http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 25 May 2005 15:19:26 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/24/180306.php#comment-158177 You wrote the above as if Yugoslavia's civil war had never happend. 158177@blogcritics.org Wed, 25 May 2005 15:19:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/24/180306.php#comment-158157 "There has been a lot of internet chatter in recent weeks among Americans who style themselves as "leftists," primarily because they admire Democratic politicians who believe they could do a better job of slaughtering Afghans, Iraqis, and coming soon, Iranians, than the Republicans, and because "we can't just cut and run." It sounds like you are referring to some specific internet meme but I'm not sure if I've heard it. The whole argument whether to "cut and run" is interesting and complex. For liberals and Democrats it is a big problem. If Democrats regain power, how long do they have to try and "fix" Bush's mistakes? Do they get blamed if they can't "fix" the mistake in Iraq? One consideration is that perhaps Iraq is "unfixable". I think at times (not fully committed to this, but as an option) that we should just cut out of Iraq right now and just try and provide some humanitarian aid (or war reperations) to whomever takes power after the brutal year or two that would follow. It would be really hard on Iraq, but some mistakes just can't be fixed. George Bush has broken the shell of the egg of Iraq and all his horses and all his men may not be able to put it together again. I myself have never totally undrstood the argument of why Iraq can't be allowed to divide itself into two or three separate countries (I know the Oil Companies oppose this because it would increase their costs to negotiate with more than one country). It seems that three countries, Kurd, Shiite and Sunni Iraq, would at least reduce the fighting to border fighting instead of civil war fighting. Tough question but I myself do lean towards "cut and run". George Bush has screwed the pooch in Iraq and it's not up to the rest of the country to make that dog a virgin again.. 158157@blogcritics.org Wed, 25 May 2005 14:31:18 EDT