Reply #16: we must leave now.... [View All]

What you and everyone else who says "but leaving will only create more chaos" seems not to understand is that THERE IS NO WORKABLE ALTERNATIVE short of murdering a huge proportion of the civilian population of Iraq, and that will likely just cause the conflict to spread anyway.

Yes, Iraq and perhaps other countries in the region will dissolve into further chaos if the U.S. pulls out. Yes, the only long-term solutions likely are worse than the initial conditions when Saddam Hussein was in power. We and the Iraqis are simply going to have to live with that outcome. It is a direct consequence of our illegal and ill-considered invasion. We cannot "undo" the damage that has already been done, and all of our attempts are only making the situation worse. It sucks, but that's reality. The only question is how many more will die until we face those consequences?