Lieutenant General William E. Odom (Retired) recently penned an editorial to the Los Angeles Times and he called it, "How to Cut and Run".
I suggest you read it because I believe it is the Truth we must all face before things will get better in Iraq.
I think there is a great lesson in our Iraq war, provincially expressed as ill-gotten is ill-gained. These wars of conquest, these rhetorical wars, these ideological wars, are a problem.
We can avoid these types of wars when we avoid the types of leaders motivated by destruction, rather than a desire to rebuild. You don't, for instance, "Shock and Awe" a populace into stability.
It is pitiful to see politicians unable to admit their failures, clinging with mad insistence that we're just not patient enough, free-spending enough, or informed enough to follow them anymore.
Speaking metaphorically, one shouldn't let a friend shit on one's carpet because it might someday turn up roses. Some returns just aren't worth the investment.
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