In real life, we cut our losses. We might be getting our ass kicked in a fight for 30 seconds and we realize it's time to look for the exit. We might be getting passed over at work for promotions, and after 5 years we realize it's time to start shopping the resume. You might have invested in a dog of a stock and you realize it's time to sell after a year of steady decline.
We all make mistakes, and sometimes you realize it's time to realize and admit you blew it, and make a gracious exit.
It appears congress is ready to cut losses in Iraq in 12 months. Some belive it's time to cut our losses and leave. A near equal number don't want to cut our losses. I guess the quesiton is, how many years of stalemating in a war is required before a nation should cut their losses? If we were 12 years into the war instead of 4 - would some people still say 'stay the course'?
Here's the deal 240.
I believe that the Iraq war is about the oil.
But do I believe the 9-11 was a self-attack?
No.
What I do believe however, is that the Bush Administration chose that event to launch an offensive military and foreign agenda.
Which after awhile lead to the invasion and war in Iraq.
To secure oil resources.
The Bush Administration saw that they could get away with it, with the history of 9-11 still recent.
But no way I believe in a conspiracy to actually attack and kill US citizens like that.
Besides, I watched it live on TV that day. I saw the second airplane hit. It's not a missile. It's an airplane. I posted that clip from Swedish TV recently, you haven't commented on that yet.
I am no fan of the foreign policy of the Bush Administration.
I think it's dangerous for both the US and the rest of the world. But I don't think the Bush Administration launched an attack on its own country, or that they knew about a US administred attack beforehand.
-Hedge
