Max: Iraq

There has been something I have been meaning to say about our current operations in Iraq. A combination of laziness and an ever increasing intolerance for futility have kept me silent. But, there is something I feel that needs to be said.

First, all evidence still points to our invasion of Iraq was a mistake based on either stupidity or lies. Niether speak well of the Shrub administration. Now, several of my comrades with whom I stood in opposition to the war are now calling for our immediate withdrawal from Iraq. To those making such calls, I have to ask, "Are you out of your fucking skulls?"

Going into Iraq was a mistake. Leaving Iraq now would be a bigger mistake. If we leave them in their current state of near anarchy, it will become an even greater breeding ground for terrorist than Afganistan ever was. We need to work as quickly as possible to establish a stable Iraqi civil authority, but until we have fixed what we broke, we have a duty to stay.

To those who wanted to make grants to rebuild Iraq into loan, I invite you to study the treatment of Germany after WWI and the long term consquences of that treatment.