John Cook wrote:


Ask yourself a couple of questions,
Why are we in Iraq?.

Because a reasonably-secular and democratic Iraq would
quickly be followed by a democratic (rather than theocratic)
Iran - and both have the resources to be an economic miracle
- like S. Korea - leading to stability and a more peaceful
Middle East.

Why don't the people in Iraq want us there?.

If that was was true, recent polls wouldn't show that
the average Iraqi (70% or so) doesn't want us to abandon
them to the thugs and Jihadis until they are capable of
dealing with these criminals on their own...