Jim Geraghty suggests that Barack Obama’s plan for Iraq doesn’t live up to its author’s reputation as an intellectual. Specifically, he points to Obama’s plan to withdraw U.S. troops within 16 months, and then return them to Iraq to prevent a genocide, if it appears that one is likely to occur. Geraghty:
Hmm. Leave Iraq, but return if there are genocidal attacks against civilians. I gotta say, I don’t think I would bet the house against that scenario, or at least not yet. Wouldn’t it be easier to, you know, try to leave something of a sustainably stable state behind instead, like we’re currently doing?
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