But a minor foreshadow of what will happen if the US pulls out of Iraq.
I have long felt we should pull back to the borders of Iraq and secure those borders with extreme prejudice. Let the people inside Iraq do whatever it is they are going to do without outside influence. Once they lose their appetite for killing each other and want to cooperate with each other, then we can help them build a democracy. The situation reminds me very much of packs of dogs in wait to determine who will have control of a territory. Whether today or 5 years from now, this will be settled the only way it can be settled, they will fight each other.
Dick Morris suggested this in 2004.
He suggested building city bases in isolated areas of western
Iraq and statioing forces there. Only To be used in certain
cirsumstances.
That way, you have your cake and eat it too. You have a
large combat presence in-country w/ substanitally reduced
exposure to risk.
If Iraqi wants to fight w/ himself, stand back and let it happen.
Let Shia purge Sunni.
MV