experts

Edwin Black an author who wrote Banking on Baghdad, Inside Iraq's 7,000-Year History of War, Profit, and Conflict stated that, " Iraq's long history of violence and resistance to outside interference dooms democracy in that country." This comment is important and supports my position, because it suggests that democracy will inevitably fail in Iraq.

Lieutenant General William E. Odom who is retires and now a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a professor at Yale University explained that, "U.S. forces in Iraq are already caught in a quagmire that has damaged America's global reputation. Pulling out of Iraq is the only means to repair the damage because it would show critics that America is strong enough to admit its mistakes. Furthermore, freeing the nation from the Iraq nightmare would allow the U.S. government to regain diplomatic and military mobility." This opinion supports my stance because Odom is a retired lieutenant, therefor, when it comes to war-fare he knows what he's talking about.

Simon Jenkins, a writer for the New York Times pointed out that, "at least two thirds of the American opinion is against the war. This opinion joins two thirds of the world opinion to end the war in Iraq." My opinion is bring supported here because it goes to show that if a president wishes to build a democracy in another country, perhaps they should listen to their own democracy first. Very few people see the point of being in Iraq.