The main idea of this article is to suggest US to focus back on it¡¦s domestic issues, rather than over-spending money and effort in Iraq. After 9/11, US attempted to build a local government in Iraq. However, it failed. Friedman suggested that it is nearly impossible for US to shape Iraq in their own vision. US can¡¦t simply ¡§baby-sit¡¨ Iraq by sending more troops, for an infinite time. US has to What US have paid for Iraq, is far beyond what it can endure, and what it could have achieved in it¡¦s own country. Therefore, the only way to deal with the situation is to either get allies to sustain the job in Iraq together, or to retreat all the troops and let Iraq to find the ¡§equilibrium¡¨ by itself.
This article may not have a direct linkage to what we have covered in lectures. From textbook and lectures, we often focus on ¡§What happened¡¨, ¡§why it happened¡¨ and ¡§how it happened¡¨ but we barely covered the topic ¡§what should we do next¡¨. Here......
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