THE DEMOCRAT POLICY OF QUICK WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ WOULD BE A DISASTER

WASH POST: Making Iraq Safe for Politics -

By Frederick W. Kagan, Jack Keane and Michael O'Hanlon

Iraq's parliament this month passed a new de-Baathification bill, which awaits only expected approval by the five-member presidency council before becoming law. Much remains to be done, but this is an important step toward political reconciliation -- and it further strengthens the case for America to remain committed to its crucial mission in Iraq in the months and years ahead.

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The strain on the U.S. military is great, and we are all concerned. But sustaining 15 brigades in Iraq for six more months or another year will not break the force. Reducing forces in Iraq too rapidly, however, even by one or two brigades, might seriously jeopardize the tenuous success we are seeing. We should not take that risk.

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BOTTOM-LINE: Hillary and Obama and Edwards all consider Iraq to be lost, the surge to be a failure, and they want the troops withdrawn - which would be a disaster.

For this reason alone they are unfit for office, unfit for command - and must be defeated.