Reply #18: But they aren't proposing an altnernative and they aren't being honest

[Hippo_Tron]

Here's the truth...

We can occupy Iraq for 20 years or more and MAYBE the country will one day be stable. However, no politician who continues to support the war will be honest about this. The administration and even Democrats who support the administration's policies keep saying we'll probably be out by next year and then next year they say the exact same thing.

If these Democrats who supported the continued occupation wanted to do the right thing, they would at least be honest and tell the American people that this isn't going to end next year or the year after, and that we are in this for the long haul.

Here's the other truth...

America is most likely not going to tolerate a long term occupation of Iraq. Sooner or later they will elect a President who will pull the troops out. Some Democrats like John Murtha know this and they would rather see us pull out now instead of five years from now with the same results but more people dead. Other Democrats like Joe Biden know this and they are proposing a completely different alternative which is to divide Iraq into three countries.


Iraq has been a complete and utter failure since Bushco started it no matter how you spin it. It isn't partisan to tell the truth about the war. If Democrats genuinely feel that the continued occupation is the best thing, then they need to stop lieing to the American people about how long we are going to be there like Bush does. Otherwise, they need to present real alternatives to Bush's policy.