Why We Should Leave

[dogday]

The gruesome discovery of dozens of men found shot to death execution-style last week provided more evidence that on the eve of the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the country teeters on the brink of an all-out sectarian civil war.

Gen. John Abizaid, the top US commander in the Middle East, recently told a Senate committee that sectarian violence was now becoming a greater security concern than the bloody Sunni-led insurgency that has claimed thousands of American and Iraqi lives. And in a speech Monday, President Bush made reference twice to various groups' attempts to ignite a civil war among Iraq's fractious Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds.

But even as the president suggested that the facts on the ground were changing, he offered no change in US strategy. "We will not lose our nerve," Bush declared, reaffirming his "stay the course" posture.

Abizaid did tell reporters Thursday that the United States was still planning on reducing the number of US troops in Iraq if the battling factions manage to form a unity government. But he did not give any specifics on how many troops could leave, nor has the administration set any timeline for withdrawal.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031906C.shtml

[NNN0LHI]

1. Boosh says he is staying until the last drop of someone else's blood

And thats that.

Don

[bryant69]

2. They have kind of blown it

I think they genuinely have thought they could turn Iraq into a peacful Demcoracy - but really the need to declare victory and pull out. Only just now nobody would believe that we have been victorious. So he has to stay in until he can find some incident that lets him declare victory and pull out.

Bryant
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