Telluride

Which will eventually cost more American lives?

Keeping troops there to kill the terrorists.

or...

Leave and let the terrorists inherit a large, populous nation that is (or maybe was) fairly advanced by Middle Eastern standards.

I'd like to make it clear that I'm not arguing the rightness or wrongness of invading Iraq. I'm just trying to figure out which of the above options would be better for America in the long run.

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