Gone Forever

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We Humans crave 'certainty.' Once we have achieved 'certainty' we can make plans for the future: Does God really exist? And if so, is God as much of an Asshole as The Bible makes Him out to be? We only want to know.

Without 'certainty' we are like little fish in a large skiddish school: we scoot hither and thither with our nearest fishy associates, seeking security. Our movements are based on nothing more than the perceived intentions of our nearest neighbors. But if we knew with certainty where the nearest predators were, and where the nearest food was, we could move ahead with confidence.

That is Iraq today. There is no certainty in Iraq, and this lack of certainty is a major problem. What we need to do for Iraq is to provide them with certainty. We need to give them a date certain when we will be gone. Once they have that date in hand they will be able to act real.

We need to encourage them to act real, and then we need to accept what happens as a result. I would set a date certain two years from now. We will be gone in two years. Gone, not just beginning to leave, maybe... depending...

We need to begin pulling out within one year, and gone in two years. Gone forever.