hey boonie.....this thread is about the iraq study group.

i know it's hard for you to keep up, but please try harder.

Quote Originally Posted by gulfcoast
As unremitting a liberal Democrat as I am, I have to agree with Sir Burr --in invading, occupying under Rumsfeld's bad decisions, and thus creating the current situation, we have a moral imperative to the Iraqis that we not leave without some form of stabilization.
in theory, i agree with both you and sir burr....but at some point the US needs to determine whether or not its presence is the main obstacle to stabilization.

the US viewed as an occuping force by the average iraqi ....and as targets by those that have taken up arms.

by the way, has anyone else noticed that the 'goal' for iraq is on a very slippery sliding scale...

"But the ultimate goal still has to be an Iraq that can sustain, govern and defend itself.
whatever happened to it being the beacon of democracy?

White House rebuffs call for troop withdrawal in Iraq - CNN.com