Comments on: Why Liberation Never Felt So Good & Other Glorious News From Bush’s Forever War http://themoderatevoice.com/19344/why-liberation-never-felt-so-good-other-glorious-news-from-george-bushs-forever-war/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 18:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: runasim http://themoderatevoice.com/19344/why-liberation-never-felt-so-good-other-glorious-news-from-george-bushs-forever-war/comment-page-1/#comment-134265 runasim Sat, 03 May 2008 22:58:18 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/iraq/withdrawal/19344/why-liberation-never-felt-so-good-other-glorious-news-from-george-bushs-forever-war/#comment-134265 There is a new reason for continuing the occupation being pushed by war fans: power <br>The story line is that people of the ME respect power above all else, and if the US leaves, it will be seen as weak and despicable.<br>It's not explained how that is different from where we are today.<br>Nor is it explained why terrorists find many of their own powerful governments. so unattractive. <br><br>I don't dismiss these arguments out of hand. Leaving will not be easy.<br>But I do wonder at the creative flow of new and improved reasons for staying in Iraq until some undefined victory. There is a new reason for continuing the occupation being pushed by war fans: power
The story line is that people of the ME respect power above all else, and if the US leaves, it will be seen as weak and despicable.
It's not explained how that is different from where we are today.
Nor is it explained why terrorists find many of their own powerful governments. so unattractive.

I don't dismiss these arguments out of hand. Leaving will not be easy.
But I do wonder at the creative flow of new and improved reasons for staying in Iraq until some undefined victory.

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