[kj] Congrats Obama

[T.B.]

"ade" wrote:



> Do you think the US should pull out of Iraq, asap ?


IMO, yeah, sure we should get out of the country asap.  The problem is, we 
can't.

We really screwed the pooch invading that country and severely 
underestimated the ability of the people there to become self-starters and 
govern themselves.  Not to mention our presence created a convenient place 
for every anti-American faction to gather, organize and fight us on 
basically their home ground further destabilizing the place.  Now, the 
moment we start pulling out in significant numbers, you'll see hardcore 
Islamic fanatics like the Taliban taking up the slack and overthrowing 
whatever fragile government might be in place and taking the country back to 
the stone age.

With oil at an all time high with no end in sight, any further major 
destabilization in global fuel sources will be catastrophic to the world 
economy.  Thus, while there may be a significant drawdown in combat troops 
in the next 5 years, we'll likely have a permanent military presence in the 
region for decades to come.  With countries like China gobbling up more and 
more oil, there basically *has* to be a Western (translation: US) military 
presence in the region to prevent a full tilt invasion somewhere down the 
line from China or even Russia.

T.B.