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Originally Posted by Azure
Polls? You want Obama to make foreign policy decisions based on polls?
Iraq dealing with their own problems would cause civil war. You can keep living under the illusion that it won't all you. Fact is that the Iraqi Government is NOT ready to take over the country....and until they are it is the responsibility to the US to clean up their own mess.
2 million people died in Vietnam when the US decided to let them deal with their own problems.
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Excellent post Azure.
I get the feeling that just because the current administration or members of the Republican party believe that an immediate Iraq withdrawal would cause a civil war in Iraq people immediately to chalk this up to Right-wing propaganda rather than having merit.
In fighting the Soviets in the late 1970s, America armed resistance groups who, after the withdrawal of the Soviet Union and subsequent lack of interest from America battled for power in Afghanistan.
Simply overthrowing a dictator doesnt result in peace (ask numerous central and south american nations).
Many Americans followed Bush blindly in 2000 because he promised change from the Clinton administration. The Republican base was tired of the Democrat president and threw all their support behind Bush - they were energized. 8 years later, many Americans are sick of Bush and are throwing their support blindly behind Obama because he offers a change from the Republican White House.
Obama isnt Bush. But blind faith and getting caught up in the hype of an energized Democrat base is just as dangerous as what happened with an energized Republican base in 2000.