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Sunday, April 25, 2004

What Do We Do Now?

Progressive (Liberal)

It seems very hard for some people--especially those in high places, but also those striving for high places--to grasp a simple truth: The United States does not belong in Iraq. It is not our country. Our presence is causing death, suffering, destruction, and so large sections of the population are rising against us. Our military is then reacting with indiscriminate force, bombing and shooting and rounding up people simply on "suspicion."...

...any discussion of "What do we do now?" must start with the understanding that the present U.S. military occupation is morally unacceptable...
This essay seems to me to be one long statement of the obvious (mixed in with the highly contentious), without providing a solution. That is not particularly helpful.

The question is not: What went wrong in Iraq? Even Rumsfeld is now admitting the obvious truth that things are not going well.

The important question is: How can we fix this?

In many significant ways, we have screwed this up. But that is the past. In the now, we have acquired a moral, political, military and economic responsibility. It would be immoral to run from our mistakes and then leave the dying to be done by others. We must carry the weight.

So what do we do now?

I am not sure what Mr. Zinn is proposing. The Democrats should nominate someone other than Kerry? Who? Even Dean isn't proposing a withdrawal from Iraq. Kucinich? Forget it. I am a life-long Democrat, and even I won't vote for Kucinich. What is the point of nominating a candidate that will get less than 15% of the vote?

Kerry says we stay and try to do the best we can with an impossible situation. It is not the easy thing to do, but it is the morally right thing to do.

On this issue, I'm with Kerry.

ORIGINAL ITEM: http://www.progressive.org/june04/zinn0604.html
Posted by: Zayphar / 4/25/2004 03:08:00 PM
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