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Originally Posted by Hardknock
First of all, it seems to me that no one over there wants "freedom" as you've described it in the first place. It's funny how none of the people in Iraq are standing up to fight for their freedom. Being forceful is just digging ourselves into a deper hole. Since none of the Iraqis are trying to take their country back from the insurgents, we can begin to assume that one, they either want us to do all the dirty work, or they just aren't interested in our version of freedom. Without a clear cut exit strategy, without a plan to turn over control of Iraq to it's people, we will just maintain the status quo of Iraq being a haven for terrorists. Which is worse off than when Saddam was in power.
America will be better off indeed.
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What do you call the lines of recruits outside iraqi police stations?
What do you call ordinary iraqis fighting back against insurgents?
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showpos...4&postcount=45
Where has the new iraqi army come from if iraqis aren't standing up to fight for themselves?
The exit strategy is to train iraqis to defend themselves. Why does everyone say this is not an exit strategy? What do you want, bush to spit out a date that the last troop will leave? How would that help? It would only give the insurgents a timeframe to rest, recoup, and plan for a takeover once we leave.
We have a plan to turn control over to the iraqi people. They have elected officials, they have a sovergn govt. Their army is being trained not only by US troops, but outside iraq by european nations. NATO is helping to train the new iraqi army.