Phase Out Our Troops

Published on August 10, 2004 By stevendedalus In Politics

I think it is time to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq, but redeploying some of them to Afghanistan where they are needed to protect the women voters in their coming election and to rout the warlords. This move would send a dual message to Al Qaeda and the Iraqis. The latter will intuit that the U.S. is not going to babysit them much longer and the former will grow wary that the U.S. is intent on crushing its sanctuaries. Pakistan, as well, will be put on notice that they can no longer dilly dally in cleansing the cells hiding out there unless its willing to give up U.S. megabucks in aid.

To insure against a power vacuum in Iraq, the UN, NATO, and traditional allies will begin to understand that it is in their interest, which is oil, to get involved and can no longer afford to begrudge the American preemption. They must learn to get over it. Of course, a change in our administration would facilitate the motivation.

The effect may hopefully be that the hatred of America may subside, and if by phasing out results in a disruption of the scheduled elections in January, it would mean that the UN and others simply did not move to take up the slack. After all, in the final analysis our aim was regime change, nothing more.

Comments (Page 2)

stevendedalus

on Aug 16, 2004

Cactobl: Yes, mohammad himself was for the most part a ferocious warrior, so why not let them battle among themselves.

Baker: I would like nothing better than to allow the US troops do the job; but since they can't why retain them?

Spc: That was the heart of the problem from the outset, the invasion never established a sensible offensive line--they were all over the place. Nor should they have invaded until negotiations with the Turks were successful in order to establish a crucial northern offense.

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