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Centurion... bring me a bowl and towel, please.

By The Armorer on July 18, 2007 | | Comments (5)
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers who have led the drive to bring troops home from Iraq have not devised a strategy to deal with the widespread killings that could follow a pullout, recent interviews with more than two dozen Democrats and Republicans show.

Many of them acknowledge that Iraq may plunge into vicious sectarian fighting much like the ethnic cleansing that consumed Bosnia a decade ago. However, they said they would reject the use of U.S. troops to stop the killing.


"I wouldn't be surprised if it's horrendous," said House Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey (D-Wis.), who has helped spearhead efforts against the war. "The only hope for the Iraqis is their own damned government, and there's slim hope for that."

Emphasis mine. I'll keep this in mind when the next Dem wants to send the troops somewhere like Bosnia or Kosovo. Refreshing honesty, though.

Well, at least Mr. Obey lays bare his Herodic soul in the LA Times.

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By fdcol63 on July 18, 2007 10:40 AM
From the LAT article: "Some proponents of a withdrawal declined to discuss what the United States should do if the violence increases." " 'That's a hypothetical. I'm not going to get into it,' " Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said." As I recall, Dems like Reid raised all kinds of hypothetical questions like this when arguing against the war, and kept raising Powell's Pottery Barn-esque "If you break it, then you must fix it" rule. And now, they want to cut and run before Bush can finish "fixing" it, and they don't care about the dangerous mess that's left behind.
 
By kat-missouri on July 18, 2007 9:04 PM
At least Pontius Pilate had some conscience about it. And secretly his wife became was dabbling in the Christian subculture. There is a comparison one should be looking for. Who is Pontius' wife?
 
By big al on July 18, 2007 9:49 PM
Why do I get the feeling Democrats and other lefties are so gung ho on getting out of Iraq is that,unlike Vietnam,in several years they won't be morally bothered(snicker) by the news telling them about Iraqian Boat People.....There being a wee bit of difference in the amount of coast line and ports available.
 
By JabbaTheTutt on July 18, 2007 9:57 PM
Where are all the "Save Darfur" people and where's the Congressional Black Caucus on "Never Again" to a Rwanda-style genocide. Seems to me, this would be a bad precedent for their prefered causes. They need to speak out.
 
By BillT on July 19, 2007 3:20 AM
Where are all the "Save Darfur" people and where's the Congressional Black Caucus on "Never Again" to a Rwanda-style genocide. Waiting for the killing to start so they can demonstrate their moral superiority by decrying it. There's no political capital to be made denouncing massacres until they've been featured on the Six O'Clock News. There were quite a few reports in the foreign press when Darfur boiled over in early 2002 and the deliberate killing of civilians began about a year later. When did all the "Save Darfur" protests begin? About March, 2006...
 
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