The Perils Of Pulling Out

We have created a situation of dire future destructive action no matter what we do, but the longer we stay there the more Dangerous this World will become for future generations! This is Not a Vietnam all over, it's Much Worse!

Everyone is talking about whether the United States should withdraw from Iraq. But is anyone actually planning for that day?


No Exit: Authorized personnel and civilians rush to board a Marine helicopter during the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, Vietnam in April 1975. Bush says chaos will ensue in Iraq if Americans similarly flee.

Yet there's a growing sense among both America's allies and its enemies that U.S. combat troops, at least, will be out of Iraq by the end of next year. The House bill calls for withdrawal by August 2008; the Senate sets a nonbinding goal of March 31. But the bottom line is the same: goodbye to Baghdad. "The implosion of domestic support for the war will compel the disengagement of U.S. forces," writes Steven N. Simon of the Council on Foreign Relations. "It is now just a matter of time." West Point's Gen. Barry McCaffrey, after an intense week of briefings in Iraq last month, warns that the American military cannot sustain this level of commitment for much more than another year. The U.S. Army "is going to start to unravel" because it is stretched so thin by the war, he says.