Civics dude!

America should not immediately move out of Iraq, but they should be working towards it with alacrity. At the highest speed possible, they (we) should secure Iraqi government and move troops out. If we moved the American forces out with instant effect, Iraq would be in a bloody turmoil. Iraqis need to get used to the idea of them ruling themselves. It’s like taking your mom to kindergarten the first day for support, but after that you’re on your own. America is like the mother that never wants to let go of her child. That she apparently adopted by force.

 Clara in Kansas feels the same way:

“Iraq and the whole Middle East have been engaged in a civil war for centuries. We are not going to change anything over there. We need to get our people home. They can guard us against any domestic invasion. We need help.” — Clara (Lawrence, KS)

No one in America likes having troops over there, and we really haven’t done much good in the past three years. Move out before we cause more harm. We think that we have lost many soldiers, but Iraq has lost an incredibly larger amount of innocent people due to the purposeless war. I say, move out with a good pace and determination. Iraqis are really sick of us, and Americans are sick of missing loved ones. Since America practically caused the civil war going on in Iraq, we have an obligation to “fix” it. We should do it as quickly as possible though, and not linger around, hoping to get some valuable oil from those poor people.

America has become too superficial, caring about money and not about people. Is it worth causing a war to get oil to make a few people rich, than helping thousands others to have life quality? What is the money for? People! So why are we killing the same species we want money for?!

Bush says that “Vietnam taught us a lesson”, and goes on saying that, “We will not leave Iraq and we’ll succeed unless we quit.”

This implies that we would’ve won if we’d stayed in Vietnam. But would we really have? The U.S. was doomed to lose and withdrew in order to have “peace with honor”. This basically means, “We lost, but we don’t want to admit it”.

In this war, what exactly defines “success”? In our hurry to win, we have forgotten what the fight is about and what the prize is. I think Bush’s definition of success is to not pull out of Iraq. That would mean that he was wrong, that all the Bush-haters were right, and all that lovely sought after oil would be lost.

Being the most powerful man in the world involves a lot of pride. Withdrawing from Iraq means admitting to a mistake. Will the president be humble enough to admit to that?