tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post116325385949370099..comments2023-11-05T03:48:31.411-05:00Comments on James Maxey - Jawbone of an Ass: Gridlock! I hope. Maybe.James Maxeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-1163537920957838382006-11-14T15:58:00.000-05:002006-11-14T15:58:00.000-05:00At this point, perhaps the best possible outcome c...At this point, perhaps the best possible outcome could be achieved by letting Iraqis vote on whether they want U.S. troops to stay or go. (I've seen some bloggers float this idea, but I don't know that anyone in authority has suggested it.)<BR/><BR/>If the Iraqis vote against our staying, then we can pack up and leave without it being a matter of "kill enough American troops and they will give Eric James Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10831031133789098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-1163469979649686742006-11-13T21:06:00.000-05:002006-11-13T21:06:00.000-05:00Eric, thanks for responding. You make one point I...Eric, thanks for responding. <BR/><BR/>You make one point I strongly agree with: Our casualties in this conflict are low measured against almost any pre-Grenada military action. We could stay in Iraq another decade and our total deaths wouldn't approach some individual battles of WWI or WWII. <BR/><BR/>But, what are these deaths in Iraq gaining us? If we don't back down, and continue taking James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-1163464745336326022006-11-13T19:39:00.000-05:002006-11-13T19:39:00.000-05:00I agree with you completely on #2.Pending details,...I agree with you completely on #2.<BR/><BR/>Pending details, I would probably go along with #3.<BR/><BR/>As for #1, I see your point, but for me (and many others who supported the Iraq war) it wasn't about stopping Iraq from killing a few thousand people with another terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11. It was about transforming the situation in the Middle East in order to prevent a nuclear Eric James Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10831031133789098616noreply@blogger.com