why is japan's military force leaving iraq?
100513
They are in a precarious situation. China and Korea, their neighbors, both have nuclear capabilities and are RIGHT NEXT DOOR. I would leave too.
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.
642707
after japan had invaded and slaughterd the population of naking china, the US stopped trading oil and metal with japan.  the japan govt at the time realized to secure it wants of oil and tin and other raw materials they would need to secure the south east area like singapore etc.  the biggest threat to japan's ability to do this was the US navy, hence the attack.
211206
The only logical explanation I can find is as follows:\n\nThe first assumption is that we had to go into Iraq initially to remove Saddam Hussein. The real reason may never be known (daddy, oil, the Baghdad battery, who knows).\n\nThis was about Americans being free from the threat of Saddam somehow managing to cobble together a missile that could reach the West Coast. Unlikely, I know, but you could imagine it at a stretch. Hell, he had a lot of aluminum tubes, maybe it would have been a very long blow tube dart.\n\nHe could also have withheld OIL from us, which would have removed the freedom to drive enormous vehicles to the store to buy groceries, unless you wanted to take out a mortgage for 10 miles of gas.\n\nOnce we were in there things changed. Having removed Saddam, it soon became clear that we'd messed things up. All the excuses for the war came tumbling down, so we needed some new ones. Luckily, the insurgency provided that. There were now terrorists in Iraq.\n\nThis was something the Iraqis hadn't known for years. Theirs was a very well controlled environment. There was no crime, and everyone was happy. Very much in the same way, as there is no crime in an area controlled by the mob, unless it is authorized. It also made for the next excuse - Iraq was now a (and still is) a breeding ground for terrorists.\n\nThese new terrorists do directly affect our freedom, so its important the soldiers are there to show that even the most powerful military force on the planet can do nothing about them. We should always be scared of terrorists - and that directly impacts our freedom.\n\nEven more insidious (and I thought of this before 24) is the through that terrorism may remove our freedoms altogether.\n\nThe plot is as follows. Terrorists created in Iraq infiltrate the US and manage a semi-devastating attack. The government has to impose martial law to deal with it. This is close to Nov 2008 and the election cannot take place with martial law imposed, so it is postponed. Bush remains in power as a (now) military dictator. Saddam is very jealous. In order to function better, executive power to make any decision to defend against terrorism means that the administration disbands congress since its getting in the way.\n\nIn this way, the soldiers fighting in Iraq are fighting for us. If they can defeat the terrorists, Bush may not be given the opportunity to remove all our freedoms.
755086
yes, they will leave an airbase in iraq untill the oil runs out
765127
Well, since China has stopped associating themselves with North Korea, (they discouraged kim from testing missiles, never would have done that in the cold war) Japan and south korea should be able to "handle" the north if it comes to that. It certainly wouldn't help if we went in, remember what happened with Iraq...\n\nJapan might have trouble, but south korea would probably be able to take them assuming they had support (not infantry, but aerial, and artillery) from japan they could do it.
634985
During battles on some of the islands approaching the main Japanese islands, it became clear that their soldiers would fight to the last man.  A full-blown invasion would have resulted in hundreds of thousands of American casualties, and Japan would have ended up a wasteland.  Aside from that, there was just no way that the Japanese would surrender unconditionally without the bomb being dropped.  And remember, it took two A-bombs before they surrendered.
293681
The U.S went into Iraq because they had "weapons of mass destruction"... which was proven to be untrue... but then again.. thats what the UN said prior to the US going in... but noone wanted to listen because Iraq had "weapons of mass destruction" Than Bush also said .. or rather implied that Hussein helped with September 11th- and he wasn't even connected at all. Truthfully.. I'm pretty much in agreement with the guy who said it was over oil- that and the fact that Bush Sr. went in (not that I thought that that was wrong)... but Bush Jr. thought he needed to do something. We're still in Iraq now because we can't leave.. like someone said.. leaving would be completely stupid... it would backfire and you would get a dictator worst than suddam (even though thats probably going to happen now anyways)... it was stupid.. it shouldn't have happened, but unfortunately its too late to go back. Bush has created a disaster. I guess in a way it comes down to the whole fact- fool me once shame on you; fool me twice shame on me.\n\nAbout the Japan staying in for 5 years and the Germany staying in for 30+ years... there was a reason why there was a difference in that other than just the fact that it was just the US in Japan.... Japan in a way had a lot more stable economy than Germany did. To say that the whole reason why the US only stayed in Japan for 5 years was because it was the US alone and as such they are better than everyone is naive.. very very naive. Yeah we are staying to rebuild their country- we owe it to them after all-- we were the ones who invaded. Regardless of the fact that the US wants it to become democratic- I say... look to what happened in Iran.. I believe the same thing will happen in Iraq in less than 7 years after the States leave- or are forced to leave... its only a matter of time. Everytime the US has tried to start a democracy somewhere else and got a new president in power- the country reverts back to its old ways- usually by means of the guy they got in going bad.
1106734
After a war, the winning country leaves service members there in ensure that the conditions of the surrender and other agreements are met and maintained.  We stay due to strategic location (Germany/England/Italy during the Cold War), and because the countries want us there.  We, the US Gov't, supply a ready job market for local nationals, and this assists the economy of the foreign government.\n\nWe do not have foreign military bases in the US, because 1) We have not lost a battle with a foreign military on our soil, and 2) because we have the world's strongest military.  While we don't have their bases, we DO host/train their soldier, sailors and airmen.
402927
it took Japan after WW2 a looooooooong time.
1099006
Because a failure in Iraq is  failure to America and our standing in the world will go down.  If we leave prematurely the entire world will see America doesn't stick it out to the end.  That is a position we as a country cannot have if we expect our allies to stand by us.\n\nBesides, we lucked up and got the moth to the flame effect there.  The terrorist have gone to Iraq to run us out.  They are now there for us to fight and kill, and it is better to fight them there than fight them here.  They have shown they have no intention of leaving us alone.
1074596
I'm not from U.S,but i can give u one simple answer:if they stay there for long, they are all going to lose their lives to the improvised explosive device,if they leave,the whole world will be happy and your armed forces will have more then enough troops in your country.But i prefer your troops to stay in Iraq,so they will all get killed and your military will be weaken in numbers and those countries who hate U.S will to take this chance to invade U.S and finally get rid of bush and bring peace and prosperity to Earth.
1150733
When it is done. Don't you people realize this is not a movie and it doesn't get resolved in 2 hours and 5 minutes? When we ended WWII, it took almost 10 years to get both Germany and Japan running on their own again.\n\nAnd for those of you who think what's happening in Iraq is new or unique, you are wrong! At the end of WWII in Germany, there was a long fight with militant Nazi's who still wanted to fight the war. They bombed civilians who helped the allies, assassinated members of the new German government, and tried to terrorize the country as a whole. This went on through the end of the 1940's. They called themselves, "The Werewolves"\n\nHere is a great website detailing the parallels between post-war Germany and Iraq:\n\nhttp://www.talkingproud.us/International090103.html
536426
At this moment in time, no, I don't believe it's stable enough for a complete troop withdrawal.  The Iraqi government is not stable enough.
896434
leave iraqi people live in their own country
1120347
We have had them for a long time. Other than Japan we have never used them. If we are threatened & believe someone will use their bombs, we will use them but so far we have been willing to lose thousands of troops when we a  bomb would have fixed the problem. What more proof do they need. Is Iraq still there, only because this Soldiers Mom does not have control of the button.
107463
When the mission is done, Iraq can defend its democratic state by itself, and we will not cause unrest and instability in the area by pulling out.\n\nAnd NOT a DAY sooner.