Former top commander of U. S, forces in Iraq, Richard Sanchez, says " there is no doubt that America is living a nightmare with no end in sight. " Sanchez made the statement to a convention of military journalists on Friday.
The sad part is that Sanchez is probably right. We will most likely be in Iraq until there is a government in place there that is strong enough to insure the mineral rights of oil companies that are reaping the benfits of our involvement in Iraq. Sadly also, America needs the oil and energy resources . We cannot supply ourselves as long as environmental concerns outweigh our need to explore ANWR or build refineries. Our economy would quickly shut down without energy resources.
An offshoot of our involvement there is that we are currently engaging terrorists who wish to destroy us and we have also deposed a tyrannical dictator. These are good things.
The problem is that we have also destabilized an entire region. If the terrorists in the region gain control of the oilfields due to a premature departure on our part, they will become stronger immediately. And hence, we will become eminently more vulnerable.
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