Troops withdrawal

The recent articles on Iraq, “Iraq Can’t Stand on Its Own” from CBS NEWS and “Plan Iraq Withdrawal” from Buffalo News, talk about the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and weather Iraq military troops will be able to do what American troops are doing right now. The first article, talks about how fragile Iraq will be if American troops leave and how Iran might – and certainly will – influence Iraq’s politics and destabilize an entire region. The second article cites an interview of the commander of US troops in Iraq, General Petraeus. He stated that the actual process in Iraq is very fragile and totally reversible. He said that it is true that US troops trained Iraqi troops, but Iraqi lack in logistic systems and leadership. Especially the first is a big problem that will require time, because for the moment Iraqi doesn’t have the money to build a logistic system.
Personally, I think that the Congress should think twice about withdrawing the troops from Iraq. I am not pro war, but I believe that if a country goes to war, needs to accomplish the mission. In this case the mission was to establish the democracy in Iraq and to restore peace among people there. If US troops leave now, they will leave behind a very fragile government with a very fragile army that might be subject to many attacks or influences from other countries. This premature withdraw – in my opinion – would make worthless the lives of thousands of Iraqi people who died there, and would make worthless the lives of American soldiers who died for their country…

Article 1: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/11/opinion/main4009234.shtml
Article 2: http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/321422.html