So we get out of Iraq--then what?

by Wes Vernon: So the polls say Americans want us out of Iraq. Of course, the pollster rarely asks his interviewee to think through the consequences of whatever position he or she takes. It's quickie journalism. I remember working newsrooms where some of my colleagues would get all excited and build entire stories on polls, even those of dubious credibility. Sure, we could pull the troops out of Iraq tomorrow. The question is -- what happens then? Think that's not our problem? Think we can just quietly turn tail and withdraw to our shores as we did in Vietnam and forget about it? No consequences? . . .

To sum it up... If we walk away from Iraq, we face the prospect of a strengthened Iran with a half-crazed madman threatening nuclear annihilation, the entire Middle East in flames, as our economy here in the U.S. takes a nightmare nosedive beyond anything even imagined in the Great Depression. America's enemies would have us by the throat. The Islamofascists and Marxist regimes the world over are just waiting for the time when this nation is as helpless as Gulliver was when tied down by the Lilliputians. That's when they will move in for the kill. On top of all that, of course, the "sleeper" cells of terrorists here on our soil would be emboldened. What follows such chaos is almost beyond what any of us wants to contemplate. [Click for more] See also:
Bill introduced to force Iraq withdrawl (KSBW-TV)
Rice: U.S. won't "pull the plug" on Iraq (Associated Press)

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