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Originally Posted by KevinTheOmnivore
Couldn't this story (whether it's biased or not) be attributed to the anti-war sentiment in this country?
There's nothing new here-- Americans love going to war, but hate cleaning it up. I think the Left is just as muchto blame here. If you try to build up the idea that Iraq was a waste, that men and women are needlessly dying, and that we should withdraw ASAP, then people just might start to agree with you!
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I agree with some of the sentiment, but I think we have a heritage of rebuilding countries - see the Marshal Plan, and the way that we wanted to constructively deal with Germany in our 11 points that Pres. Wilson drafted after WWI.
We even did a lot to help Korea after our war there. And still are doing a lot.
[quote]If funding falls flat and Iraq never fully rebuilds, then we have failed on both fronts, IMO. The real blow to terrorism wasn't the invasion, but the promise of what Iraq could be, or the kind of example it could set in the middle east.[/quote
True.