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Devils'Advocate · 01-17-2007, 05:42 PM

They are in a catch-22.

I watched a BBC documentry on the weekend on Al-Quaida in Iraq. Al-Quaida is recruiting like crazy BECAUSE of Iraq. They spoke with a failed suicided bomber who said he felt obligated to give his life because "he had to get the foreigners off Muslim land". People are joining the insurgency in droves. Many Muslims feel that it was better to enslaved to Hussein rather than under the occupation of infidels.

So the U.S. should get out, thereby removing the draw to the insurgency and everything will be okey-dokey. Well, should they leave, civil war will erupt where the most likely outcome is that Iran will control Iraq, if not politically, then by influence of the clerics. The wealth and power of those that hate the west will grow significantly.

Damned if they do. Damned if they don't. Taking out Saddam Hussein will likely be seen as the biggest international affairs disaster in the history of the United States.

01-17-2007, 05:42 PM	#29
Devils'Advocate #1 Goaltender Join Date: Jul 2005 Exp:	They are in a catch-22. I watched a BBC documentry on the weekend on Al-Quaida in Iraq. Al-Quaida is recruiting like crazy BECAUSE of Iraq. They spoke with a failed suicided bomber who said he felt obligated to give his life because "he had to get the foreigners off Muslim land". People are joining the insurgency in droves. Many Muslims feel that it was better to enslaved to Hussein rather than under the occupation of infidels. So the U.S. should get out, thereby removing the draw to the insurgency and everything will be okey-dokey. Well, should they leave, civil war will erupt where the most likely outcome is that Iran will control Iraq, if not politically, then by influence of the clerics. The wealth and power of those that hate the west will grow significantly. Damned if they do. Damned if they don't. Taking out Saddam Hussein will likely be seen as the biggest international affairs disaster in the history of the United States.