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Originally Posted by Goldstone69
You may have presented both (simplistic) sides but you continually miss the point that despite the people supporting the Government the Government is not strong enough to resist the many internal and external forces ranged against it. Having the support of the people is not enough the country needs time to establish itself we caused the mess we stay till they are capable of functioning as an independent democratic nation.
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There is a primary factor that you seem to miss as well. Overwhelmingly the violence in Iraq is related to the insurgency which is opposed to the US presence in Iraq. When the US leaves the insurgency against the US presence comes to an end. Attacks against the Iraqi police forces and politicians, which are predicated upon their collaboration with the US will also end. Overall violence would be greatly reduced and easily manageable by the over 300,000 Iraqi Security forces that are already trained and deployed.
People like to worry about al Qaeda in Iraq but realize that in five years they have managed less than 1000 attacks. While that is a lot numerically it is only a small fraction of the violence in Iraq. It is the US presence that overwhelmingly creates the violence in Iraq and our continued presence is the problem and not the solution. The Iraqis can and will easily eject al Qaeda in Iraq once the US is gone.