Quote Originally Posted by yokinazu
cool another discussion on the war

let me first say i have been against this war from the start.
but... i also realize that since we are in this war we CANNOT just up and pull out. that would be the worst thing we could possibly do. if people think it is a crazy situation now just think what the world will be like if iraq is unable to defend itsself against iran and what the ramifications of iran taking control of iraq then the rest of the middle east will be. once iran controls the middle east they will control the oil. without oil our military will be useless. tanks dont run on air. wich will open us up for foreign invasion. simply put our military is mechanized. and this is just one scenerio. next think about $20 - $30 a gallon gas what is that goin to do to our economy? the iranian army is no joke. they are hard fighting soldiers. so this is within the scope of possibility. i am not in favor of a war with iran, i do not agree with many of the policys of the US, but i do relize that when we crippled iraq we dug a very deep hole that we just cannot abandon. we have to help rebuild a goverment that is cabable of defending itself. the iraqis, no matter what the feelings toward us were ,was a buffer.
Couldn't have put it better myself! Just imagine the middle-easterm perspective if they pulled out all of a sudden: "Oh, America comes in and smashes our infrastructure, kills hundreds of thousands of civilians, destabilizes the region.... but now their loses, about 5% of our losses, are too much so they're pulling out and it's our mess to clean up now". The US reputation is in rough enough shape as is.