Shouldn't the British get out of Iraq now? Before the U.S.?
814255
yep. no valid reason to go inthe first place, no reason to stay now. The sooner we leave the sooner a natural balance cna be restored to the country.\n\nForcing our idea of democracy and values on a country will never work.\n\nyou would have thought we'd learnt that by now. I guess there are no history books in Downing Street.
771115
This war came to a climax last month. With the change of power in the elections and Tony Blair's resignation, the support for the President and the war has fizzled. In Britain, the people have been opposed to the effort since its inception which lead to low troop commitment. They are not worried about "perception of being weak" as America is. The only thing left for America is to figure a way out without looking too bad.
1068503
Preemptive war is never justifiable. We had no right to invade Iraq and have no right to stay there. Only continuing heavy handed brutality will allow us to remain. When we finally leave, Iraq will disolve into several nations based on the boundaries and ethnic differences that existed prior the British military occupation of that region in 1920. These colors don't run... the world. We have the strongest military force that has ever existed on the planet and are the biggest bullies that exist on the planet today.Propaganda fed to us by the corporate owned media make us see the illusion rather than the truth. Our foreign policy is soley based on what is deemed to promote the interests of our major corporate rulers.
497633
Considering that when we occupied Germany and Japan after the war for decades, it is not unreasonable to be there until 2010.  People forget history when it is convenient.\n\nIf Iraq asks us to stay, we probably will.  If Poland can enter NATO without bordering the Atlantic, why cannot Iraq?  And if Iraq does enter NATO, there will be NATO bases there, manned by US, GB, Polish, German, and all other NATO nations, except France, which does not honor its military commitment to NATO.
1152639
Yeah! There are people like me out there! I agree 100%. People are forgetting that Iraq wasn't exactly the peaceful little place people thought it was before we got there. If we leave now, a huge civil war will erupt between all these different muslim groups to try to control power.
798645
you know, i think we have got some more important things to do before we leave iraq.we should make sure that the situation will not get bad when we leave iraq.you are right, the police and iraqi forces are trained but you know, the situation is so sensitive, we should be sure about iran, syria and other goverments who support terrorists and tell them not to be involved in iraq and its affairs and then we can leave with the honor of victory.( i am an iranian citizen and i respect the US soldiers very much and i know US as a country which i have always wanted to live in)
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.
442435
Why they don't want to leave, a lot of people are making a lot of money off this war!! I is like everything Bush tries to do it might sound good at first but it fails!! And Bush refuses to go there and say it is time to get it together!! They never spend enough time their, They try to make it look good with visits for a few hours and are out of there!! As all the press says they are headed for civil war and that will just keep us there longer. The so called Iraq government can't agree on anything over there and it is time for someone to step in and show them and demand it be done,HAven't enough of our troops died for this??
932237
No one can control the violence in Iraq now; that is what a lot of intelligent people have been warning Bush about since before the invasion.\nOur country is 200 years old. Iraq is 5000 years old. If any country invaded the US, don't you think we'd do WHATEVER it took to get them out??\nBush is going to come back to Washington without a plan, and then he'll finally realize he's not really important anymore. Just a lame duck who lost control of America, and he'll spend the rest of his presidency in the shadows, a once arrogant warhawk now meek and subdued by the magnitude of his ineptitude.
985721
The Iraqi government will have to do that if they want it.  The US government can't keep forcing themselves on countries that don't want them there.
444455
you can't just invade a country, blow up their infrastructure, destroy their government and military, and then leave when the situation gets too sticky. the US should have seen this coming from a mile away, and should never have invaded in the first place, but now that they have, they need to deal with the problem rather than turning tail and running. unfortunately, as always, it's the poor - the american soldiers and the iraqi civilians - who are paying the price, while those responsible for this mess are unscathed, and most are profiting from it. \n\nthere's just no easy answer to this one, and, though i hate to see more soldiers die for this, i think leaving now will only make the situation worse, and moreover would be the least moral thing to do to a country that the US is now responsible for. abandonment is not the answer. \n\nimpeaching bush would be a good start, though.
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.
138196
get out of iraq as fast as possible. but i guess as long as iraq has oil that is not something america wants to do.
716270
"I have a plan"\n\ncyndie yes I can. stay untill the iraqi people can defend them selves and have established a govt that is sustainable for atleast the near future.  And anybody that is against that "kill them" its not easy but world politics and world safety is not easy.  and it is going to take time.  a stability in the middle east will start in the world effort for stability
748489
No. Not until they manage to force a US surrender.
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.
921341
They are towards leaving Iraq.  They really don't have a plan right now.  They wanted to use scare tactics against Americans, so they get the vote.  As of now, I haven't heard any plans yet.