engineering organization reports that infrastructure programs have all but come to a standstill. We should start seeing the associated problems starting in about four years. Too much money on defense of missile that don't exist using technology that does not work. Too much money trying to police the world. We have returned to problems that were characteristic of Vietnam. Plenty of money for the military - debt everywhere else. That is why a president is suppose to see more than just fear and enemies everywhere.
We got the president that right wing extremists love - beause they too see hate and fear everywhere. Now we are stuck.