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average JoeOhio Tour cont.:<\/strong> We stopped in Kenton, Ohio, where we talked with Charles Shotwell. \u00a0 He said if he were president, he’d withdraw the troops from Iraq now and put warships in International waters close to Iraq to monitor potential, future \u00a0terrorist attacks toward our shores. \u00a0 This got me to thinking. \u00a0 Maybe it would make sense, common sense, to withdraw the U.S. troops from Iraq now and position our warships out in those International waters for another reason. \u00a0 With \u00a0our troops gone, it would conclusively show whether the insurgents would back off, or not. \u00a0 What’s more, it would \u00a0conclusively show whether \u00a0our exit would plunge the nation into civil war, or not. \u00a0 If these situations got worse, we could always send the troops back in to quell some of the escalation. \u00a0 But how can we definitively know, either way — \u00a0if we don’t try. \u00a0 Note:<\/strong> \u00a0 Mr. Shotwell also told me he is a staunch gun proponent. \u00a0 And with a name like “Shotwell,” well, is there any wonder?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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