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I agree with ustwo, bush has done a few useful things in office so a debate is still in order. Quite frankly Im a little in support of Iraq, and its not really like vietnam at all. Starfish, while I agree that maybe Bush is not the best man to lead the country, if you really think that spending money on other countries is a bad idea then I just don't know what to say. You say there is no reason for the US to still be in Iraq?? well there's already another thread on this but here are just a few reasons why we can't and shouldn't leave now:
1. US companies are profiting because they won the first contracts to rebuild in Iraq (granted they were only offered to us but thats changing now, Canada is in too)
2. Al Qaeda is concentrating their efforts on our military setup in Iraq, meaning they're wasting their precious and dwindling resources blowing up some jeeps and helicopters, but we're safe in America
3. Leaving Iraq right now would be, quite possibly, the dumbest decision of W's presidency... exactly what his father did. Not only would the country probably fall into anarchy and eventually perhaps another dictatorship where we'd eventually get another president who wants to go in, but Al Qaeda would claim a great ideological victory having emberassed us and forced us out of their terrirtory.
As I said I agree that Bush is not the best man for the job, but not everything he's done has been bad, and you need to reevaluate the reality of the situation before saying we should pull out now.
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