No Clear Answers to One Tough Question

So, let me see if I have this right.

Syria is believed to be behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut.

They deny any knowledge of said assassination.

World pressure builds for them to withdraw troops from Lebanon. They agree to move them a bit farther back, but not all the way out of the country. Kinds of a minor penetration issue; let your mind wander, as it will, here.
I like to think of it as the rhythm method of peace control, as it were.

Syria, also has maintained, that they were not in fact harboring fugitives from Iraq or other fun folks.

Suddenly pressure is building over the “no we did not” assassination in Lebanon.

“Hey look who we found, isn’t that Sadam’s brother? Our bad”.

Now how did that happen? We are the bad guys for being in Iraq, and yet the Syrians are just forgetful? They forgot, as did the rest of the world apparently, that they have been invaders in Lebanon forever?

How come when we are in country, we are always the bad guys?

I don’t begin to understand all the reasons we are in Iraq. I can speculate with the rest of you all day long. Simple truth is I will probably never understand all of the pieces. What I do get is that there are winners and losers in all of these situations. There are people in Iraq who want us there (I suspect it is probably the very people who lived under terror of the former regime) as well as people who don’t. The French and German’s have recently flipped on this decision so we won’t count them. But there are these dudes, who think it is best to drive out the invading Americans, by beheading contractors and aid workers. Wire up a zealot and drive him into a wedding party of the opposing faith. Does anyone in their right mind really want to turn Iraq over to these whack jobs?

I guess my point is simple, well for me. Not sure if I understand or like that we are there, but we are. We do not, at this point, walk away and leave the people, who went through hell to vote, stranded. The other point is the whole area is a time bomb, always has been. Who do you trust, whom do you count as an ally? Got me. But not holding my breath on the Syrians.