Reply #37: Wrong. Abstinence was the only option, pulling out too late doesn't help

[krkaufman]

Our only correct course of action, as you stated, was to NOT get involved -- to abstain from internal intervention. However, *WE* chose, as a representative democracy, to intervene, and once we rammed our tank barrels into Iraq's belly and broke Saddam's cherished grip on power, our resources spent ... simply pulling out is NOT an option.


> This racist notion that we have to intervene in the
> affairs of others

It's mighty difficult to pitch a complete game throwing from way out in left field. What the FXXX does this have to do with race? It's about the oil.

If you'd taken the time to read/comprehend what I'd posted, you'd have seen that I, too, desire that we -- as the occupier -- withdraw, and surrender all control to another body, capable of guiding Iraq to a fruitful planned statehood. Pretty difficult to be a colonizing power once you've surrendered all power to someone else.