Reply #5: Well, to be fair, we're between a rock and a hard place [View All]

Kerry didn't advocate full withdrawal because at least at this point it would probably be irresponsible. That's what makes me so mad about this whole damn war. We're damned if we do and damned if we don't. Kerry did say he would try to get US troops out within 6 months, but he said that could only happen as a best-case scenario.

Honestly, I don't know what to do. And the truth is nobody does. If we just pull out right now there'll be massive civil war, secession, and the end-result will likely be a Turkish-occupied Kurdistan and an theocratic Islamic regime in Baghdad with ties to anti-American terrorist groups. Not to mention sky high gas prices and hundreds of thousands dead.

If we stay we're only furthering resentment against us, inflicting casualties and seeing more and more soldiers die, and making it tougher to stabilize the country.

It's completely f*cked.