No Win
I am almost completely at a loss as to what we should be doing now re:
Iraq. On one hand, I bitterly opposed our conquest of the nation from the
outset. But one of the main reasons I so strenuously opposed it is that I
believe in the so-called "Pottery Barn principle:" that is, you break it,
you buy it. We have broken Iraq, and it is now our responsibility. But
just because the responsibility is ours does not mean it is in our power
to discharge that responsibility.
I have a cousin who served in Iraq for about a year-and-a-half. Although
he's never been a fan of the Bush administration, he believed in the Iraq
war. Not after his mission was over. He seems somewhat conflicted now,
still believing that the war was the right thing to do (on that we
disagree) but that the Bush admin has so screwed it up that it's perhaps
impossible to "succeed" there now (on this we agree).
I don't know what to do now. Leaving our young men and women there for an ill-concieved, poorly executed and indefinite war is clearly untenable, but so is overthrowing a government and destabilizing the region, then just walking
away.
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