What a cluster****

Found this article about a war protest in D.C. yesterday (text below the link too). I too would like to see us victorious anytime we march into war against another country, both for troop morale and safety - and because losing just makes us look bad. But it makes a difference, to me at least, that we go to war for the right reasons, and the only right reasons ever cited for this invasion on our part were trumped-up lies. I'm not in favor of us looking like a bunch of cowards by pulling out of a conflict, but I think there's a difference between fleeing right away and leaving after a too-long occupation and cutting your losses shorter than they could be (not to mention a healthy dose of saying "We're sorry; we fucked up" in some diplomatic fashion).

No, I was never in favor of this war, but I see a smidge of logic in some of the "we can't pull out!" side's argument - just not enough to agree with them at the continued expense of lives, our tax dollars, and our tarnished image around the world.


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