At 08:45 PM 3/19/2006, you wrote:
Is it just me or does anyone else see that the major reason there is an insurgency in Iraq is our (the U.S.) pressence? Everyone seems to agree that Al Qaida is provoking the sectarian violence, and that they consider the U.S., not Iraq, their enemy. If we leave, they loose most of their purpose there and maybe the insurgency goes away.
Of course. But then we're in a double-edged sword here too: As long as we're there, there will be an insurgency, but we have to stay there to help maintain order...
However, I doubt pulling up stakes and heading home will mean an end to the insurgency either; the current Iraq government doesn't seem to have a whole lot of legitimacy, and I think if we left, the attacks will continue to discredit the government, which I think is perceived as being a US puppet...
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