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andy3191
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will make it worst and could be taken over by the terrorist and it starts all over again. |
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G-Bear
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Since that will never happen..the point is moot...BUT..Pulling out would help only inasmuch as the country IS headed towards Civil War anyways..and so us pulling out would just hurry up the inevitable..and to further the future is better then this painful trickle of democracy we see every day on our computers and TVs..
I say let em fight it all out and be done with it..good or bad..one or the other..its THEIR country..NOT ours
The only reason were there is to further up the OIL markets with Mideast contracts..its all the Bushs have ever done...what did you expect with an Oil Man In the White House???
BTW..enjoying that 3 dollar a gallon drink at the pumps?? |
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I R G _ H I Q
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It will make things SOOOO much worse. It is a common feeling in the Muslim world that Americans are weak and lack the resolve in any kind of long term conflict. We are risk adverse when it comes to the loss of life. If we were to pull out now that would be confirmed and signals to any two bit thug that all you have to do to defeat the Americas is wait them out and cause them to bleed. This thought was put forward most famously by Osma bin Ladin, in his early writings. |
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KStateRG
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They need to KEEP the troops in Iraq. We have helped them in numerous ways, such as taken away two of the most powerful, evil leaders & have helped create a govn't. Taking troops out would be saying that we give up. |
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zclifton2
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Look, leaving or staying would be a disaster. That is what we got into invading Iraq. Now the question is, how do you figure out what to do? Bush and his Staff are unable to admit that they made an historic mistake, and so they can not find a new way to go. We need this November election to get here, and to throw out the bums. We need to start over. We could do that if we take back the Congress or at least the House. Glory! |
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S P
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I actually we think that we are doing something over there. I mean, I hate being in a war. But to pull us out now, would be like saying to your child, "OK, today you did wrong and I'll give you a timeout, tomorrow you'll receive no form of discipline for the same action. Today I'm going to teach you math and tomorrow I expect to to be an expert." It just doesn't work that way. We have a long road yet ahead of us, but it's worth it. If we backed out now, things will fall apart over there just like that. They need stability. |
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We are fighting a war against a enemy that wants to fight if its here, there or where ever. We need to wake up and see the war was going before 9/11 and will go on after we leave Iraq. So I say stay there and let us pay the airfair and not the mass casualties on our streets. |
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rabcarr5
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Who cares. I would pull all the coalition troops out and let them all kill each other. |
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Isabelle
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Kicking a ball is way preferable in international relationships than kicking balls. |
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Veritatum17
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I don't think there's a satisfactory answer to your question because its posed between solvency and deterioration.
Political power creates a system, and whenever a power leaves there is a rush to fill that power. If it can be done without violent conflict, I would consider that a victory. I doubt this can be done.
The problem of a Shi'a versus Sunni ethnic conflict existed well before all of this mess, and far pre-dated the unrest that the British occupation forces had to deal with when they decided to divide their domains in Trans-Jordan into manageable territories. The intent was to make sure the territorial leaders would not become too powerful, and so kingdoms were carved up to distribute power somewhat equally.
Modern Iraq is a conglomeration of three areas (the name itself is related to a word meaning "far away", as given by Kurdish peoples living in the northernmost province to those living in the southernmost) with three different ethnic majorities. These ethnicities never played along well together in the first place (the sectarian violence between Sunni and Shi'a goes back to the 8th century A.D.). We only did not hear of much violence because much of Iraq's modern history has been under the rule of totalitarian regimes that quashed ANY potential enemies.
Now you have some Sunnis who were loyal to Saddam attacking both U.S. forces and their Shi'a enemies. You have some fundamentalist Shi'a attacking U.S. forces (since they are viewed as a terrible evil) as well as the Sunni who used to oppress them under Saddam's reign. Everyone else is just stuck in the middle, either taking up arms or trying to escape the violence.
The Sunni-Shi'a conflict will not resolve itself overnight. A tenuous peace can be maintained if the democratically elected government is felt to represent the interests of both, and both sides feel adequate participation and security from attacks by the other.
A significant and loyal military will help prevent the possibility of a coup. but there are no guarantees. These are the risks one takes to live in a democratic society.
If we were to pull out at this point in time, we would likely see the emergence of a civil war between those elements loyal to Saddam, those elements loyal to a violent radicalism, and those elements who are loyal to the democratically-elected leadership. |
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maoritatt
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I asked this question to myself a couple of days ago. I must say that the troops should not be removed for the time being. If they were removed, the country would (re) end up in the hands of terrorists, and all the Heroes who have lost their lives for OUR well being will have perished vainly. |
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adieu
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I heard Obama say that you shouldn't drive a bus into a ditch, but if you do, you can't expect to just drive it out. Ditches are messy. We need a "marshall"-like plan. If we can't help them out economically--give them jobs, aid, etc. they are just going to fight us. |
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Bent
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I don't think it can get any worse. So, they might as well pull them out. |
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zharantan
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I believe that it is a no win situation. Iraq is damned if we do and damned if we don't. If we pull out, then another dictator will most assuredly take over. By staying there, we breed more hate towards the US and lose more of our loyal soldiers. Our war on Iraq has not stopped terrorist activity. Yes, a major factor has been removed. The people are free of Hussein (and the vast majority are grateful for it), but if we back out now, they will fall under another that may be even worse than Hussein and definitely just as bad. Is it our responsibility? Yes and no. We are not responsible for the Iraqi people (only morally we are responsible as humans for all humans), but another Hussein would be a major threat to Homeland Security. In the long run, our staying there is necessary. They funded the attack on US soil first. We are just defending ourselves. We must be careful not to become the dictators by deluding ourselves into thinking it is for our defense though. We are walking a very fine line. |
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thegropenator2006
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That's a chance that has to be taken. Eventually a Country, like a child, has to stand on it's own two feet. Right now, over 2000 men and women have been killed and over 45 billion dollars have been spent on the military. I think it is time to pull out.
I feel that the war was wrong from the start. We have no business dictating to another country how they should govern their people. We also went over there with no evidence but assumptions.
Our backyard isn't pristine. I think we should clean ours up before we start telling others how to clean theirs. |
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steveb106
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No, if US troops are removed from Iraq it will cause more problems than it'll solve.
For one, insurgents will cause even more havoc in Iraq, almost completely unchecked. The Iraqi security forces are not quite ready yet to handle their country by themselves.
Second, no one in their right mind can honestly believe that removing troops from Iraq will make terrorist groups forget about us and never attack us again.
Third, it'll be seen as a victory by the insurgents and related terrorist cells in the area. Knowing that they caused enough harm and enough discontent to cause US forces to be withdrawn.
Lastly, the Iraqi people need to be an example to the rest of the world (not just the Middle East) that a country can live and prosper without having to live under a tyrannical dictator. |
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tangerine
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I've always been against the war, but I have to say that it would only make things worse if we were to pull out now. Not too long ago, I saw part of an episode of "Frontline". In an interview, an Iraqi commander said that it was important that the US stay in Iraq for the time being, because the government was still so fragile that it would collapse without our support. There are all sorts of fanatics vying for power right now in Iraq. If we were to pull out now, they could possibly overthrow the new government and establish their own regime. And if one of them were to take over Iraq, they could possibly pose a bigger threat to the US and the rest of the world than Saddam Hussein ever did. Unfortunately, we have made a huge mess of things, so now we have to clean it up. |
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hell_kimchi_ops
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it depends since the insurgents said they would stop all fighting once they leave
and the shiites will rule over and yeah ultimately chaos again |
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Roadrunner58-79
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It will absolutely not solve the problem, but make it worse.
The country would then fall into a civil war and the terrorists will see this as weakness on our part and if you do not believe this,
the terrorists will cause attacks to happen in the US and make 9/11 pale in comparsion, and we should then see the same thing happen in Iraq as we seen happen in Cambodia and South Vietnam when we cut and ran out of there like a bunch of whupped dogs. |
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aliajao
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i think safe more life not to be wasted , the people are really in control of the violent, they will stop, there major aim is to kill americans, but with less people t oattack, then i think there will be no more war |
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dlp1701
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Pulling out RIGHT NOW, would create massive problems for the people of Iraq.
The Iraqi Security Forces are not up to the challenge yet. If we pulled out right now, Iraq would plunge into a civil war, the government that is right now in its infancy would collapse, resulting in anarchy, from the ashes of this anarchy I would assume that forces loyal to Militant Islamics like Muqtahda Al-Sadr would seize control of much of the country using his militia, and install another Extremist Islamic government (not unlike the Ayatollahs regime in Iran) |
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Ok, well I'm neither intelligent or well in formed, but I do think that if they pull out now, it'll make the country a bigger mess than it already is. Think about it this way, if you decided to build a house(for example) but you had to pull the old one down first, you pull it down and then realise that it's to much work so you just walk away and leave it for somebody else to sort out,taking any plans with you. You'd leave a mess that would be difficult to clean up. So I think they need to stay and finish the job properly. I don't agree with the war, I never have. I think it's sending alot of Innocent people to their deaths, but I have no power to change that, and now it's started, they have to see it through to the end. |
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Wolfpacker
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Until the Military Forces & Police can protect the country & its people, we would be part of a mass murder to withdraw and leave them at the mercy of the very people we agreed to protect them from. Hundreds of thousands had been killed by these mad men, rape was not illegal but punishable to woman by death, 4,000-5,000 children were starving a month and I can not see they are kinder to the people, they blow up the churches, markets & funerals to kill those who oppose them. I have never agreed with a war but we have to do what we have to do to protect the defenseless.
This is not a political issue, it is a moral issue. We are there & we must stay the course. |
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Sun Yat-sen
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The Iraq never surrender until now the Iraq had war 2 times the first one then few year they started again until now they not yet surrender. The U.S. should be the war in Iraq ended some U.S. troop must be guarded if they try another attemp they will pay. |
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Dick Skinner
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It'd make it worse. Iraq's government, police, and military right now are pretty shakey. To go now would result in chaos for them. Startin with assasination, they'd kill more and more "officials" untill everyone there was too terrified to do anything but give in to the terrorists.
A week after this, the rest of the world would start pissin and bitshing about us leaving. |
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Andres A
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at this stage , it would be a bad idea , |
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celine8388
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My sister served in Iraq...she served 24 years in the Military...I served only 12...we went in there to help those people...My sister says that we have alot of work to do there...it cannot be accomplished in 2 months 3 months or 3 years..Iraq has alot of rebuilding to do..as in Korea..it took over 50 years to do some effective work there..and still to this day Korea is a Mess...Look at Vietnam...we had to get out of there...The United States has always been there for any country that needs our help..its our duty as a Super Power to help countries that are not as fortunate as ours to have the FREEDOM we fought and still fight to this day to maintain. Its real easy for people who have never served in the military to sit back and gripe and complain of President's decision to send in the troops...Iraq will not be "fixed" any time soon. |
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stuart81262
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We have know way of knowing for sure what will happen either way, but what we do know is that what we are doing now isn't working.
I do think that setting a flexible withdrawl timetable based on milestones rather than on specific dates could be a useful and succesful strategy. It is interesting to that senior iraqi officials are now calling for a withdrawal timeline as in the best interests of the country.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1336510 |
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Wasabandmom
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My opinion on these answers: Some excellent! But special comment on zharantan: Well said! |
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toughguy2
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Cut and run is not a good idea at all and it sends the wrong message and make Iraq totally unstable. I think that we are getting closer to getting the job done over there but it is critical that our troops stay until it is stable. |
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lucky_j_2003
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Shiite's (Iran)would love to control Iraq and it's oil |
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sushup
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be good groupies, vote Bushiechen for Romney or mute yourselves |
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