Deluding Ourselves

When I read Arthur Silber’s post below, the first sentence of his quote from the National Review, sparked a thought. The magazine wrote; “Since the conclusion of the war, the Bush administration has shown a dismaying capacity to believe its own public relations.”

After reading this it occurred to me that the entire case against pulling our troops out of Iraq tomorrow is based on a delusion. It is the idea that somehow we are in control of things there and if we leave, the country will descend into chaos. But, how can we believe that we are in control when an American, even a heavily armed American, cannot walk the streets with even a bare minimum of safety? Who are we kidding?

And, I believe that if our soldiers come home and the Iraqi people begin to kill one another then that is on their heads. It is their responsibility to find away to live in peace with one another, not ours. It is our responsibility to stop killing people ourselves.