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Originally Posted by GatorB
So if Bush had his way in 2027 we'd still be there?
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I don't think he wants to stay there, he just doesn't know how to leave. His actions now seem to show that he is planning to basically stay the course and let the next administration handle it. It is the only thing he can now do that won't risk political disaster for his party.
If he tries to pull us out of there and chaos erupts people will blame him and the republicans for getting us into the mess and never finishing the job correctly and it will give a huge advantage to the democrats in the 2008 election.
By staying there if a republican wins the white house in 2008 they have another 4 years to figure it out and if they fail so be it. If a democrat wins and they pull out immediately and chaos erupts the republicans can say, "see, I told you so."
It's the safe thing for him to do. He has created a mess he can't clean up so he's sweeping it under the rug.