what about the future of iraq?
103218
It will become the 51st state, the name will be changed to bushland in honer of the man that freed it from tyrenie, the oil companys will benifit from the laws and decisions of the freely elected govener who by chance ran against his own party. I can't think of anything else. Maybe after we pull out and the civil war happens they will be run by a dictator and develop into a powerful nuclear country.
771577
Yes, our military involvement in Iraq will end, whether it's called a war, police action, or whatnot. At the very least, a president -- likely not the current one -- will simply declare victory, or mission accomplished, and then pull the troops out. Very much like what occurred in Vietnam. But if we settle for this sort of "victory," we may well face dire consequences as a result. \n\nI certainly hope we are able to bring our troops home after they have truly accomplished their mission. Are they very far away from doing that? From the news reports it certainly seems a distant thing.
707275
I'd love to see our troops come home and they can , just as soon as your government can stand by itself .\nRight now , you have a lot of trouble because different factions want to rule the country . Some would be new dictatorships if they won .\nIf we pulled out , next week , you'd have a full blown civil war that would last for years . You could end up with someone a lot worse than Saddam .\nThe key is for all the people of Iraq to learn to live and work together as equals , not as Shia , Sunni and Kurds ,but as Iraqis .
192063
Certainly not in near future means woith one year. However, after pulling forces from Iraq, US will try to attempt on Iran.
1167335
Iraq faces a complex process in the next ten years.  If the government of Iraq does not gain self dependence, the country of Iraq will likely fracture into 3 major parts made up of Kurds, Sunnis, and shiites.  As Benjamin Franklin said "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to have for dinner, liberty is the sheep disputing the vote."  The sunni people are not going to be sheep and eaten with out a fight.  The sunni people were put in control of Iraq by England in order to control the larger Shiite population.  They have controlled the Iraq country for 100 plus years and are not about to sacerfice wealth and control to the previously governed Shiites.  The Sunnis are located in resource and oil poor areas and are fighting strongly to retain power.  Of course fighting the ocupation force is just part of the job.
557295
Yes--The successor may bring the troops back from Iraq and should face the upcoming Re-election contest so that we know who we will be having as a possible Prime Minister for the next 4 years
1099960
It will have little effect on the state of Iraq. Yes, he was a killer and he is gone for good. However, so was Saddam and when they caught him, they trumpeted his capture as a turning point. However nothing changed afterward. Iraq will still remain a hell-hole.
915225
CONGRESS would be the answer until the new house gets sworn in.\n\nTHEN we'll see what real PROGRESS is.   The US will be out of IRAQ within the year.
212218
I am afraid that it will never be over. Bush is going to pull troups out of Iraq this year to help repuglicans get elected, but then they will be back someplace like Iran, or North Korea. 3 years and we get rid of the sob, unless he declares himself King for life, which in that case there will be a civil war right here.
726905
The situation in Iraq reminds me of trying to hold water in your bare hands.  The present government is like a Mirage in the desert, and will surely fall, maybe as soon as this week if the Shiites threat holds up.  If we leave Iraq will collapse.  If we stay it will collapse slower, but still collapse.  The idea that fundamentalists, no matter of what stripe, will have control of Iraq's oil I'm sure is making people sweat all over the world.  Oil must be reasonably stable.  To accomplish this end,  Bush is going to have to open this up and really include the rest of the world in discussions, military personnel, planning, and execution,  if there is any hope at this point  Let us hope that it is not too late for some form of reasonable solution to be worked out.
116294
Absolutely, Peace and Democracy will happen in Iraq. I have a source you can look at to see the progress and great things that happen in Iraq that the mainstream media doesn’t tell you about.
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.
763225
the current situation in Iraq
842773
It will be a long and tough way to go. The Kurds have already began the process of rebuilding, and growing their own lives into a free one.But the Shiites, and Sunni's have too many generations of killing and radicalism built into their own cultures  for any real change to happen for at least a few generations.\nThe problems is that unless somebody steps in and makes them change, they wont, they have no idea how to live any other way, somebody has to be the "parent" and make them stop fighting long enough to get their children to see how to live a  peace full life. Then the change will slowly come.\nLook at how many years it took for the Russians to realize that there can be a better life, if they change the way they ran their country. Don't forget even though they may have access to television and computers, they only see what they are allowed to see, and in Irag, as well as Iran, you are taught in grade school to kill and hate anyone different then them. that is all they see and so that is how they think life is supposed to be.They dont hate us because of anything we have done, they hate us because of who we are.
1063744
The "poll" most often cited around here is that 80% would like to see us leave Iraq (iraqi citizens).  Mind you that poll was asked in a way to generate that answer.  I would like to know more about the poll saying 80% of the country are optimistic, but it doesn't suprise me as 75% of the country is living in relative peace...the problems are in a few areas.
1118651
The war in Iraq will end when the new Iraqi government can maintain what we have built for them. It does no good to pull out if the Iraqi Army and governement isnt ready to shoulder the load. If we leave before that time then we will have to come back and clean up the mess again. If we had eliminated the problem in 1991 then we wouldn't be here now. But we listened to the infinite wisdom of the United Nations.
932378
Unfortunately I don't think we'll be able to keep Iraq together now that sectarian violence has taken over the country. Iran is clearly helping the Shiite militias with resources as they are supporting Hezbolla in Lebanon. Like it or not we should be talking with the Iranians about this and other things. However even Sadr has lost control of the militias. There's just an ineveitable bottom that has to be hit before this thing wears out. I remember a similar situation in South Viet Nam. The South was corrupt and it's army unable to stand up to the North. As soon as we left it all fell apart. Iraq was a creation of the west. Rival ethnic groups held down by a merciless dictator. Bush and his advisors completely underestimated the divisons in that country. Sadam was like a cork in the bottle. Maybe an international force of non-western nations might be able to restore order but it would take hundreds of thousands more than we have there now. The current prime minister has to go and the interior ministry needs to be purged of the criminals and assassins using their positions to carry out personal vendettas. Twice in my lifetime the bright boys in Washington have tried this and twice they've failed. My Dick Cheney and his like will finally stop trying to refight the Viet Nam war.