by Ekim Seyer

Created on: July 07, 2008

Setting a timetable for troop withdrawal from Irag is a terrible mistake.
NOT!

Setting a timetable for troop withdrawal from Irag is an excellent goal. Why? Because that will assure us of getting out of somewhere we should not be. Be that as it may, since we are there, getting out should be the goal to acquire.

I am not advocating getting out and let the Iraqies fend for themselves, on the contrary, since we went in there and destroyed their lifesyle, we should do what we can to help put them back into what they know their life to be. Seeing as to they do not want to live like Americans, we can, through their money, (from oil sales) allow them to rebuild their country as they see fit. They can pay America for protection, from those that are trying to over run them, like Iran's insurgents.

By selling their oil, at record low prices, preferrably to America and the allies, all the money that would be taken in, would pay for raw materials, training the labor force to learn new trades, other than war tactics, pay for engineering capabilities for their own people, to be used in the rebuilding effort, to hire all it's citizens to do one hundred percent of the work in rebuilding the country, and last pay the United States government top dollar to keep American forces on their land to keep the peace until the rebuilding is completed.

There would be a time limit to be imposed on the government of Iraq, with heavy consequences. If for any reason the rebuilding does not complete on the appointed day, the United States, in order to keep their troops on Iraq's soil, would double the amount of money agreed upon to police the country. Every thirty days the amount would double, keeping Iraq on track to get their act together and finish the rebuilding project. There is no reason why the American public should foot the bill for this war and the rebuilding of Iraq. The government of Iraq has billions of dollars in their reserves as noted in other writings (in radio/television news, newspapers and e-magazines) on the solvency of Iraq. President Bush should have made provisions to use Iraq's money after the fall to pay for the war and the aftermath.

It is still not to late to impose such a structure, so in keeping with the title, it would be in Iraq's best interest to put a time limit as to when to bring our troops home and out of Iraq. That would be when they have paid back the money that WE, the American public has dished out to give them freedom, freedom that they are resisting to accept because of either inept leadership or because they are so used to being abused that they don't know what to do with their new lives. If we (the United States) threaten to leave before the rebuilding is finished they just might make the effort to get on the ball and finish what we started. Why pay for something that is not needed, like protection from another country, at high and unreasonble costs. Just because Iraq has trillions in oil does not mean that they should drag their feet to keep American troops on their soil like hostages at an affordable a billion dollars a day (which would pay back some of the costs of the war imposed on the American public). Instead they should utilize the training and the expertise that the U.S. can give in the way of building up their own defenses, their own cities and their government, to be in the worlds good, to instill Democracy; or go back to what they knew before, oppression. It's their choice, they have the money to pay for whatever suits them.

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