[Marxism] If Iraq was a mistake, why are American forces still there?

[Nasir Khan <naskha3@xxxxxxxxx>]

If Iraq was a Mistake, Why are We Still There?

by Camillo Bica | CommonDreams.org , May 29, 2009

However one frames the debate, it is apparent to any fair minded and
rational person that the invasion of Iraq, based as it was on
misinformation at best, lies and deceptions at worst, was a mistake
and should never have occurred. Certainly President Obama has made
this claim on numerous occasions as well as many who had previously
supported (and voted for) the war. After having acknowledged this
fact, however, President Obama and others would have us forget the
past as it serves, in their view, no practical purpose to rehash and
moralize over things that cannot be undone. It will be the work of
future historians, legal scholars, and philosophers, they argue, to
untangle, interpret, and make judgments regarding the complex events
and decisions that led to the invasion and characterize the occupation
of Iraq. They warn that it is imperative at this crucial juncture that
we deal with the matters at hand, that we act quickly and decisively
in our national interest to ensure that our Country remains safe, that
our goals in Iraq and Afghanistan are achieved, and that our sacrifice
in blood and treasure is not for naught.

What President Obama and others who advocate such a position fail to
appreciate is that we live in a Nation that understands and accepts
the importance of the Constitution and the rule of law, both moral and
International. Accordingly, we determine our behavior, how we conduct
ourselves as a Nation, not only by what is in our national interest
but also by what is right, not only by what we CAN do, but also by
what we OUGHT to do. This is what we stand for as a people, the values
we hold sacred as a nation. Consequently, to focus exclusively on
“practical considerations” – present conditions and problems –
considered in isolation and apart from the causal chain of events that
led to the situation as it exists today is morally and legally
unacceptable and incoherent and counter to the principles and values
we believe must guide and determine our future course of action not
only in Iraq, but in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and elsewhere in the world
as well.

Full article: 
http://sudhan.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/if-iraq-was-a-mistake-why-are-we-still-there/

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