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I have been advocating since Great Day of Purple Thumbs that simple logics dictates that since we say we are there to instill democracy and we have established that we can hold proper elections, then we should commit to annual plebiscites of the Iraqi people as to whether we should stay or go.
If they vote for us to go, then we withdraw our troops to other areas of the Middle East and do our best to keep the chaos contained in Iraq. People have the right to choose their own path even if it is not the one we would choose for them.
We could even spin it as a victory. We removed a dictator (he never offered a plebiscite on his rule), confirmed that there were no WMD, and left a united country at the request of its sovereign people. This would give us greater credibility in the region as well, since it would show that we are not a colonial power.
As to asking a marine, that's a great idea because 19 year old kids in the middle of a warzone are really likely to provide the sort of long range strategic vision that we want running our country. And in response to Titus's claim that since he served in uniform , he knows best. I wonder if he took that into consideration when deciding whether to vote for the man with military experience or the chickenhawks Bush and Cheney? I also know plenty of former marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen who see this administration as criminal.
