The third-tour test.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: TILTING at windmills - Iraq war - Brief article

Since I hope that someone will give a copy of what I'm writing now to all the Democratic candidates, I ask your forgiveness for repeating a couple of other points.

As to the argument that a mutual slaughter of Sunnis and Shiites might follow our departure if we don't stay long enough, the British had a presence in India for more than 100 years, behaving more wisely than most colonial powers. Still, when they left, the Hindus and Muslims engaged in a mutual slaughter that killed more than a million people.

Finally, I ask our Democratic leaders...