Get out of Iraq. Now

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Get out of Iraq. Now

Daniel Kurtzer International Herald Tribune
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2006

PRINCETON, New Jersey Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld have asserted publicly that people who support immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq are either confused or are guilty of appeasement.

This is so patently absurd as to invite bemused scorn in response, were it not for the dangers in these allegations.

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I could not understand then and certainly do not understand now why Bush suddenly changed the goal of the Iraq war into a crusade for democracy, and why this goal was and is worthy of the thousands of American lives and billions of dollars lost in Iraq.

Thus I support withdrawing American forces as soon as possible, if possible within the context of a regional and international accord, but unilaterally if such an accord proves to be impossible to attain.

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For example, the Arabs themselves, in the UN Development Program- sponsored Arab Development Reports, have identified the deficits of freedom, knowledge and women's empowerment as requiring urgent attention.

Without trying to impose a U.S.- sponsored form of democracy on Arab states, America should be directing its assistance and support to Arab efforts to address these deficits.

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