Hello pundits:
Is Iraq in the midst of a civil war? How would we know? Does somebody have to declare it as such? If somebody does (I doubt Bush would), what do we do? What is the point of our continued occupation? Can the insurgency outlast us? Really, I'm not sure what we're doing there anymore. WMD's?? Ok, that's settled. Regime change?? Ok, that's settled. Security for their country?? That'll never happen. We can't even secure our own country and we have friends on all sides.
By the way, I suggested round about 2 years ago that Iraq would devolve into civil war, and I think it did. History shows that the average insurgency lasts 9 years. We've been there for 2. Are we going to stay for another 7?
I don't think we will. Should we leave early, what do you think will happen, both here and there. Of course, if you think we'll leave with everything being hunky dory, I'm accepting bids for the Space Needle.
excon
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