what will happen with iraq?
817423
Soon...civil war in every sense of the term...is my belief. We can try to stabilize certain aspects but beyond that, they (Iraqi's) must deal with the fact that there is no more Saddam, and now is the fallout of the breaking down of secular agreements and accords inforced by Saddam....it was enevitable this was to be the moment we put boots in Iraq.
525034
our troops will stop dying for that particular cause and Iraq will probably revert to a war torn arena that is governed by warlords and/or different religious factions until the most powerful one is able to take control, which will probably/definitely be another Saddam.... then you will have another situation unlike the previous and we can start all over, probably with a US leader that will not invade but will allow a military buildup and then we can just let them invade us..... after all, the only thing most (not all but most) of the governments in that part of the world want is the complete destruction of the west.... which includes us and anyone that is on our side................. so while no one wants what we have there now.... the choice is finish it and get out or get out and let them finish us............... our choice.
35504
Not anything more during this pres period. The military is stretched and presence in Iraq will be for many years to come.
740166
The Iraq war will soon end with the withdrawal of Americans.  Iraq will have a disastrous civil war.
1187778
Iraq must split up into three sectarian states --Kurdistan, a Shi'ite province of Iran, and a Sunni landlocked nation.\n\nNo one will die for the geographical "Iraq" as a whole, so the group will keep killing each other until they are separate geopolitical entities.\n\nThe United States should have realized this when then invated in 2003; the US should have invaded and partitioned.  They WERE warned but the warnings were dismissed.\n\nIraq as a united country defending itself does not exist and will not come into existance.
932709
I think what would happen is the same thing that is happening today, only on a grander scale; innocents would be slaughtered by the thousands. Saddam was removed, in part, because he was killing his own people. Terrorists would gain control of the country and spread to other countries, as it is threatening to do now, with Syria and Iran. Then again, I could be wrong!!!! Good Luck!!!!
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!
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.
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.
944339
What would happen?  The civil war and mass killings would happen sooner instead of later, and the US and Iraqis being killed daily would not be.\n\nYou don't go into a country until you're invited, and the US wasn't.  Even *with* Saddam in charge, the Iraqis never wanted the US to invade.  \n\nIt's the same story in Iran: the democratic forces don't want the US to invade, they want the US to fluck off and stop harassing their country.  (It WAS the US, after all that overthrew the Iranian DEMOCRACY in 1953 to impose the Shah....)\n\n\n.
292799
The next major one will probably be Iran.  There will be plenty of little ones before then though.
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.
950239
denifently not \n\nthe country would slide into a mass civil war \nterrorist would win \nand the thoundsand of people that died would have done it for nothing. \n\nif we stay in Iraq for a few more years it will turn around
666309
I am very concerned over this. As long as we have this administration anything can happen. Did we do anything with international rules in Iraq? If we dont handle Iran with diplomacy and use force we will surely live to regret it.
782358
Neither one.They will send more troops but less funding and will piss even more people off by utterly disrespecting the new Iraqi government forcing stronger ties between it and Al Sadr.
1048571
What do I think about it?  I think the U.S. saved Saddam from killing more of his innocent people.    What will happen?  Well, in reading Revelations from the bible, there will be more war.    China, Iran, N. Korea, Israel, Palestines, etc.
830146
The economy will start to go backwards. Wall street hates higer taxes and excessive regulations. That is what the Democrats have already comitted to do.  People hate the war. Unless there is radical change in the Iraq situation for the better, and it gets reported by the mainstream media, the Democrats will take both the presidency and the senate  and gain in the house in 2008.\n\nThe swing voters are only voting on one issue - Iraq. The economy and employment are great. The democrats didn't try to attack on any other issue than Iraq. It was a good strategy to win.\n\n I just feel really bad for what is goign to happen to the poor Iraqui people when the Dems force a pullout. I hope it is not like Cambodia where 1.5 to 3 million were slaughtered when we left Vietnam. It will be so sad if this happens, but people won't even pay attention.\n\nThe world economy will take a hit as well.