Iraqi's want US to stay awhile

[kandrathe]

If they polled Americans, I think that would be the majority American preference as well. Let's get out of there as soon as we can. So IMHO, we should turn over as much authority to the Iraqi's and UN ASAP and let them run the place. It may be that these "incidents" will continue, but let them be an Iraqi security problem that the Iraqi's deal with.

I know quite a few people who have been called up to Active duty to serve because of the current increased military needs. I don't think people realize the sacrifice that these people are making for America. One young guy that works with me had just been married this last spring, they bought a house and are now expecting their first child. Now he has been called up to go to Kosovo for a year, and because of the tremendous cut in pay (and she was laid off), they have had to sell their house and she is having to move in with her parents. At least he won't be a target in Baghdad. The company I work for has hired her as a clerk to get them a little more cash, and so that she can have health insurance.