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My question to General Petraeus:
Are those former Sunni insurgents and ex-soldiers of Saddam Hussein
’s Republican Guard fighting on our side because they have seen the light and now embrace the ideals of a free and democratic government akin to ours, or because we are paying them?
If they are doing it just for the money, then there
’s no reason to trust them or to think that the Surge is working.
Carlos Navarro
Davidson, NC
My question to General Petraeus:
Are those former Sunni insurgents and ex-soldiers of Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard fighting on our side because they have seen the light and now embrace the ideals of a free and democratic government akin to ours, or because we are paying them?
If they are doing it just for the money, then there’s no reason to trust them or to think that the Surge is working.
Carlos Navarro
Davidson, NC
Carlos, perhaps that question is better asked of them. You seem to expect Petraeus to also be a mind reader.
The situation is far more complex than most people want to admit, but it's precisely because of the complexity that we can't leave Iraq until the job is done, period.
For Carlos there, I'd like to ask him if he honestly believes that an Obama or Clinton administration would actually follow through on campaign promises to bring the troops home.
The reality is that no matter who is President, we'll be in Iraq. The difference is under a GOP president, we'd be in Iraq with the goal of winning.
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