Iraq Discussion
I really think the Baker Commission is doing a really good job trying to handle the situation in Iraq. Almost everyday the cover of the NY times has a gruesome, disturbing, emotional picture of a scene from Iraq. Yet still our government and our society has not done much to improve it, until this new study group. We need to get over the fact the Mr. Bush was wrong and there were no WMD’s to be found which was his main focus, and now we need to move on. We need to move on to more important things such as what we do next with their country. What do we do to help the Middle East? Can we back out or do we need to increase? There are so many questions and so many shortcomings to every good idea. Today’s NY times has an article on Saudi Arabia. It talked about how if the US pulls out, Saudi Arabia has threatened to fund the Sunni insurgents. I find that wrong, if they don’t want us to pull out, why don’t they get the job finished? That may sound a bit harsh, but our country cannot be relied on singally for this. The Baker commission really does a good job of reinforcing the idea of Iraq’s stability. That is a really important goal, to make sure Iraq will be able to survive on its own. In this study group, they mention that the area around Iraq (Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia..) should form a support group. There are also many other minor focuses that needs to be done (Iraqi oil sector, the U.S. reconstruction efforts in Iraq..) but these two “recommendations” will be very helpful in starting a new plan for what to do next.
