Democratic Debate

[dmek25]

it all seems like it boils down to weather or not you agree with the united states being in Iraq. both the Dem's will withdraw troops if elected. none of the republicans want this. i personally think its time to make Iraq accountable( there's that word again) for their own country, and bring our boys home

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by dmek25

it all seems like it boils down to weather or not you agree with the united states being in Iraq. both the Dem's will withdraw troops if elected. none of the republicans want this. i personally think its time to make Iraq accountable( there's that word again) for their own country, and bring our boys home

I support the surge and our continued presence in Iraq. I oppose surrender, withdrawal, re-deployment or whatever you want to call it. However, I'm also an Obama supporter. Go figure.

As for "accountability," I think that's another way of saying "We'd like to abandon you now." I still have yet to figure out why so many people who want us to rush into places like Darfur and who wanted us to go to Rwanda are also saying we should get out of Iraq. We created a humanitarian mess in Iraq, we have the troops there, we made commitments to Iraqi allies, and it's in our national interest to see our commitments through. We didn't create a mess in Darfur, we don't have the troops there, the UN would oppose a UNILATERAL intervention there, we don't have any commitments to the Sudanese people in the Darfur region, and it's not in our national interests to be there. I can't perform the mental gymnastics that the anti-Iraq/pro-Darfur crowd goes through.

If Hillary or Obama win the general election, withdraw our troops from Iraq, and Iraq then descends into an even worse state, more damage will be done to the Democratic Party and our nation than I think most people realize. It took us 30 years to recover from Vietnam and it's legacy is "if you kick America in the teeth, they run away." Leaving Iraq would only feed the erroneous perception that this country and Democrats are weak at the knees.