@I Understand,
Let's see what happens when and if we abruptly pull out of Iraq. Just watch all chit bust loose, such they we have to return in larger numbers, using greater force, to maintain our entire way of life. You can hate and blame Bush all you want, but the hard reality of this war is that we are umbilically connected to the Middle East and must stay deeply, deeply involved, forever.
END OF DISCUSSION. There is no way out, without ending the world as we know it.