Update: McCain Selects Gov. Sarah Palin as Running Mate

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by dmek25

this is coming from the same party that doesn't want everyone in America to have health care? that is against most bail outs? im all about helping out fellow Americans. the war was, and always will be about oil. and i have no problem with that. but lets not try to kid each other. this war was grossly mismanaged. i have more problem with the thousands in New Orleans, that still have to live in a trailer, then i do with some Iraqi, that would probably prefer to cut my head off. lets get our house in order, before we send trillions elsewhere

Boy is that ignorant. I'll just leave it at that.

[RobH4413]

Not only do we owe it to the Iraqi people, but we owe it too the entire Middle East to continue supporting their country. We've fucked up the Middle East for years... and now when we have the chance to rebuild a country and improve the quality of life exponentially, people think it's a good idea to back out?

Sorry, with our track record in the Middle East... we would be doing nothing but continuing a tradition of shitting on countries by getting out. Nothing would be a bigger slap in the face to the Iraqi people than to abandon their country prematurely.

The Middle East needs Iraq to work. In the grand scheme of things, the Iranian people can look up to a successful democracy and see, first hand, what they all want. Most Iranians despise their own government, but they can't do anything about it. I'm not saying they're going to overthrow their government based on the success of Iraq, but just that it will help our cause for peace.

Setting an example in Iraq can have profound affects on neighboring countries. Conversely, if we let them fall back into shambles, the religious extremist gain an entirely new population of disgruntled citizens that hate the United States.