Bush - No withdrawl until mission "complete", al qaeda blamed for violence

SoFla Metro · Nov 30, 2006

eric_appleby said: ↑

I'm beginning to wonder about that. The one thing that unites all the factions is a desire to see the US leave. If US troops were removed I think the various Iraqi armed groups would eliminate any foreign Al Qazeda presence rather quickly.
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You're assuming that a foreign Al-Qaeda presences is the problem in the first place, which is, at best, debatable.

SoFla Metro · Nov 30, 2006

yossarian said: ↑

And if al Qaeda was the main problem in Iraq....that'd be great. But it's not.
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I said it nicer.

SoFla Metro · Nov 30, 2006

Matt in the Hat said: ↑

What if it was a terrorist baby?
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Not that we'd really know. They'd just hold the baby in Guantanamo.

yossarian · Dec 1, 2006

SoFla Metro said: ↑

I said it nicer.
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But my response had more truthiness.

bigredfutbol · Dec 1, 2006

ratdog said: ↑

Well, that depends on how we leave it. I we try to insist on saving the fiction of "Iraq" when there is no such thing, then yeah, the FUBAR will get even more FUBARed. If we "Balkanize" the place and give the three main warring parties their own territories, then we might, emphasis on "might", be albe to limit the carnage and also limit Iran's influence in the region.
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Leaving aside the fact that "Balkanization" is generally a negative term, how do you propose splitting Iraq up?