What will happen in Iraq if we cut and run

Rocco DiPippo writes today’s must-read:

I have observed first-hand the effects of the Bush Administration’s new Iraq security plan since it began two months ago. Street violence in Baghdad and surrounding areas has declined. Shops and markets once boarded up are reopening. Iraqi civilians are venturing out onto the streets again and living their lives with less fear of being persecuted, tortured, maimed or killed. To be sure, there is still plenty of terror and violence in Iraq, but since the “troop surge” began, it has lessened considerably.

Before offering first hand proof of the new security plan’s effectiveness, I must first tell you how some of my Iraqi friends and acquaintances were affected by the violence that ran virtually unchecked through the streets of Baghdad before the plan began taking hold. It is important to do this since the Democratic Party and most of those on the left side of the political spectrum either do not realize, or do not seem to care, that the lives of millions of Iraqis, (our fellow human beings), will be seriously jeopardized should America cut short its efforts to help stabilize their country.

What my Iraqi friends have so far experienced is a taste of what will happen to millions of Iraqis if the reckless Left forces the US from Iraq before the terrorists, including active Al Qaeda members, are driven out of the country.

Before the troop surge began, my friend Nabil’s brother-in-law, a resident of Jordan, was shot in the head while he was visiting Baghdad for a week to help with Nabil’s wedding plans. He was killed by a terrorist simply for being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

A month prior to that event, Nabil and his parents fled their long-time home when they received a note, wrapped around a 9mm bullet, commanding them to leave their neighborhood in 24 hours or be killed. (Based on what had happened to some of those in Nabil’s neighborhood who had ignored similar threats, he knew that he and his family had half that time to gather up a few possessions and leave, if they wanted to live.)

If the Democratic Party is successful in effecting a premature troop withdrawal from Iraq, Nabil and most of his family will likely be killed because of their religious affiliations and because Nabil has been employed by Americans. (You might want to know that Nabil is one of the most decent men I have ever known.)

Make sure to read it all.

(Hat tip: ST reader Sev)

9 Responses to "What will happen in Iraq if we cut and run"

Severian says:

April 17, 2007 at 10:27 am

To me, this guy, being in Iraq, seeing the results of both what the surge is accomplishing, and what happened before, has the Ultimate Moral Authority Card in my opinion. But that’s not how the libs will view it.
sanity says:

April 17, 2007 at 10:53 am

A sign in normal American stores can sum the Iraq situation up easily:

“You break it – you bought it.”

So, in other words, by removing Saddam, we essentially “broke it”, and it is now our obligation to “fix it”. It is our mess, for good or bad.

We have an obligation of getting this country back on its feet – once that is done, it will no longer be broken.

As Bakalava likes to state, much of what is being griped and harped on is now the past, what are you going to do about the present and future?

Troop withdrawl at this time will lead to a complete break down of Iraq. If people think it is bad now, withdrawl the troops like Democrats want and see what happens then.

Here, let’s experiment, withdraw all police, emergency personnel, national guard, security personnel…ect from New York or Detroit, or Chicago – and tell me what happens. This will be small potatoes comparing to what will happen in Iraq.
PCD says:

April 17, 2007 at 11:38 am

The bottom line is the libs are tired of supporting the troops. They want to go back to openly hating the military and cutting the Defense budget.

The left also has a mega-case of BDS. They don’t see Iraq as anything else than an opportunity to defeat Bush.

As with the VT shooting, the left doesn’t look beyond their discredited nostrums for their course of action. They can’t reason out cause and effect.
jpe says:

April 17, 2007 at 12:55 pm

So, the surge is supposed to lay the conditions for a stable Iraq so that we can, eventually, leave. What’s a timeline for our commitment? Or is there no limit to the time that we could be there? Thanks in advance.
Lorica says:

April 17, 2007 at 1:30 pm

Hey jpe, what was our commitment in WWII?? The genius of the liberation of Iraq, is that we now have Al-Queda coming to us. Presently Iraq is the central front on the War on Terror with AQ, and now people on the left want to cut and run?? Don’t make no sense to me, I don’t see how it does to you. – Lorica
Severian says:

April 17, 2007 at 2:28 pm

I’d hate to have you as a parent jpe. I can see you when the kid’s say 3 or 4 year old, asking him “What’s the committment? I mean, how long do you expect me to take care of you?” You do it until the job is done, not look for excuse to shirk your responsibility. Where is the timeline for Bosnia/Kosovo? Hmmmmm…we’re still there, is that OK since it was Clinton’s war?
Great White Rat says:

April 17, 2007 at 3:32 pm

What’s a timeline for our commitment?

I’ll bet that AQ has the same question. Isn’t it odd how their aims seem to coincide so well with our leftists?

The answer, of course, is that the timeline ends when the job is done, as Sev says.
forest hunter says:

April 17, 2007 at 9:42 pm

What’s a timeline for our commitment?

What’s the timeline of commitment for the morons incapable of considering how this affects AQ strategy or is just allying with enemies of America still voluntary?

Next time the clue bus drives by, be sure to step out in front and show’em how it’s done?
NC Cop says:

April 17, 2007 at 11:02 pm

What’s a timeline for our commitment? Or is there no limit to the time that we could be there? Thanks in advance.

How about “Until the job is finished”? Can you comprehend that? If you could, please name ANY other war the U.S. has been involved in that we have had a timeline for.

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