Joe Klein on looking forward

TIME.com -- Joe Klein: Think Twice About a Pullout: "The most passionate discussions in Washington last week were about the past?whether the President intentionally misled the country into war?not the future. They are a waste of time. Two questions need to be addressed: Will an American withdrawal from Iraq create more or less stability in the Middle East? Will a withdrawal increase or decrease the threat of another terrorist attack at home? It does not matter whether you believe the war was right or wrong. If the answers to those questions are less stability and an empowered al-Qaeda, we'd better think twice about slipping down this dangerous path."