"Settling Sunni-Shiite rivalries over who occupies what street in Baghdad is not in the vital interest of the United States," said Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., who said she is considering her options. "And we should only have Americans in harms' way where there are U.S. interests at stake." And where are these U.S. interests that Rep. Wilson speaks of-- the border of Iran, the oil fields of Iraq, or the skies above the Middle East? If Rep. Wilson is honest, she'd probably say "all of the above."
This is the faulty thinking of the Republican party. The mission is not about being peacekeepers--which President Bush has always been against anyway, then it must be about planting our corporate flags in the oil fields and keeping Iran from influencing the body politic in Iraq. The problem is that the legitimate government is going on a month long hiatus and the U.S. will be in the position of acting as the sherriff in Tombstone thanks to the politics at home that make it impossible for this President to do what is right.
What makes anyone believe that the war is moving or can be made to move in the right direction when so many wrong turns have been made from day one?
The only thing in our national interest is to bring our soldiers home--NOW!
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