Quote:
Originally Posted by astralis
stan,
biden believes that american intervention causes over-dependence, and that by threatening/carrying out withdrawal, it will force the iraqis to become more self-sufficient (thus his talk of local control).
|
Yeah, it could force them to become self-sufficient. Or it could cause them to divide up and do power grabs along sectarian and tribal lines. And which ones is more familiar to them do you think?
I have seen no evidence, nothing besides best wishes and best guesses that waving the withdrawal wand will suddenly make Iraqis more self-sufficient and force people to cooperate. We have plenty of direct evidence of what happens politically to along tribes and sectarian lines, when security is absent.