September 3, 2006 - DO Abandon Iraq!

I think that Douglas Koerber’s recent letter to the editor (“Don't abandon Iraq before job is done”, 9-3) is wrong on almost every point.

When Mr. Koerber writes “If the United States continues to follow through, we will look back on this war a decade from now and see a free and stable democratic Iraq” he is guilty of promoting a faith-based foreign policy; in truth there is little reason to believe that “staying the course” for ten more years or even a hundred more years will force most Iraqis to acquiesce to the Christian (read “pro-Zionist”) occupation army on their soil.

When Mr. Koerber writes “the United States occupied West Germany for decades . . . Many Europeans . . .protested that presence” his comparison is hardly apt because not a single U.S. solider was killed by German resistors, insurgents, or “terrorists” during the entire postwar occupation.

Finally, when Mr. Koerber writes “If America were to withdraw from Iraq now, the deaths of our fallen heroes would be for nothing” he repeats the chestnut which is the last refuge for defenders a failed military adventure—if we heeded this advise the U.S. might still be stuck in Vietnam today!

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