JES, what is the difference between what you’re advocating and not invading Iraq in the first place? It’s pretty clear to me that Iraq was a mistake.
Now that the mistake was made, how do we solve the problem? I don’t have the answer. But America needs to take responsibility for its error and not leave the Iraqi people in worse shape that when we first got in. It’s our moral responsiblity and our national interest depends on it. If we fail to fix our mistake, American influence will suffer for decades to come.
I’d say that the first step is to admit our errors and get rid of the people who caused that fiasco. Then we can come up with new ideas to fix the problem.
