Should we go to Iraq full force wipe em out and be done with it ?
916558
Well the US does look weak and stupid because that is the reality.\nMost people warned against this illegal war and now the US is realising they were right but it's too late for all the dead people.\nRumsfelds run off to hide himself
983745
At this point, just leaving Iraq right now with the situation it's in is a recipe for disaster. If you think it's bad now, just imagine what it'll be like without us. On the other hand, it's more of a catch-22 than anything. If we keep staying in Iraq, insurgents will keep killing soldiers. If we leave, however, everything we've done will be for nothing. The closest thing we can do that would be considered winning in my opinion is to have a functioning government, an army that can hold it's own, and basically get Iraq back on it's feet. After that, then we should leave. If there is *no* way we can win the war without anything like divine intervention, then we might as well leave.
21475
We need to finish what we started, not just show up for the party and leave the cleanup for someone else.  I doubt there will be a full military pullout for a long time.  Personal opinion aside, if the US is truly a government of the people; then, we will be there as long as the majority of Americans believe we should be.  A silent voice is an uncounted voice.
568594
I think we should round up all the gang members and force them into the army and send em over to iraq, they want to fight? there ya go!
523098
I agree, we need to get out of the Iraqi land and let them decide for themselves what kind of government they want. It is wrong to occupy foreign soil, especially for the reasons that Bush gives.
887908
IMO the only real solutions are either:\n\na) get out now because we don't seem to be accomplishing anything\n\nb) bite the bullet and increase troop levels dramatically (3-4X the current amount)\n\n\nand the term "cut and run" is idiotic, the only purpose it serves is limiting the options for people to contemplate\n\n\n\nfor those of you that say "cut and run" would be disasterous, what's the point? Iraq is already a disaster, you are going to have to either fix the problem by sending in a much larger number of troops or get out, keeping things as they are is ALREADY disasterous
875057
There would be utter chaos. Their government is not strong enough to support itself and there would be groups trying to overthrow it. It would just lead to more violence than there is now. This is just a big mess that the United States has gotten itself into. There is nothing more we can do there but if we pull out it would probably be worse than it was before we went in. There's just no answer for how to solve this problem.
935006
We should stabalize their army and then pull out.
708137
I'd say a Pyyhric victory is still possible, but only if we can muster enough troops and descend on Iraq in sufficient force to close and control the borders,then clean it up from the inside out.  We need to acknowledge to our allies that we really messed up, and ask for help.  They may not give it, but we need to try.  Walking away and leaving such a monumental disaster of our making is utterly dishonorable.  Bush and his supporters made a terrible mistake, and it's much too late to do anything about that, but we should not simply throw up our hands and leave Iraq to its fate.
831123
I think we do need to change how we are handling things in Iraq.\n But I think Bush and his policy with this situation went on way too long. So we need to proceed with extreme caution. President Bush authorized the invasion and frankly I don't think him or his advisers thought things completely through before doing so. Now everything is a huge mess because of this huge blunder. As far as many people thinking that we should just leave.......well now we can't. Just think about all the innocent citizens of Iraq. We bombed the crap out of their country completely tearing it to pieces. They are now on the verge of a civil war or already are depending on who you listen to. Since we made this mess we need to see it through to protect the innocent citizens and the children of this country. It would be very irresponsible now for the Unites States to just "cut and run" from a mess we created.\n\n Do you really think we can just leave and say "sorry my mistake" ?\n\nWe crippled this country and now it's our responsibility to help them get "back on their feet" and give the children of Iraq a future. If we don't the citizens of Iraq will always be bitter and an enemy of the United States. They will want nothing but the worse for the U.S. for generations to come. And in the future they may try to "pay us back" in a bad way if we just up and leave them in this mess we created.
709585
Go big.  We made this mess, we have a responsibility to clean it up.  We need to stabilize that region.  Walking away will only let the chaos we've already created escalate.\n\nIt was an incredibly stupid thing to do from the outset, going into Iraq.  Bush, and the people who supported him shouldn't be still calling the shots over there, based on their track record alone.  But, for the first time since the man took office, I find myself agreeing with him on one point.  It's a mistake to leave Iraq in this mess.  The entire region will implode. \n\nHowever, it's idiotic to say that troop levels over there are sufficient, they are woefully inadequate at best.   Big--overwhelmingly big, preferably--is the only chance we have at getting control.\n\nBTW--I've voted pretty much straight Democrat in all elections, this last one included.  The need for change in our leadership is obvious and necessary, but I believe we can't afford to compound the error we made (I say 'we' because over half of this country supported the invasion of Iraq, so much so that 'we' re-elected Bush for a second term) by leaving Iraq to it's fate.  We will never see the end of violence in that region if we don't get control of it now.  If we leave, and Iraq becomes a terrorist stronghold, how long do you imagine it will be until Israel is engaged?  Anyone fancy a nuclear war in your lifetime?\n\n\nArcticchick--you seem to have forgotten that convenient intelligence failures, coverups, and deliberate circulation of misinformation have been the main attribute of  GW Bush's administration.   Your selected excerpts do a fine job of implying that, despite the fact that their support was based on erroneous information, the Democrats are to blame for the Iraq invasion.  You demonstrate how well Bush & Co.'s tactics worked--and continue to work--on the segment of America's populace who refuse to acknowledge what terrible consequences have resulted from their support of this administration.
252858
Should we have pulled out of Vietnam?  Yes, we should pull out of Iraq.
594082
"should America leaves Iraq immediately?"\n\nShould America leave Iraq immediately? Ideally.
724969
I'm leaning in this direction too.  I think we should become more deadly and finish the fight before we rebuild Iraq's infrastructure.  Maybe build and fight was a useful tactic before the beehive burst.  We should let the Iraqi's rebuild and kill the fanatics first.  If we use our resources correctly, then cannot another country train the Iraqi army while we rampage?
699966
I totally agree. Wipe the whole area. Every trick has been tried on that area, and nothing seems to work on them. \n\nTo borrow religious people;" the area is cursed, and must be cleaned!"\n\nThere was this one newsreport that mentioned, that "Iraq-savingtrip" has lasted already as long period as the "Europe-savingtrip" from nazis in the 40`s. and; Europe Was saved, in the middle east its impossible to tell who should be saved there anymore. All of them in the area you mentioned, appear to be death freaks\n\nI just hope that the Turkey stays the hell away from EU...
1062897
i think u should leave Iraq because you only got there to steal its oil & gas \nnot for any other reason ... no democracy, no nuclear wepons, no biological wepons,\n....nothing but gas
679715
I'm in favor of getting out of there, but I'd hate to leave the Iraqi's who helped us in a fix like we left the Vietnamese when Nixon pulled us out of there.  I have always been against the war, but I don't want those people to have to pay the price for helping us.\n\nWe had NO business invading Iraq to begin with.  We should have concentrated our energies on finding bin Laden, the real culprit behind 9/11.