Quote:
|
Originally Posted by shakran
And that's the whole point right there. We can't do any good there. Why keep getting our kids killed for something we can't possibly fix? The best solution (and it is by no means a good one) is to get out, apologize profusely, and maybe this time resolve never to do something stupid like this again.
|
Just like we resolved never to let another Rwanda happen again? (I'm looking at you, Darfur)
Like I said before, Iraq was already cracked. But you don't go into an antique shop, break something, and then get to walk out saying "it was already weak anyway, it's not my fault!" It's terrible (and that's an understatement) that our troops are paying for the incompetence of this administration, but it seems to me that for a country full of people that claim to value personal responsibility, we need to take responsibility for the messes we cause and work to the best of our capabilities to fix them. Staying the course isn't doing that by any means, but neither is just pulling out. I don't claim to have the answer to this, but it strikes me that those are two of the worst, least responsible things we can do. Apologizing profusely is nice and all, but we all know words mean shit, and our apologies do nothing to make Iraq a safer place to live for the innocent people who live in fear everyday when doing simple things like going to the market.