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What's Next for the U.S. in Iraq?
Scene of a bomb attack at the police headquarters in Baqouba. (AP) Email to friend
One of the most fiercely debated questions in U.S. foreign policy is figuring out America's responsibility for Iraq today. The results of the late January election are trickling in but the violence continues. Earlier today there were two bombings north of Baghdad; both were attacks on police stations -- both a reminder of the vulnerability of the Iraqi security forces.
All this simply complicates the debate in Washington over U.S. troops. Some, like the Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy, are calling for a specific timetable of withdrawal -- saying the presence of U.S. soldiers simply encourages the insurgents. But others argue that leaving too soon could mean abandoning those in Iraq who desperately want this chance at democracy.
Michael Ignatieff, Carr Professor of Human Rights Practice, Director of the Carr Center of Human Rights Policy at Harvard University's JFK School, and author of numerous books including "Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry" and "The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror"
Ret. US General Montgomery Meigs, former Commander of NATO's Peacekeepig force in Bosnia, Bridge Commander in Desert Storm, currently Professor of Government Policy at the Maxwell School of Public Affairs at Syracuse University
