So the Al-CIA-DUH(!) insurgency should hunker down for another 10 months, THEN they can have their country back?

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Oh, I see…
… It’s not a cut-N-run when the Neoclowns do it!

…NO?

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that just doesn’t sound right…

It’s already being used against us in Iraq and Afghanistan. That’s what happens when you arm anyone who says they won’t shoot at you. Some of them lie and some sell the arms to others or “lose” them.

I wonder, will we ever learn what proportion of the violence committed is perpetrated with weapons provided by us? Will the 200,000 “missing” small-arms show up? Will they show up in Afghanistan? How many IEDs are made from good ol’ American C4?

I have to admit I chuckle when they cry about weapons from Iran. There’s no reason for Iraqis to shop in Iran when we have provided an ammo dump every few miles and pass out weapons like candy. Heck! All they have to do is knock over a police outpost if they run low on ammo.

I agree with blowing it up but for a different reason.

In the remote event that Jeb, Barb or Jenna Bu$h should ever become president, they would undoubtedly be tempted to re-invade Iraq in an effort to correct for their brother/daddy’s mistakes.

We don’t want to leave any “excuses” for such an action behind.

As I recall…the Iraqis Know how to loot.

And how much of this trash we might leave is made of Depleted Uranium???

It is obvious to the ardent observer that time until with drawl will accrue until McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway and Starbucks have a strong hold in multiple place across the country.
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Funny, we had a Pizza Hutt and a Burger King at the BIAP in Baghdad in 2004. There was a Pizza Hutt, Subway, and Burger King in both Talil (near Al-Nasiriya) and Balad. Just after we left I heard that they got a KFC at Camp Victory North.

that sounds like trashy campers…

leave it all – ESPECIALLY the Essetial equipment and supplies.

and say, “i’m sorry.”

damn right.

and unless it IS of a “sensitive nature”, ANYthing of value should be left behind… the barest minimum of any kind of repayment for the havoc that was created…

and apologize profusely, over and over…

We can thank “the uniter” for that. He has “united” three quarters of our country against him and “united” most of the world against us. We can only hope the people of Iraq will be patient enough to let us walk out, instead of fleeing in panic.

We would argue now — more than ever — it’s important to set a date, because this is the one thing that all of the factions in Iraq agree on and we need to bring them together. […]

If we don’t agree to a timeline to leave, we will bring all the factions together in a way that we won’t like very much. We will bring them together in a united front to dive the occupiers out. If the people in Iraq think we plan on occupying them forever, they will take up arms and drive us out.
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The scary thing about this is that no two Iraqis ever agree on anything. The fact that Iraqis, even among different religious sects all agree on us leaving, speaks volumes.

THAT…Plus Amnesty, Weapons, and Duffel Bags full of Ca$h.

What are the Candidates positions on PERMANENT BASES?? Mr. Korb is right, there is a Lull in the Violence BECAUSE the Iraqis Believe we ARE leaving.

If we don’t agree to a timeline to leave, we will bring all the factions together in a way that we won’t like very much. We will bring them together in a united front to dive the occupiers out. If the people in Iraq think we plan on occupying them forever, they will take up arms and drive us out.

As the report notes, the recent declines in violence are “due in large part to the emergence of Sunni ‘awakening’ groups and Sons of Iraq militias,” who cooperated as a result of their belief in the fall of 2006 that the U.S. would soon be withdrawing:

It’s also due to the fact that we are paying them not to shoot at us. I think it extraordinary that these people are willing to give up the money they are being paid by the US government if it means that we will leave and stop occupying Iraq. Apparently loyalty to their country means more to them than the dollars we are giving them. I say good for them!