immediate withdrawal?
let's forget about what this would mean for the US - what would it mean for Iraq?
No army capable of defending Iraq's borders, no legitimate government, no internal police force --?
Immediate civil war and anarchy will result. MUCH worse than what we're seeing now. Kurds make a grab for Kirkuk and Mosul. Shia and Sunni battle for Baghdad. Etc. Chaos.
Predictable result? Iraq's neighbors act to "stabilize the region". How'd you like Turkish, Iranian, and Syrian troops in-country in about 2 weeks after we pull out?
do you really think this is a good option? seriously?
Meanwhile, do you think Al-Sadr would really think "bipartisan congressional approval" would make a new viceroy more palatable than Bremer? FWIW, John Burns was saying today on Charlie Rose that most Iraqis seem to respect Bremer, even though they hate the occupation...I'm not too sanguine about Robert Blackwill, the likely replacement (and nominally the guy in charge of this whole mess right now, reporting to Condi).
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let's forget about what this would mean for the US - what would it mean for Iraq?
No army capable of defending Iraq's borders, no legitimate government, no internal police force --? Immediate civil war and anarchy will result. MUCH worse than what we're seeing now. Kurds make a grab for Kirkuk and Mosul. Shia and Sunni battle for Baghdad. Etc. Chaos.
Predictable result? Iraq's neighbors act to "stabilize the region". How'd you like Turkish, Iranian, and Syrian troops in-country in about 2 weeks after we pull out?
do you really think this is a good option? seriously?
Meanwhile, do you think Al-Sadr would really think "bipartisan congressional approval" would make a new viceroy more palatable than Bremer? FWIW, John Burns was saying today on Charlie Rose that most Iraqis seem to respect Bremer, even though they hate the occupation...I'm not too sanguine about Robert Blackwill, the likely replacement (and nominally the guy in charge of this whole mess right now, reporting to Condi).
- big jimmy 4-09-2004 8:46 am