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I'm not sure where you've gotten the idea that there is no sectarian violence in Iraq. Our invasion disturbed a malignant imbalance in the status quo of Iraqi society that was only maintained by brute force. We popped the cork on Iraq. And if we left tomorrow the Sunni and Shi'a would still struggle for control. And the Shi'a would win. Making it not inconceivable that the country we fought to liberate from Saddam would become another ME theocracy. I don't think that is such a great idea. Ask the women of Iraq who are not accustomed to wearing the hijab every day how they feel about that.
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