Reply #115: Yes they do, but many of them say "Soon" or "Very Soon" [View All]

[Tom Rinaldo]

They have no confidence with Bush as American President that we have any intention of ever leaving Iraq, and no, they do NOT want us to stay there. But a lot of people inside Iraq nonetheless get nervous thinking about all of the Americans leaving next month say. Americans are more trusted to patrol the cities where sectarian violence is taking place than are people wearing uniforms of Iraq's security forces.

Yes Iraq is a true mess, and it is an excellent thing that Democrats won back control of Congress. That sent a signal to people in Iraq, both those who want us out ASAP and those who are afraid to see us leave, that the day IS coming sooner rather than later when America will pull back it's troops, so they damn well better sort out their mess because there ain't going to be anyone standing in the way of every side staging multi day full frontal assaults on each others neighborhoods if they don't. The worst has not been seen yet.

I think Wes Clark understands the reality of something that it seems many of us lose sight of. There is no force on Earth that will compel George Bush to remove all of our troops from inside Iraq before he leaves the White House. Given that Clark and others are doing the best they can to push for regional diplomacy, with some support now from Republicans who were part of Bush the elders Administration.