The anti-war folks would have you believe that if we leave Iraq right now, the world will go back to normal. Unfortunately this is simply not the case. Here is the real situation of why we are in Iraq.
First, we went there because it was believed that they had Weapons of Mass distruction, not because of 9/11 or Al Quaida. I believe Colon Powell believed his intelligence when he delivered it at the UN.
But here’s the situation as it stands today: The country is made up of basically 3 ethnic groups. Sunnis, Kurds and Shiities. The Shiities basically follow the religious thoughts of Iran, and that ethnic group is the larger of the 3 groups and directly opposes the Sunnis. If the Shiities who are friendly to Iran don’t have to deal with the US forces, then Iran may see Iraq as a prime location to take in a big land grab. The history just a few years back was that of civil war over borders. With basically no army, Iraq could fall to the Iranians.
If Iran moves in and has Nuclear Weapons, then what will we do? How can we respond then?
If this was Hitler and Germany during WWII, when would you consider stopping them?
We are in Iraq, so we don’t have to be in Iran. That’s the bottom line.
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