I am bothered by the idea that we will be talking to Iraq and Sryia. Those countries are dictatorships, one religous, the other secular.

I don’t really mind if we pull out and leave the Iraqis to slaughter one another, as they seem determined to do that anyway.

I do mind if we pull out and leave them to our enemies.

Maybe there isn’t any way to pull out without seeing Iran and Syria step in and fill the power vacuum. But the very idea that we may be considering cutting a deal with them — at least according to the MSM — is pretty distasteful.