I must agree with SOP. We have to stay in right now or something bad might happen.

Bad things are already happening.

Worse will happen if we leave now.

The problem is that we just do not know. We do not know that it will get worse. We do not know that things will get better. Everybody has their theories but very few agree.

If we leave, the terrorist groups will follow us. They are not content with us just leaving, they wish to continue the killing of infidels. There will be more major attacks like 911 if we pull out. Simply put, our troops are tying up terrorist operations in the middle east and the terrorists must put more time and resources into what’s going on there, and not on what they can do to the US. If we stay we can help the middle east (I know that will prolly be taken out of context) by preventing Iraq from becoming another terrorist state. If we leave, the middle east will be in more trouble than it is now.

This -to me- is prove that the US should have never invaded Iraq. With somemany unknown factors, the gamble was too high. 1 question, you say the US is in danger, should be defended, ergo: you have to invade and neutralize the danger. Why are you in danger? Because of all the nose-poking you are doing. Even the Netherlands, with one of the most controversial politics at this moment -Geert Wilders who made the movie Fitna- isn’t in great danger. Ofcourse certain developments are to be monitored, but I do not agree that greater danger will occur fot the US by leaving. IMHO the only thing to happen is an even greater instability in the region. That gives the following situation: to leave --> not good, to stay --> not good as well, for this war is sucking the US budget empty.....