[Peace-discuss] Murtha (and Obama) on the war

[Karen Medina]

> nonagenarians armed with bows and arrows

Hey! Nonagenarians could be very effective.

> On this point, Obama and the Bush men agree: 
> one, stabilize Iraq, avoid all out civil war, and give the 
factions within Iraq the space they need to forge a 
political settlement; 
> two, contain and ultimately extinguish the insurgency in 
Iraq; and 
> three, bring our troops safely home.'

One and two cannot happen while Iraq is an occupied country.

As a compromise, could they (Obama and "the Bush men") be 
convinced to bring the troops home now, and if Iraq invited 
the US back, then the world would be more likely to join the 
effort? That the US would be more effective as an invited 
Peace Keeping force than as an unwanted Occupier? Or are 
they afraid that they would not be invited back, and so 
cling to every strand of the failing rope?

-karen medina