Reply #38: Says who? What do you think would happen in Iraq if the U.S. announced a [View All]

pullout?
A lot of the current insurgency is opposition to U.S. policies and actions in Iraq.
But the insurgents have no chance of becoming the dominant political power in Iraq,
with or without the U.S. there.
The problems of 3 major factions that don't trust each other, question of control of the oil,
differing agendas regarding women's rights, etc. have to be resolved satisfactorly for there to
be long term peace among the factions in Iraq. But its not at all clear that the U.S. being there
is an advantage to getting these issues resolved satisfactorly. The U.S. intentions were not honest.
If the U.N. rather than U.S. had been the peacekeeper, the results would likely have been better.
But this might still be a more viable option for peace keeper than the U.S., which has big liabilities
regarding intentions and history.