What action should the U.S. take in Iraq?

Should we stay or should we go?

"I would list all the arguments that you hear against pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq, the horrible things that people say would happen, and then ask: Aren't they happening already? Would a pullout really make things worse? Maybe it would make things better," wrote William E. Odom, a retired Army lieutenant general and former Reagan-era National Security Agency director, for a Harvard University Web site". ..."You already have a civil war," Odom said. "As for terror, that's the biggest danger there, but it's already happening. Getting out will allow us to focus on al-Qaida. This war has made it easier for al-Qaida - we still haven't gotten Osama bin Laden."

We should withdraw immediately and let the Iraqis fight for their own freedom. But, to do so, we need to first indict Donald Rumsfeld for his crimes against our military and appoint General Odoms Secretary of Defense as of yesterday. Lt. Gen. William Odom (U.S. Army, ret)