Still Between That Rock And A Hard Place

As much as I would love for us to just pull out of Iraq, I know, along with the rest of the world, that we just can't. Other nations in the Middle East, like Egypt, are just as afraid of what will happen if/when we leave as I am.

"An early withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq may lead to civil war, Egypt's foreign minister said, as his Iraqi counterpart begins two days of talks with neighboring countries and officials from the Group of Eight nations.

Ahmed Aboul Gheit said that delegates to the conference in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh will call for international troops to leave Iraq by the end of 2005. At the same time, in comments carried by the state news agency MENA, he warned that an early withdrawal may lead to a fight for power.
"If the foreign forces pull out early form Iraq, I expect that there will be a civil war,'' Aboul Gheit said. "Every party will be shooting at everybody else to capture power.'' "

This is nothing short of a fine mess Bush has gotten us into and I doubt it will be cleaned up by the time he leaves office.