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Okay, staying in Iraq until "the job is done" is rediculous. Mcain has said we should stay in Iraq 100 years if we have to. He backs this statement up by referring to the fact that we still have troops in Germany and Japan after world war II. WAKE UP PEOPLE, Germany and Japan arent Muslim countries! Thats the difference! As long as we have troops in Iraq, there will be terrorists plotting to kill americans. It really is that simple. Pull out of Iraq = stops terrorism.
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Two answer both your and Game's questions about the war: We leave when there is a strong, self-governing and self-sustaining government to fill the void. Its that simple. And Jason, your simplistic argument rfeflects more wishful thinking than reality. Most dems and republicans agree that if we left now Iraq would fall into chaos.
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And off shore drilling isnt a short term answer, and it isnt even a long term answer. Its a lose - lose situation. People act like off shore drilling will all of a sudden bring our gas prices down. Not going to happen. At the rates we are currently consuming, the worlds oil reserves will be completley gone in 50 years. Thats a scary though to me, we need to end our dependence on all oil, not drill ourselves out of the problem. We cant just drill more and expect this problem to go away forever.
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Who do you think saying that it will? Not anyone running for president. Both candidates want to invest in alternative fuels, but only one has a realistic plan to fill the gap until we get there. Thats McCain. There is not magic alternative fuel wand that will fix our energy crisis. We need a COMPREHENSIVE policy expoiting all reserves that we have an developing more for the day when we can move beyond carbon.
And simply ANNOUNCING we have opened up areas to drilling will plummet gas prices. When Bush annouced the removal of the presidential ban, gas started dropping, just because global speculation got nervous. Its basic economics.