Forrrrrrrr sho

The discussion we had in class really deepened my knowledge of what’s going on Iraq.  I didn’t realize that the situation in Iraq involved more than just that nation.  Neighboring countries Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Israel, and others are all involved, directly or indirectly with this situation.  Because of the widespread Sunnis and Shiites in all of these countries, it makes the conflict much larger than it appears.  The different Muslims in all of these countries can potentially become active in this battle for power.  The way that Israel is involved is that the U.S. is allies with them and they are pretty much hated by the majority of their neighboring countries.  The U.S.’s decision on this has really affected these Sunni and Shiite countries’ opinions of the U.S.  Most of them have turned anti-U.S. and this will make the transaction of turning Iraq into a well developed and stable country.  The problem grows much deeper than I ever have known before, and no good solution is possible.

I think that the best solution to this problem is to pull out all of the troops.  I realize that this leaves many predicaments unsolved, but there really is no perfect way to go.  By adding more troops into Iraq, we will only add to our death count which continues to rise.  Splitting up Iraq into three different nations will be a failure, because this will greatly weaken each nation-state, leaving it very susceptible to attacks from dangerous, neighboring countries such as Iran. 

The best way to solve the Iraqi problem is for us to abandon our posts and return our troops to the United States.  We cannot proceed any further in attempting to help such a trouble country, that was doomed as soon as we invaded their soil.  This solution really cannot be defined as a “good way” to leave Iraq, but it seems to be the best way.  The only reason America would be unable to cope with this idea is raised by a simple question from Resident Scholar Fred Kagan saying,

“Is it better to accept defeat than to endure the pain of trying to succeed?”

Quote derived from

http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.25105/pub_detail.asp