An Exit Strategy For Iraq

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An Exit Strategy For Iraq
By The Veteran Voice
08/31/2006 07:39:05 PM CST

One of my veteran buddies, U.S. Attorney Bob Coleman has proposed an exit strategy for Iraq that I personally wish I had thought of myself. But jealousy aside, I do think it is one worth considering.

Bob, a Korean War Air Force vet, proposes that the United Nations send an peace-keeping force to Iraq composed of armed forces from moderate Islamic nations such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emerates, Jordan and the like. Of course, The Turkish army would have to be located as far away as possible from the Kurds, but the rest could be located anywhere.

The beauty of this proposal is, (1) it gets our troops out of harm’s way, (2) it takes away the insurgents’ premise that this is an attempt at another crusade, (3) if any more killing is to be done, it will be Islamic against Islamic and lastly, if the whole thing goes up in smoke, our troops will not have to bear the burden of the loss.

The only problem I see with this plan is that most of the Islamic nations mentioned are Suni and Druse, and they might aline themselves with the Suni minority in Iraq. But, if that should happen, then Iran would most probably to come to the rescue of their Shiite brethren — a move that might well bog them down there for years like we have been. So I guess that’s not such a problem after all. Kills two birds with one stone.