As the Democrats turn themselves into the antiwar party, as popular support for the war continues to sink, as some who initially signed on to the war now heap scorn on the entire Iraqi project, the question of immediate withdrawal must be confronted.
There are two rationales for withdrawing from -- let's be honest, abandoning -- Iraq: (a) Iraq is not worth it, and (b) worth it or not, the cause is lost.
» Charles Krauthammer Iraq's government must defend itself against Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Otherwise, the civil war is unwinnable and our withdrawal inevitable.
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