If the US pulls its troops out of Iraq, which country will it destabilize and send into Civil War next?
818527
France....because:\n\na)  their uppity women have turned on too many of our men only to end up being a high priced tease of a date at evening's end.\n\nb)  if the invading US empire forces Frenchmen to shower at least twice a month, it will be seen as a humanitarian effort in a way that 'rebuilding Iraq' never will be\n\nc)  the war is likely to last about as long as a World Cup match and have a lower rate of casualities.
478854
I'm not sure. \n\nIf we stay, we are loosing lives of good people from all nations involved on both sides.If we leave, we are gonna leave a lot of despirate people in a very despirate situation. The people of Iraq should have the right to decide to disagree. If they don't like the environment of civil war, they can leave. The borders of the USA don't seem to be hard to get across so come here! If there was a civil war in the USA, you bet I'll be looking for a new place to live. Oh yea, the oil.  I work in the petroleum industry and I couldn't care less about that damn oil!  I'll go get another job if it would help.  I drive 100-150 miles a day at 65-80 mph on corn. Guess what? We have plenty of corn right here. If it wasn't for the oil, the UN, and the neighboring countries would be dealing with the problems of Iraq. \n\nMarried\nFather of 3\nWhite\nLouisville, KY
510252
The Iraqi people are involved in a civil war now and if we leave now or later doesn't make any differnce they will be involve in a civil war, I say pull out now and let them settle it. No more American lives should be lost to a lost cause, and a misguided war from the begining.
933520
The insertion of troops was a major mistake. The entire region under Islamic influence from Morocco to Indonesia is far less stable as a result. The U.S. is increasingly seen as dictatorial by increasing numbers of people around the world. Our economy has been vastly weakened. We do not have enough troops available should other emergencies develop. The Civil War, denied by the Bush administration but acknowledged as being fully underway by the rest of the world, deepens daily and leaves American troops there as sitting ducks. There can be no victory in Iraq. Just as the British learned after World War I, the Iraqis will not be conquered. There is too much value underground (oil) and too much division above-ground. The only result of continued occupation will be increasing governmental debt for the U.S. and more dead and injured American soldiers. Military contractors such as Halliburton are being enriched. The Bush administration has no idea of what they mean by "victory", nor does Tony Blair in England.
536984
Yes they are in civil war and until it is over and they decide who is going to lead them we won't know, it could be worse then Saddam before it is over. There is nothing that we can do to change it.
861674
Why worry?  No matter when we pull out Iraq will collapse into a civil war.  That is the trend when countrys invade other countrys to "rebuild" them.  So we are the bad guy no matter what.\n\nBecause we are there, terrorists exist in Iraq.  So now that they have settled in Iraq will always be a mess.
843423
Regardless of when the troops are withdrawn, there will probably be a Civil War. The present government that came into power with US help and backing realize this, hence they want the US to remain to secure their hold. The nation will probably end up with a strongman style dictatorship, like Saddam's but will be friendly to the US, at first anyway. However,I do not believe, the US is in there for oil, and definately not to win the "Hearts & Minds" of the Iraqies. They are mainly concerned about the 14 military bases being built, which will put the US & her client state, Israel within striking distance of all Arab & Persian territory. Although, I think your suggestion about letting the Iraqi people decide will fall on very deaf ears. If there was honesty involved about the war, I would think your idea would be the best way to let go of the tiger's tail...BUT??????????
1080271
The US won't leave Iraq anytime soon. I see them there 50 years from now.
237749
Nobody can stop civil war for starting in Iraq.\nIraq will never be a democracy, no matter how long US and UK troops remain there.\nDemocracy is totally alien to muslim societies because it's oppossed to Theocracy.
217824
Sorry, no newspapers or statistics.\n\nThe US destroyed Iraq, made the situation so bad that a civil war is gonna happen, in which some neighbour countries will certainly interfere.\n\nSo -even if I was against the war- YES, I think the US or even better a bigger coalition (UN, including Germany, France and Russia- by the way they're already doing it) should stay for a long time, and reconstruct the country. Anything else would be "we came, we bombed, we staid long enough to make a mess, an then left because we didn't plan anything and the situation was too complicated for us".
1109732
Any other answer would be idiotic speculation.The only result for sure will be more dead americans and Iraqis!Get real .This is the middle east.these countries have been fighting for hundreds of years!
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.
294957
It would become a civil war if any of the ethnic group decided en mass to secede from Iraq, or try and take over. right now, aside from the "insurgent attacks", none of the groups has walked away from the central government.
742737
If the coalition forces pulled out of Iraq:\n1. Civil wars would get a lot worse. Thousands more would die needlessly. Look at how many civilians are being killed now and that's with coalition forces there. Imagine if the death squads were completely unchecked.\n2. Iraq would divide into two or three smaller country's\n3. Those smaller countries would be weak and would be attacked by other countries in the area. Turkey has already stated that it will not have a Kurdish nation on its border. Iraq attacked and killed thousands of Iran's civilians and soldiers during the Iraq-Iran war. Iran could easily attack and win a war against a weak Iraqi state.\n4. Coalition forces or some forces would end up having to go back and stop the civil wars or stop some other countries aggression.
1139253
Of course they don't.  Iraq has opened up a can a worms we really didn't need to open.  The entire area will be destabilized for next the half a century.
505614
Probably not for at least ten years. They need to sort out their human rights issues, treatment of Kurds etc. Also military would have to be totally seperated from the state. It would give the EU some pretty dodgy borders e.g. Iraq. yes but not until it sorts itself out
781028
Interesting question... both are awful choices. I'm not sure what the point of the question is (nobody would seriously propose either), but I'll play along.\n\nEither outcome would lead to mass regional destabilization, though the Israeli option would probably be better since they would turn it back over within five years. The splitting option would push Turkey and Saudi Arabia into civil wars, and an Iranian chokehold on that much oil would be bad for the world economy.\n\nThe best completely unrealistic option, though, is to turn over Iraq to the Finns. If they won't take it, I'm sure the Russians or the Chinese will.