Reply #4: I don't think you'll get many answers, but not because "centrists"

[Basileus Basileon]

are cowards. It's because, well, "centrist" is a very, very broad (and loosely-defined) term.

Iraq? Certainly people who want all troops in America tomorrow hold the "progressive" line, and people who think we should stay "until the job is done" (whatever the hell that means) hold the "conservative" line. What of those who want us out in nine months? Who want us out as benchmarks are met (or as benchmarks are missed?) What of those who want 95% out immediately, but who want trainers and counterterrorism specialists to remain at the pleasure of the Iraqi government? What of those who want troops redeployed to surrounding nations and ready to intervene in case of collapse?

Some of those are centrist, some liberal, some conservative, depending on who you ask--and depending on the reasons for their answer. I would grade someone who wants troops redeployed to surrounding nations to see if a Darfur-style genocide occurs and prevent it if it does to be more "liberal" than a person who wants them there to threaten Iran.

Asking for a "centrist" position on anything is simply too vague.