Why and why not should we take our men and women out of Iraq?
602358
Illegal war or not, we have made a mess and we need to help clean it up and finish the job. There are people over there who need to be protected so that they can form a just and fair government of their choosing and to have a chance at a better life. \n\nShould we have gone in in the first place? maybe not. Where we lied to? It looks like it. Was Hussein a direct threat to us? That is debatable. Irregardless, we went in, screwed up the occupation and rebuilding and underestimated the opposition. We now have to fix it as best we can. It is like if I went into your neighborhood and spilled a load of toxic trash all over. If there is no one capable of cleaning it up, I should. I should not leave the mess for you to deal with.
2776
i believe that a slow and thorough withdrawl over a period of the next year is the only way out of iraq.  we made the mess, and now we MUST do our best to leave them with a non-explosive situation once we are gone.  many of the iraq's don't want us there, but are afraid of an immediate withdrawl will land their society into the hands of the political extremes and possibly fundamentalist elements.  we cannot pull out now, but over time with control.
890022
because all the stand up men are in Iraq fighting for our freedom. Woman are 1 to every 3 men. Our President Is killing off all our good men and leaving the woman to fend for themselves.
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.
215449
We withdrew about 15,000 troops that we had sent in for extra security for the December 15, 2005 Iraqi election.  Osama bin Laden second in command releases a tape stating that we were withdrawing our troops because we know we lost the war in Iraq.  The insurgents are terrorists being backed by bin Laden and his followers.  It is their attempt to make the country fall into Civil War thus making us look badly to their people.  If we leave there will definitely be a Civil War at once without our security to keep the different factions apart until the Iraqi government becomes strong enough to control these matters themselves.  Either way it looks as though we are there for a lot longer than we want to be.  It is better for us to remain there a little longer and lose credibility because of it than to withdraw all our troops and have the whole Middle East fall into chaos and lose credibility because of that.  Whatever we do in the position we are in is not going to please all the people.  We are better off keeping the terrorist's in a part of the world where our military can fight them than to be fighting them in our streets.
919504
Bush and his cronies should come to the final decision that it is best to get out of Iraq. Each day we remain there only makes the situation worse. Unfortunately Bush does not seem to realize this. I'm not saying to bring them all home at once. What I am saying is to bring them home gradually, maybe even 500 at a time. We're not wanted there. We already have enough enemies. Bush should forget about Iraq's oil because the entire Middle East now knows that oil was our primary reason for invading Iraq. They only see themselves as next. GET OUT BUSH.
726502
We could pull out and let them dip into a civil war, or stay there and let our troops endure the war.  We should not have gone there in the first place, and if we felt we had no choice, we shouldn't have bombed them back to the stone age.\n\nAny way you look at it, the Iraqi's lose.
400400
I can't imagine being an Iraqi woman. I would like all women to enjoy the freedom's that I do. For that reason I believe that our involvement for world peace is the correct choice.\n\nListen to the success stories about the good we are doing over there instead of listening to the negative stories.\n\nGod Bless our military who are serving for Freedom.\n\nProud Mom of an Amercan Soldier serving in Iraq.
810185
Why keep our troops where they are not wanted? And I do mean by the people of Iraq.
792450
There is no 'Rosetta stone' answer for Iraq.. no easy answer. I think it is pointless to waste time on the 'woulda, coulda, shoulda' in the rearview mirror. Important what is at hand in the present. With that said, it achieves a great deal getting out. The most important - saving lives of both our troops and the innocents caught in the middle.\n\nThe question should be redirected (from the premise), 'What would be achieved by STAYING in Iraq?
1011163
It would be different if the reason we are over there was becuz of what happened wit 9/11. that's what Bush wanted us 2 think, but WE ALL NOW know the real reason we are over there, and if u say its not then u must have blinders on.\nAs for us being over there, take it from me, i am a military wife. And my husband is over there. I do believe we need some of our military over there, but not the 130,000 or however many is there. that is a lot, and especially when (like my hubby) they have to be over there for a year. And there's units that's never deployed there. I don't think we need as many troops there as we do. I don't think this war is going to end until he's out of office either. What are we accomplishing there? We are still getting many many of our men/women killed, and it will continue that way. And even if we did pull all of the troops out of Iraq, do u really believe that the united States would allow another attack? c'mon now, as much security as we have now?\nLook at it like this, we are over there trying to give them freedom, that most of them obviously do not want, we are trying to put our belief's on them when what they do and how they live is the way they've always known. that's like them coming here and trying 2 make us live the way they do. It would never happen! I think we need a few units to regulate over there yeah but there's no need for as many as we have there. Year long deployments are very very hard on the men/women and also their families. Of course I support my husband 110% becuz this is his job and he knows what he has to do he doesn't have a choice.. But as for supporting the so called reasons for the war i do not! As for u saying that we've barely lost 2500 ppl. WOW! how would u feel is someone u loved was one of those ppl, hmm i think u would definitely have a different take on that. How do u kno that Bush is a trustworthy guy, all u see is what's on the news, do u kno him personally? Becuz u really can't say what kind of person he is becuz u don't kno him. If u are in the military God bless u, but if not, u talk about how we should definitely be over there... let me ask this.... would u risk ur life for our country?
933682
Remember we have a thousand year of history behind us and have survived and co-exsisited. Saddam was installed in power by the Americans. He was financed and armed by the US(to combat Iran). We now have another American puppet in power. Then we paid the price of America's mistakes and today again we are paying the price of America's mistakes with our lives. All we want is America to get out of Iraq and we will solve our own problems. The sectarian violence will not cease unless American's leave our country. They are doing more harm tham good with there presence. Dont they realise, we dont want there "democracy" or way of life. Just let us be. We dont need any help from the Americans. GET OUT OF IRAQ NOW.
849044
Do not.\n\nI do not want to concede a victory to terrorists. We can eventually withdraw a majority of our troops, but only when Iraq is positioned to handle their own security.\n\nEven then, I think Iraq would be a strategic location for an American military installation to keep an eye on oil shipping channels, keep Iran in check, and generally have a presence in the middle east.
1082102
What people don't understand is that we cannot pull out.  When Bush Sr. was in control of Desert Storm and then pulled out - Saddam killed all of those who supported us - that was around 60,000 people.  If we picked up and left - it would be chaos.  Whether you support the war or not - we cannot leave.\n\nIf you look back at World War 2 - US and Japan were the same.  Its new and the problem is that people think war is over in 6 months  - ITS WAR not a soccer game - we are in it for the long haul.
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 .
19516
Primarily because the government that is in place in the USA realizes that they cannot extract our troops without a serious international backlash. The USA is notorious for pulling out at the worse possible moment, before the job is done. The war in Iraq is nowhere near being finished, and to leave now would be ruinous. Bush didn't realize (like the rest of us did) that he was stepping into something with a very difficult and potentially bloody endgame.
361855
Poor Job.\n\nNo, we shouldn't have went into Iraq in the first place.