In the '70's we were deceived by the communists into believing that we could not win a war against communism in Southeast Asia, and we bailed out of Vietnam. Among the many horrible results of the quick and violent coming to power of the communists was the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge--The Kampuchean Communist Party. Between 1975 and 1979 the communists killed over 1 million people. They were not killed due to U.S. military action: they were killed, mostly in secret, by the Kampuchean Communist Party.
Now we have people with great political and demogogic influence demanding that we leave Iraq, but they are not thinking through the consequences of leaving before a democratic govenrment is in place. There are no good options to democracy. Imagine the consequences to Japan if after we defeated Japan we did not occupy the country and enforce democratic reform. Whatever your view of the reasons for going to war in Iraq, technically the formal war is over and we are there to enforce the development of democracy by keeping the murderers who want to excercise absolute political power from having their way.
If you want to hate Bush and his decisions, you are free to do so, but before you demand an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, tell me how you plan to create democracy after we are gone.
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