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Biden Addresses (and Readdresses) Partition in Iraq
I wrote before Joe Biden was picked for VP that his endgame for Iraq appeared fundamentally at odds with Obama's. That has changed: Biden has softened his support for a plan to partition Iraq into three sect-based regions and has embraced Obama's plan to withdraw combat troops in 16 months. A Biden insider told Politico, "There's no daylight between these guys on Iraq now. None."
But things are not so simple in Joe Biden's brain. Asked to comment on the one-time disagreement, Biden spoke for 13 minutes and 20 seconds. ABC News has the full response. It's really something to behold, and touches on almost every aspect of the war in Iraq. The overarching point that Biden makes is, "Withdrawal by itself doesn't work. Partition by itself doesn't work. Staying the course by itself doesn't work. The situation is complex. I understand the complexity."
I watched the segment. I don't understand why people are dissing Biden. God forbid, a public servant with understanding about the situation in Iraq give a detailed and reasonable answer rather than, "the surge worked." God forbid, a public servant understand the nuances in what is going over there rather than confusing important details.
Instead of slamming Biden for his long windedness, why don't people applaud the fact the fact that even though you may disagree with him, he actually knows what he is talking about.
Sheesh.
Here is the deal - we withdrawl, they will partition themselves. It is called a civil war. So, we can let them do it on their own, or do it for them with billions of our dollars.
I say let's get the hell out and let them do what Churchill should have done a long time ago.
why do you consistently divide partition and withdrawal as though they were a binary choice? you can do both: withdraw and support a plan of federalism (i.e., partition, that is, like provinces or states).
Soft Partition was already in progress before the surge officially started. It's called ethnic cleansing. The number of mixed Sunni & Shiite neighborhoods have dwindled with millions of displaced refugees internally and abroad who can not go home. All of this happened with our help and on our dime.