Via Michael Yon, General Barry McCaffrey reports on the situation in Iraq.
Conclusions:
The dysfunctional central government of Iraq, the warring Shia/Sunni/Kurdish factions, and the unworkable Iraqi constitution will only be put right by the Iraqis in their own time—and in their own way. It is entirely credible that a functioning Iraqi state will slowly emerge from the bottom up…with a small US military and diplomatic presence holding together in loose fashion the central government. The US must also hold at bay Iraq’s neighbors from the desperate mischief they might cause that could lead to all out Civil War with regional involvement.
A successful withdrawal from Iraq with the emergence of a responsible unified Iraqi nation is vitally important to the security of the American people and the Mid-East. We are clearly no longer on a downward spiral. However, the ultimate outcome is still quite seriously in doubt.
Read the whole, detailed, even-handed thing.
“Successful withdrawal”?? When did McCaffrey turn into McClinton??
If we withdraw from Iraq, we can’t use it as a permanent military base against the Islamofascist Caliphate forces in the Iranian/Syrian/Hezbollah/Hamas Axis.
We didn’t invade Iraq for the Iraqis. That’s pansy liberal humanitarian stuff. We did it to kick some ass and reshape the Middle East. What’s in it for us, if we just turn around and leave?
Nobody’s leaving until the Iraqis are the pro-West, Israel-loving, military base we need against the Enemy.
Stick it out, it’s totally working.
/jc