Should the US withdraw from Iraq?
817278
Yes! if you think it's worth being there then you should be on the frontline with the Marines!
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".
1027392
even if we stop driving, oil will still be used.  we wont leave Iraq.  and right now, its better that way.  if we leave Iraq without a government, the dead soldiers will have died in vain, and we don't want that.
383073
No-is the simple answer.  To withdraw would be a sign of weakness-something which the American Military would not want to show.  Remember Vietnam.  But this would be the same for most countries-the UK wouldn't pull out either because of Iraqi resistance it just doesnt give a good impression.  And I would support them in their choice!!!
802275
Um, no.\nNo matter who rules the house we should not totally withdraw. No the liberals have an uphill battle, if they shun the troops and make their efforts pointless then the american people will be furious with them and good luck getting re-elected. Thats just not a smart move. The terrorist wont like us no matter what, thats plain and simple. They attacked america so many times no matter who was "leading in congress". Think the american hostages in Iran in the 80's, World Trade 1 in 1992, The attack of the USS Cole, World Trade 2 in 2001. There are too many people who hate us for so many reasons. Bottom line, we should get the job done. The only thing that says we are losing this war is the media, ask the Iraqi people, they see that the US wants to help, yeah they want us out as soon as possible, but they dont want us to leave too soon. At work do you leave work unfinished?
736201
No. He'll find some reason or another to stay. (Can't forget that oil). Again, Bush is in quite a bit of trouble right now. Remember, The US took a large number of young Iraqis to "train" for security purposes. Many of them went to Jordan. The streets are not secure and it will take a while for them to become secure. I don't believe this "westernized" method of training is doing any good in Iraq. In that respect, I believe Maliki has other plans to provide security.  Even if it means "using" al Sadr.and Iran. And Syria.
391639
I think they should but I dont think that Iraq is ready for us to leave.
838719
Yes. An exit strategy. It will go something like this. We give Iraq a time-line to get their government "in gear" and running, telling them it's their responsibility to get the violence under control. A year passes, nothing changes. Now the onus is on them instead of us. We give them a few more months and tell them if no changes, we start withdrawing our troops. Nothing changes, still uncontrolled violence everywhere. Around April of 08 we start pulling our troops out, and then both parties can place the blame on Iraq for not gaining control of their own country, dismissing any part they had in starting the cause of the violence.
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.
793412
I would involve Iran and Syria in all talks about Iraq's future.  Because if we pull out too early, or if their government just crumbles anyway those two countries will most likely be involved anyway.  Syria is mostly Sunni and Iran is mostly Shiite.  If we can get those two countries to work together to make a better Iraq, then we may be able to put an end to the sectarian violence.  As for our active roll, I'm torn.  As a member of the US Army I don't like the idea of just giving up.  Our biggest problem right now is that we don't have enough troops in Iraq to do the job correctly.  A lot of people know this but it is political suicide to send more troops to an unpopular war.  If we keep the current troop levels in Iraq, we will never win this thing, the sectarian violence will turn into an all out civil war, and more innocent people will die.  I think if we're not going to send more troops, then we should just pull everyone out now.  Because if we're not win this war, there's no point in dragging it out only to pull out 5 years from now and have everything go wrong.  In the mean time more Americans will die and for nothing.  We need to either do it right, or leave because in the mean time we're just sending more of our soldiers into harms way.  And I'd hate to see more people die for nothing.  It's unsettling to me.  All or nothing.
14666
If you want my honest opinion the US is in too deep to pull out in the near future.  I don't think we should have invaded Iraq at all.  If we had wanted to take care of Saddam we should have done it back during the Gulf War but George Bush Sr. was too much of a...yeah anyway, the future of Iraq is occupation by US led coalition forces.
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.
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
2439
aandek amaan?  \n\nIt would not be safe to withdrawl now.  For Americans, and Iraqi civilians.\n\nOnce the Iraqi government is stable, we will leave.\nIraqi's must vote to show faith in the government.\n\nMaa as-salama, allah wiyakum.
1018754
Badly, very badly.\n\nAll three sides, the Sunnis, Kurds and Shi'ites will fight like dogs, and eventually the United States will not be able to stop it. Those Iraqi troops we trained will also come back to haunt us too. This is a bad situation, and all the weapons in the US arsenal will not be able to solve it.\n\nOn the upside, I think it would have happened one way or the other, contrary to liberal public opinion....sad situation, time for us to leave!
59684
No, we are not losing the war. We won't win the hearts and minds of all iraqi's and there will still be problems, but we've removed a genocidal dictator, taken the first steps in liberating Iraq, witnessed elections, played key roles in rebuilding the country's infrastructure, partnered with 27 other nations, and we're doing the right thing. I agree we should pull most of our troops out when it makes sense, but now is not that time.
594082
"should America leaves Iraq immediately?"\n\nShould America leave Iraq immediately? Ideally.