I don't know why our political establishment can't get it. What the people want, first, is political leaders who will stand up and admit that the Iraq War was probably the worst strategic/military/foreign policy blunder in U.S. history. It is hard to imagine anything positive that will ever come of it. More likely it has tipped the balance in favor of more radical and anti-U.S. elements in the region. It is getting worse. We have to stop the damage.
That should be the starting point for future policy in the region. The second step is for those leaders to give us confidence that they have a clear plan for exiting as quickly as possible consistent with trying to minimize the fallout. Similar--need I say it?--to what we did in Vietnam. Not on an announced timetable, but steady and inevitable. It worked out pretty well in Vietnam.
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