Foresight of Consequences

Foresight of consequences is a legal term which applies to cases where someone should have known what might have happened, e.g., you set a can on top of a fence and throw rocks at it. If the other side of the fence is a sidewalk or road and you hit someone, you're up for an assault charge.

Rep. John Murtha, a respected member of Congress has now added his voice to the demands that we pull out of Iraq now. Works for me. Not only will that make Hollywood wet themselves and Cindy Sheehan a non-event (like she ever was?) but the repercussions of this will be fun to watch.

Since the Dems would like us to follow in the mold of Big Willie with Somalia, let's speculate for a bit.

The day after out troops leave (if they wait that long) Saddam and the rest will be dead and dragged through the streets. What is being touted as a "civil war" will be nothing of the sort, as the Sunnis will be slaughtered almost immediately.

Iraq as a nation will disappear, since the Shia will be taken over by Iran and the Kurds will attempt to set up their own nation. That will get Turkey into the act and another war will begin.

Zaqawi and bin Laden will be able to operate out in the open, since they will have the protection of Iran and they will know we will do nothing about it. This will give them free rein to get the Muslims in the Netherlands, France, Germany and the rest of Europe operating to install a Wahabi version of the Taliban across the Continent.

We, of course, wouldn't have to worry, would we? Even though our borders are open and unchecked, sex of every description is not only tolerated but encouraged, women are (despite what NOW thinks) treated as equals and allowed all rights and we tolerate the practice of all religions, surely they'd leave us alone?

After all, Sean Penn and his fellow travelers wouldn't lie to us.