Will our next president pull us out of Iraq or will the senseless deaths continue?
113597
I don't know if he will, but he shouldn't pull out until Iraq is ready.  Like it or not, people die in war.  The truth is that the casualties of this war are miniscule compare to vietnam which took over 700 Americans on average each day.\n\nThe United States is not the conquering nation that it is portrayed to be in the media.  If we were we would own Japan, half of Germany, and we would still have the panama canal.  We actually have a history of rescuing the people of countries from dictators.  Japan was under an Emperor and in five years after WWII we unilaterally helped the people form a democratic government run by the people of Japan. West Germany took longer (30 years) because we chose to work with the UN, but we formed a democracy there too and then left.    There are many more problems to deal with in Iraq than in Japan or Germany.  We are actually getting things done quickly in Iraq despite enormous difficulties caused by warring sects and the restrictions of the religion of Islam.
647544
the next one is George bush\nhe will die...\nu'll see
179842
No.  That much is obvious at this point.  It will be a war in the end, I fear, The majority will win but it will be a bloodbath with many innocents losing their lives in the process.
907271
I don't think they'll bring them home right away.  Georgie boy made quite a mess - it's going to take a while to clean it up.\n\nI think that it will be sooner - but we can't make a mess in the kitty litter box over there and then leave it for someone else to clean up.\n\nI think our force will be smaller, and it will be there more for aide than for war/policing.  that is Iraq's problem now.\n\nUnfortunately, they're in a civil war - whether Bush wants to admit it or not, and a lot of Iraqi's will die in that civil war - but again, that's not our problem.  We were going to stay out of it anyway.\n\nI foresee that if the Dems win, and they will - our boys (and girls) will be back home in two years - tops.\n\nI think we'll withdraw from Iraq, possibly even Afghanistan, and go do something worth-while, like help out in Africa.  That's where the real help is needed.
1075203
Only if thats what he wants. I think he has retired from public office. The Iraq speech  was bad for him. He was too use to taking orders.
413712
none if they're smart. we already pissed off the rest of the world with iraq
740770
I believe that Iraq has shown how dysfunctional this Administration and This President are. However, the country as a whole will survive his incompetence and deceit of the American people and the world. We have survived many catastrophes and Bad presidents. We suffered through the second least popular president after George W Bush (NIxon), and came out whole and strong. We survived Viet Nam, so I believe we can survive this tragedy in Iraq.\n\nUnfortunately, it may take a generation to win back the tarnished reputation of the US as a result of this President's complete disregard for the values and opinions of the rest of the world. He has caused more damage to international relations, and increased global terrorism more in his six years in office than I would have ever imagined possible in 3 or 4 times that amount of time.
884960
I think the President probably explained that the window for success in iraq is rapidly closing, after January something better start happening. I think the violence will only escalate for a short time, and then after Al Sadar is removed, the others will start to come together and try to establish a safe and secure Iraq!!
838125
YES, pulling out of Iraq now would be tantamount to the US Government pulling out of South Vietnam in 1975 and letting the Communist North Vietnamese coming across the border and killing 2 million South Vietnamese who had either worked for us or help us in the war and the \nPol Pot regime who killed another 2 to 4 million Cambodians.You are not wrong. What would happen \nwould be a signal to the Islamo-fascist terrorists that this country is ripe for a take over by them. We CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
676329
It will end at the beginning of 2009 because Bush said that he would not pull out during his presidency.  The next president, whoever it is, will immediately pull the troops out in the exact same way as we pulled out of Vietnam.  Back then it was called Vietnamization and it was the slow pullout of all of our troops followed by the Vietnam falling to Communist control.  \n\nIraq will follow the same path.  We'll leave, claim victory (again) and then the government will collapse causing a whole nation-state that is a breeding ground for terrorist organization and an excuse for the rest of the Middle East to be angry with us for a very long time.\n\nThis war wall unfortunately be one of the largest mistakes of our history and Bush will easily go down as one of the worst presidents we've ever had.\n\nYou cannot escape history and if you ignore it you will be doomed to repeat it.  Bush is still my president, but he is not a good president.  I can only hope that time between now and 2008 goes quickly.
443734
I haven't seen Bush back away from a pissing contest yet!\nIran will make Iraq look like a day at Michael Jackson's Neverland!\nYou kids should get ready because the crap can and probably will hit the fan.
806938
I think I understand what your asking.  Now that Democrats have control of congress and if the next election is successful for them.. what will happen?  I don't know that answer, but hopefully the next two years will have brought Iraq the independence it needs to govern and protect itself form the insurgents.  So that if we do pull out more aggressively all of this wont have been for nothing.
743287
Just about all wars see major shifts in goals and tactics at some point making the original goals and tactics obsolete.  If we leave Iraq tomorrow the result would be a major power struggle resulting in a winner.  that winner will be the badest of the bunch and most likely hate the west.  We will leave him the 2nd largest oil reserves in the world.  He will spend that oil wealth on exporting terror with the best weapons money can buy.  We are part of this world we better have a force there!!
835088
No, we won't attack either of them.  We'd win a war against either country, but it would degenerate into a hell of a mess after that.  Kind of like what we're seeing in Iraq right now.
134443
Ask G.W. Bush. Thanks to his vendetta, it doesn't look like we're gonna get out of there anytime soon.
658923
We have had 47 Military killed this month alone in Iraq. Iraq is in the middle of a civil war we started and it isn't going to be over until we are kicked out, and we will be.\n\nRemember Vietnam?  I do. I was there. How many more would you like to lose in Iraq? Another 25,000?
908932
Before that will happen, we have to be rid of the Bush/Cheney control of our government.  What is happening to the people, the civilians, is just collateral damage to these guys.  The have bigger fish to fry, and they don't give a damn about the casualties, ours or theirs.  They are in the Middle East to plunder, and are using our troops to protect their agents like Halliburton who carry it out.  When they are gone, we will then be faced with the monumental humanitarian job left over from their activities, which will include the restoration of what is left of Iraq and Afghanistan, and bringing some kind of relief and ordinary life back to their people.