Quote Originally Posted by TIGERJC
I never agreed with the Iraq war, but we cannot leave. If we leave Iraq in its current condition, it will come back to bite us in the ass. The U.S. should have never gone to war to begin with, but we must see it through for the sake of us in the future. I hate to see young women and men dieing over there, but we cannot leave until Iraq is stable enough to having a working gov't.
I agree with you. But the thing people fail to realize is that it takes a long time for a government to become stable. It doesnt happen in 5 years. And for us to ever expect that is ridiculous. People need to take a look at american history.

I honestly don't know what we expected as a nation. A war on terrorism and completely reconstructing and changing a country from the ground up are two different things. I don't think we knew what we were getting ourselves into, and I don't think America realized what Iraq is like.