Originally posted by /^Blackmagik^\
well.. first of all.. we can't just pull out and leave. if we do then we leave iraq in particular in total anarchy. that's political suicide for any politician making that decision. let's be realistic. it's not gonna happen under any president at this point.
sweet!! I hope he does pull out then
Originally posted by /^Blackmagik^\
the problem with getting the lawlessness of iraq under control is the total lack of infrastructure in that country. cities are isolated from each other for the most part. personally i think the bush stance is right on point since the reconstruction plans include building/rebuilding said infrastructure. basically it's like the wild west of the 1800's in this country with automatic weapons.
ahhh ... yes.
Another $87billion dollar bill forked over to the average American taxpayer (most who really dont give 2 shits about Iraq). It wasn't our business to go there but now we did, and now we're forced to pay. $87billion dollars?! Do you have any idea what can be done to improve AMERICA with $87b instead of Iraq? You know ... the old days of warfare used to be "go in and get the job done and leave their problems to themselves". Now ... we go in, destroy everything and then rebuild it for them. WTF is that? The war was dumb in the first place, but that's just ****ing insane.