Bring the Troops Home

Get out now! Remove all of our troops from Iraq immediately!

So says a plethora of anti-War activists. It is interesting to see that people who oppose war and favor peace do not specify what sort of peace is acceptable. I would say that certain peaces are destructive to mankind. The paramount example would have to be the Versailles peace treaty post-WWI. Perhaps the "peace" after, granting that the choruses of Lefty voices are heard, the troops in Iraq leave will become far worse than Weimar Republic would ever create.

There is nothing worse than a civil war. Dating from Ancient Rome to current Third World power struggles, civil strife is always horrific! Yet, there is a brewing storm between the Muslim factions within Iraq that could spill over into the surrounding nations. I hope that I am wrong, but if things go according to Jane Fonda and the Hollywood Commie-Liberals crowd, bloodshed under the new form of anarchy that would increase.

You honestly think that George Bush is a brutal killer? Well, just wait until the troops leave and murder will ensue on a larger scale than Darfur ever was. Simply put, Darfur is a place that Muslims in Sudan are slaughtering Christians wholesale. Within Iraq, there will be Shiites and Sunnis battling for power, with other minorities coming under the crosshairs. With Iran growing as a regional hegemony, the Shiite nation would move to back their brethren in the area. Of course, we know from reports that Iran has been meddling within the Iraqi affairs. Do you think the Saudis, Egyptians and Jordanians, who are Sunnis, would stand for that? Let alone, Israel would be a little hesitant to say the least!

By withdrawing from Iraq, slaughter would dramatically increase. However, by staying there the Iraqi government, which is more or less an experiment in the annals of democracy, would continue to flounder along the path. Some cultures are more fertile ground for democracy, while others would take more time- like within an authoritarian nation (Japan, for example). There is bloodshed either way, and I can honestly thank God that I am not a policymaker right now! Turbulent times are ahead, and how incredibly insane is it that the clash of worldviews, Jihad vs McWorld as Benjamin Barber would say, is taking place. American and other Western troops are within the crosshairs of Islamic extremists. Yes, I concur that Bush made a mistake by not planning for the worst- but we are in Iraq now. How do we get out of here, without promoting greater bloodshed? Left and Right, I invite you to debate!