...To hell with Iraq...
Just walk away...
Normally we are on the same page but I have to disagree with you on this one. And with all due respect here is why.
If ISIS and Levant take over Baghdad and consequently conquer the rest of Iraq we've got hell on earth coming our way.
These terrorists truly make Al Qaeda look like choir boys. Think about it. This is an army of vicious terrorists reportedly 12,000 strong.
They already took over Mosul and Tikrit. Releasing more terrorists along the way who are no doubt joining up with them.
On top of that they have raided the banks and already have over $400 million dollars at their disposal now.
So if they are successful in taking Baghdad .......
Yeah, I hear you, TD.
I'm not comfortable with the idea myself.
But I believe that the situation is probably too far gone now to be salvaged.
Case-in-point - the en masse desertions from their national security forces.
If the people will not defend themselves, then we cannot help them, in the long run.
The shades (ghosts) of every one of our fallen boys and girls who died in Vietnam are looking down and pleading with us to remember that hard and bitterly-learned lesson.
If we only allow ourselves to listen.
Personally, and like so many others, I never believed in the Iraq Adventure, even though I shut my mouth and supported our people there, once we had gone in.
I think we've hit that Point of No Diminishing Returns with Iraq, and I don't want to burn-through more American lives and more billions of American dollars on a bad bet...
Every so often, you've got to say: To hell with the consequences.
I think we've reached that point with Iraq.
Certainly, with the present Administration's hand on the wheel.
It's rather like asking Jimmy Carter to orchestrate a large-scale intervention.
Someone far better suited to sitting around the campfire and holding hands and singing Kumbaya-My-Lord, than leading a nation during a shooting war.
Your mileage may vary.
