tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post1430509957020604182..comments2023-11-03T19:05:08.512+11:00Comments on Harry Clarke: The road homeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-25397568652500703522007-07-11T07:37:00.000+10:002007-07-11T07:37:00.000+10:00Don't announce a withdrawal now.I like this editor...Don't announce a withdrawal now.<BR/><BR/>I like this editorial because it sets out the likely facts. It doesn't engage in wishful thinking about consequences and is honest about the bleak future it sees for the people of Iraq.<BR/><BR/>I agree and think that the strategic costs of the US losing to terrorists who are attempting to achieve their ends by killing innocents are also large.hchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799594181016858701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-3251627563567130432007-07-10T21:36:00.000+10:002007-07-10T21:36:00.000+10:00And your alternative is? It seems to me that to st...And your alternative is? <BR/><BR/>It seems to me that to stay forever (or close enough) is the only alternative. However, this cannot possible work, because American troops can really only last as long as (a) foreign governments are willing to subsidize the American government printing press; (b) Americans are willing to borrow money from such great regimes as Saudia Arabia, China etc.; or (c) the American public gets fed up with it.<BR/><BR/>I find it very difficult to imagine that any of these things would last long enough to make any real difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com