Depends on what side you lean to. No matter what he does it will spun in the media to be negative.

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Should I take that as yes from your side?

While I don't want more troops in Iraq, if field Generals are saying that is what's needed...so be it. I would rather a war General make the decision then a politician.

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"promote the general welfare, not provide the general welfare"

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

I'm sure the management at Haliburton and Bechtel think so.

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Eric what do you think?

I think that debating what strategy to use to fight the war over there is like debating what brand of ovens we should use to commit genocide. There is no "right thing" to do regarding this war. By starting this war, our government has caused what will probably amount to over a million deaths by the time this is all finished. Perhaps we should debate what kind of wood to use to build the coffins.

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I've got mixed feelings.
The war, if it was really, truly about WMDs, was fine. If there was a threat, we needed to get rid of it. However, I think Bush should have spent more time finding out if they were actually there. At least Saddam is gone. That was a huge benefit. As bad as the fighting still is over there, at least now there's a chance for peace over there. With Saddam in power, it would have never happened. However, we need a really good, effective plan to get out of there. I think if we just immediately withdrew all the troops the country would collapse and the 3000+ dead soldiers would be in vain. We can't just stay there indefinitely. It's just eating up time and money and lives. We need a concrete plan to get out of there, that involves setting up a strong government that can control the conflicts between the Sunnis, Shi'ites, etc. on their own. We should give them the knowledge and power to do it, then set them free.
But hey, what do I know. I'm only 18. Politics are still a mystery to me. This is just my $0.02.

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There was peace for around 9 years prior to the 2003 invasion. The civil war there ended around 1994.

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