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Protests that may eventually drive home the idea that the American public is currently in favor of ending the war are good - better to protest now than to honor more fallen soldiers in the years to come. I agree with a previous poster about the glorification of militarism - even though some (but by no means all) of the fallen soldiers thought they were helping Iraq, that doesn't make their deaths more desirable. Soldiers dying in a poorly planned war/occupation with no end in sight represent a tragic sight and any reasonable means of ending this useless series of deaths are OK by me.
We have no plan in Iraq, no political leverage, no idea how to quell the civil war and stop the ethnic cleansing. Iraq's middle class has been obliterated and a new middle class cannot form in the middle of a sectarian war. We need to pull back, sit down with people we don't like from Iran and Syria and identify some common interests that may persuade them to help Iraq settle down. The time of overgrown frat boys in the administration is over - let them take their toys and go home, bring in the seasoned diplomats and let's pray for a minor miracle that may take years to happen. Oh, and bring our troops home, they're dying needlessly at this point.
