Response to dfnyc.org: Sources That Affect My Opinion

Dear Bev(sic),

In response to the question about what I think about the Homeward Bound Bill
and what sources affect it:

My husband put it best when he said that Bush has put us in an untenable
situaiton with NO good options.
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3) There had been a Times article saying the Iraqi police training has been
slow and that it might take years. But Friday night on Washington Week in
Review, Martha Shaddaz said the Iraqi trainees are doing much better.

4) And in today's NY Times, it is reported that military officials in Iraq
now think the training will take about two years, after which they will
reconsider how long to stay and in what numbers.

5) Today's Wall Street Journal editorial(Monday--6/27/05) has a good case,
that actually isn't transparently tendentious, for staying. They say 100 Iraqi
units are now able to handle their own operations.

I'm concerned about the war spreading: If the U.S. perceives that Syria is
supporting terrorists to go into Iraq, we might use this as justification to
stop respecting it's borders and go in there after terrorists. I don't
think we want to export the war.

Bush raises the fear that if we pull out we only encourage insurgents and
terrorists. Its' hard to argue with that. Pulling out is never pretty.
That's the ugly situation he's left us.

Best,

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