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When might we see US leave Iraq? by Peace_man2006-11-19 12:55:59
  Even with a fair and transparent process... by esbita2005-08-16 11:21:53
    Well yeah by MikeCDN2005-08-16 11:23:47
      So....lesser evil is? by esbita 2005-08-16 12:10:45
...You have a dictator whose minions killed plenty of people himself, vs. the civil war mess. You can keep a bloody dicator in power indefinitely, whereas the civil war may eventually come to an end- especially if something is done about the "insurgents" coming in from OTHER countries.

Leave too soon and we create a power vacuum for another thug to rise to power. Stay, and we're accused of installing a puppet government.

Blood and terror for many years if Saddam and Friends had stayed in power. Blood and terror for hopefully only a few years while Iraq rebuilds the government. Say what you may about the US sticking its nose in other people's business, but your choice of "existing stable government" implies a safety that the Iraqis didn't really have.

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        you can't leave a bloody dictator in power? by MikeCDN2005-08-16 12:36:53
          I don't think we should have by MatthewDBA2005-08-16 12:44:12
            I can see good arguments both ways. by Peace_man2005-08-16 12:51:11
              As far as the first point by MatthewDBA2005-08-16 12:56:32
                The US is currently spending more money by Peace_man2005-08-16 13:06:47
                  Reparations by MatthewDBA2005-08-16 13:24:40
                    I will agree with you on that MatthewDBA by classic_jon2005-08-16 13:31:05
              Here I somewhat disagree. by Ravenlock2005-08-16 12:57:27
                I don't see any way to know for sure. by Peace_man2005-08-16 13:09:13
                  I imagine so. by Ravenlock2005-08-16 13:11:09
          Why isn't the UN? by esbita2005-08-16 12:53:22
            WTF? Where does the UN come in? by MikeCDN2005-08-16 12:57:30
              *I* said that I didn't want the US to babysit. by esbita2005-08-16 13:31:55
                Do you really belive the rest of the world does by MikeCDN2005-08-16 14:30:46
                  The rest of the world DOES do something by subbywan2005-08-16 16:35:00
                    So then by MikeCDN2005-08-16 17:07:18
                      No, not really. by subbywan2005-08-16 17:13:31
                        The point being by MikeCDN2005-08-16 17:18:02
                          And the US has forces in many of those areas by subbywan2005-08-16 17:27:55
                  We can't be everywhere at once. by esbita2005-08-16 17:33:18
            I suppose you could present by MatthewDBA2005-08-16 12:59:21
              Ahem. Would that moral responsibility stretch by Peace_man2005-08-16 13:03:22
                Yes, it does. (n/t) by esbita2005-08-16 13:04:14
                Yes, but by MatthewDBA2005-08-16 13:13:07
                  Yes, we know that is what happened. by Peace_man2005-08-16 13:15:29
                    I'm probably just naive and optimistic by MatthewDBA2005-08-16 13:39:14
                      Actually there was a lot of by ManiacJoe2005-08-16 15:51:17
                I don't believe so... see Hotel Rwanda (n/t) by moongoddess2005-08-16 16:07:52
                Yes, but there is more to it than by ManiacJoe2005-08-16 17:10:53

 

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