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This day in Alternate history - Obama Edition
perfunction.typepad.com — A good discussion of what would be happening today if Obama had gotten his way with the "Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007"
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- MadKennyP, on 03/31/2008, -4/+2How many more American soldiers would be alive today?
How many families would not be missing a father? Or mother? Or son? Or daughter?- DreadPirate, on 03/31/2008, -2/+6And how many thousands more Iraqis would be dead from the resulting civil war that would occur as soon as we left?
- Timetheos, on 03/31/2008, -2/+2What if France or Britain tried to interefere in our civil war?
Do not confuse civil war with genocide. One may not warrant involvment while the other does.
- Timetheos, on 03/31/2008, -2/+2What if France or Britain tried to interefere in our civil war?
- DreadPirate, on 03/31/2008, -2/+6And how many thousands more Iraqis would be dead from the resulting civil war that would occur as soon as we left?
- Timetheos, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2You mean Iraq would now be a trading partner instead of a drain on our economy?
Fewer American dead?
Sign me up!
(Seriously, the big problem with this blog is that Iraq is not Vietnam, even though they were/are both quagmires. Vietnam was pretty much a 2 party war. Iraq is a multi-party occupation.)
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