] It is the most foolish and selfish thing to say "pull the
] troops out", or "replace them with the UN or NATO".
] Someone has to see us through this mess to the end. Only
] a deluded utopian (or an idiot peace activist) would
] believe that Iraqis would all cosily sit down and settle
] down their endless disputes without AK-47's, RPG's, or
] mortars in the event of coalition troops abandoning Iraq.
] Please please don't get me wrong, I am not in the least
] saying that I enjoy being occupied by a foreign force, I
] am not a dreamer who believes that the USA is here for
] altruistic reasons, I am not saying that I am happy with
] what my bleeding country is going through, believe me
] when I say it tears my heart every day to witness all the
] bloodshed, it pains me immensely to see that we have no
] leaders whomsoever with the interest and well-being of
] Iraq as their primary goal, it kills me to see how blind
] and ignorant we have all become.

Interesting pro-coallition Iraqi Blogger