Leaving Iraq?

I don't think governments should pull troops out at this time. As an American, I very much appreciate the assistance of other governments and their citizens. Your support and your sacrifices do not go unnoticed in America. In this troubling time and with June 30 so close, to break in resolve now would create more havoc. I have been disappointed at times with our current administration and many questions still need to be answered. Be assured, the American people will ask those questions and get answers in due time. But right now, America has soldiers on the ground and I support them. Their efforts to help make Iraqi a 'free' Iraq (in whatever sense the Iraqi people want to define that word) is an important effort and one that I think will have a tremendous impact on dictatorships in the future. -- Ingrid Ward, USA

I think there is little real hope at this point. The U.S. must withdraw completely by June 30th. Their continued presence will only inflame this disastrous situation. After that, the matters of the country should be left to the people of Iraq. -- Timothy Goetsch

An illegal invasion and occupation based on fabrications can not be made legitimate by more of the same. All members of the coalition of the coerced should leave now, no matter the consequences for Iraq, because staying may well only make it far worse. UN involvement - true UN involvement without U.S. domination of the issue - is required. -- Bruce Hogben, Australia

I think the war was an illegal war in the first place, no matter how bad the Iraqi regime was, and no matter what grandiose plans of democracy and prosperity Bush's neo-conservatives had in mind when they planned this ugly, and unjustified aggression. Any foreign country who participated with the U.S. is an accomplice in the crime of destroying Iraq. -- Ahmed Wagih, Egypt

Foreign governments should pull their troops out of Iraq because it is an illegal war and an attempt at re-colonizing Iraq rather than liberating the country. The war began because the U.S. and Britain both swore that there were weapons ready to be used against them, not because they desired to free the Iraqi people. The events in Falluja and since then have shown that the Iraqi people do want to be free -- from the Americans and British occupation forces. -- James Daraja, USA