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Who said anything about running and hiding? I'm saying keep a decent sized force there but realize that the problems there will always be there and throwing away young American lives isn't going to fix that. We could be like a moderator in a debate. They pretty much make sure shit doesn't get out of hand but will step in if necessary. The country is going to tear itself apart whether we're there or not...there's no point sending our men and women down with it.

I'm not sure what you mean by 9/11 just now being possible. Seems to me that people successfully snuck explosives into those same buildings close to 10 years earlier. Even if you buy the whole government explanation of 9/11 (you know I don't and I know you do...I'm not going there again), you can't deny that they had ample warning and could've done something had they not been some kind of profound stupid. Ignorance would be a great excuse if there weren't all of those pesky security briefings lying around that warn of pretty much exactly what happened. I wonder how hard it was for Bush's cabinet to act surprised on 9/11.