Reply #5: A different military strategy

[sandnsea]

Is to remove our troops to take away the excuse that local Iraqis are using for recruitment. The idea is that alot of the current fighting is being stirred up by extremists, not the majority of Iraqis. Once they don't have US troops to blame, the majority of the Iraqi people will start insisting on peace and turn their attention to their own government. That can't happen until our troops are out of there. When they get their own country under control, they will also stand up to al qaeda because Iraq doesn't like ANY foreigners. The worst thing we could do is send in more troops or try to end this violence ourselves, even if the goal were to "win". It's been the problem from the beginning, the idea that we can replicate Germany and Japan.

So to those who would say we're going to abandon Iraqi's, I'd say no, we're trying to get out of the way so Iraq has a chance to stand up on its own. If we do it right, in a measured way, sector by sector, that is what will happen.