“This is what we did after the Second World War, after the Civil War, after the War of Independence. It may be unpalatable and unsavoury but it is how wars end.”
Indeed. I see no way to victory except for amnesty. It may also provide a way out for the soldiers accused of war crimes, if indeed some of them are innoccent.
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This is so hypocritical. When lefties say they want a timetable for withdrawl (as I said last week) we are attempting to "cut and run", but when the Iraqis say US troops should leave, now the thing to do???
Once again you neo-nazi-cons prove that hypocrisy is the greatest luxury.
Nadir: I do not charactorize lefty calls for a time table as "cut and run." You have never heard me promote that argument. To the contrary, I am on record stating that perhaps a time table would force Iraqis to make the neccessary hard choices and actions to defeat the various forces of dictatorship and gansterism at work there. I am not sure that this is the best move, but for some time now I have been agreeable to giving that plan a chance.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13552784/
Looks like this idea might be working.
Certainly the insurgents would like to end the occupation as would the Iraqi government. The American people do as well.
Is the Bush regime willing to create a timetable?
No, not really...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060626/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq;_ylt=AoOuvhnLAVxjCgVmH6NTYVWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
"President Bush on Monday brushed aside reports that the United States is planning sharp troop withdrawals from
Iraq, beginning in September. Such a decision will be made by the new Iraqi government and based upon recommendations from the top U.S. general there, Bush said."
An introduction of peace talks could be a trap for the insurgency... We shall see.
I think that Bush is rejecting an imposition of a timeline erected by Americans who oppose the war, as opposed to a timeline originating from Iraq's govt and the US military as consequences of their interpretation of the progress of the war.
This is why the pro-Bushies logically call a Kerry-proposed timeline "cutting and running", but not timelines constructed by US field generals and Iraqi govt officials. For example, the Iraqi president is proposing a timeline based on sertain militia leaders agreeing to certain terms, whereas Kerry is proposing a timeline regardless of any factors other than American domestic political considerations ("the war is wrong", "bush lied, people died", "it has cost too much, and taken longer than WWII", etc.).
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