Second Chances

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Getting this war expeditiously lost would mean what, ten years down the road, or twenty? World War One set up World War Two, you know.

I don't have a crystal ball, but my best guess is that if we left Iraq, it would end up being very similar to the situation in Somalia. Lots of warlord type people fighting for dominance. Without the common enemy of the US military, they will turn on each other even more. There will be a resulting refugee crisis, and we must be prepared to help with that. It will be a bad situation, but not significantly worse than it is now. It's already bad today.