Ridiculous WH Logic re: Iraq Exit Strategy

Pressure Growing to Plan Iraq Exit

Last week, the House International Relations Committee voted 32-9 to call on Bush to develop a strategy to leave Iraq. The White House rejects the idea, believing such a policy would only encourage the Iraqi insurgency.

That makes no sense at all! Ol' Georgie should start off by asking hisself, "Why is there an insurgency in Iraq?" The obvious answer: "Because there is a group of people there that wants us the fuck out of Iraq". If we announce an exit strategy, what motivation would they have to continue blowing themselves up in order to take out our troops? None! We would just have removed their motivation.

"We have ousted Saddam Hussein. That's a victory. We've given them an opportunity to develop a democracy. That is a victory. We're training Iraqi troops. That will be a victory," Jones (sponsor of a resolution urging Bush to produce an exit plan) said. "Have we achieved our goals, and if not, what are those goals?"

In a word, the goal is control; in Iraq, and the greater Middle East region. And if we withdraw from Iraq, those in charge of the country may, or may not, remain friendly to Duhbya and his friends' corp-whore-ate interests. They may not like us having military bases in their country and might kick us out. They may not like US companies pumping their oil out from underneath them and might kick them out. The only way to retain complete control is to remain an occupier.

Bush and his top aides have resisted setting a timeline for troop withdrawal or talking publicly about specific goals. Doing so, they say, would provide information useful to the insurgency -- an argument the House GOP leadership has endorsed.

"I never tell my kids when my patience is going to run out, because they'll usually try it," said Representative Mike Pence, Republican of Indiana and a staunch Bush ally. "Tactically, it's very unwise to signal a timeframe to the enemy, because it essentially gives them a deadline for how long they have to hang on."

What's wrong with this picture? Our leaders have the impression that they're the parents of the world! "Now, give me that oil, you little brat, or I'll spank you six ways sidelong!" Of course, our "leaders" deny that it's about oil and claim we're there promoting the cause of democracy. But how can a true democracy exist in an atmosphere where US policymakers treat the rest of the world as unable to take care of itself?