Quote Originally Posted by grilkip
If there were a new attack on a similar scale, I wouldn't be surprised if people like Mark Gambo saw a reason in that to stay even longer in Iraq, 'fighting them overthere'.
There are three reasons why US troops will be in Iraq for many years to come:

Shiastan
Sunnistan
Kurdistan

If the Dems succeed in forcing a complete withdrawal Iraq will cease to exist and will split into three factions. The Kurds will immediately declare their independence and most of Kurdish western Turkey will want to join them. The Turks will not stand for this and what is now known as northern Iraq will get very ugly very fast.

Meanwhile the Shiites will align with Iran which may embolden Iran enough to make a move on the Saudi oil fields. Even if they fail the oil markets will respond with sheer panic driving prices well beyond current levels and putting a major hurt on "The Great Satan." The Sunnis who used to run the place will be on the receiving end of all the crap they dished out under Saddam.

Regardless of what Iran does there will still be major Shiite/Sunni battles over Baghdad and the Iraqi oil fields. At this point only the wealthiest Americans will be able to afford to drive their cars. This is why it would be foolish to withdraw from Iraq now. But idiots like Schumer don't care about the consequences as long as they can declare the whole thing a failure and be able to say "I told you so."

If a Democrat becomes president in Jan. 2009 don't expect a withdrawal, either, as none of the current candidates will want to be saddled with the failure of Iraq.