Iraq

I am seeing where a lot of fools are pushing for Obama to put troops back in Iraq. While I agree that the US is at fault for the mess because we invaded a country and tried to set up Democracy when they don't want democracy.  That being said, we do not belong back there.  We left them a strong, viable country.  They don't have the backbone to handle it.  The so called Iraqi soldiers shucked their uniforms and ran when the criminals came calling.  Exactly how do we fix a country that does not have the guts to defend itsself?  We need to re-learn our lesson from Vietnam.  Many soldiers have told me that the South Vietnamese thought they were fools for defending South Vietnam.  They were told by the South Vietnamese soldiers that if the Viet Cong ever broke through to the south, then the South Vietnamese would shuck the uniforms and declare that they had been fighting for the Viet Cong  along.  We left and look now long it took the country to fall to the North.  All that time, money and lives wasted for nothing.  For nothing except the politicians that got rich and the defense contractors who got to test their new weapons at the expense of 58,000 young men, many not even out of their teens.  And the country turned right around and allowed the Bush regime to get us  back into a similar mess in Iraq on a pack of lies.  Who benefited?  The same group from the Vietnam era.  Cheney, Rummy, Wolfie, Bolton all benefited.  And we, the American people lost, again.  So did the Iraqi citizens.  So if these arm chair soldiers want us back fighting in Iraq, let them pack up and take off.  I will even contribute to buying their tickets.  And once there, they will be on their own.  They should not have too much trouble.  Let them put their ideas into action.  However, our troops do not need to be back in that sandbox.  Many are still suffering from mental and physical problems now.  And the first to go should be Bush, Cheney, Wolfie, Rummy and Bolton.  And Connie Rice.  All should have to step up and defend the Iraqi people.