"Three Options, Each Is Repugnant"...from Al Jazeera [View All]

The following is from the Opinion page of Al Jazeera and was written by Sandy Shanks:

America has three courses of action in war-torn Iraq, and the most likely of the three is Bush's Stay the Course option. It is combined with the surreal optimism that we may begin to withdraw our forces during the spring or summer of 2006.

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Those who urge immediate withdrawal from Iraq consistently fail to deal with the long-term ramifications of our surrender in Iraq and espouse only on the immediate rewards of such a policy. Their thoughts are guided by the Vietnam Syndrome. It is a bad war, they say, caused by illegitimate reasons, and it is time to cut our losses. Yes, very appealing.

And very shortsighted. The first two options offer only defeat for America and the Iraqi people. The third option looms. It is proffered by colonels and below, the generals being too obsequious. The spectre of another Vietnam is galvanising America into inaction, and Bush is reluctant to commit additional troops out of fear of a severe political backlash, and, yet that is exactly what he should do.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/87AB4347-4FDF-4BEE-AB27-32B01A6F5F4C.htm