There is no question the insurgents and other anti-American parties will take over the government once we leave. But that will happen no matter how long we stay.
 
Also, the U.S. will not leave behind a liberal, constitutional democracy in Iraq no matter how long it stays.

Lieutenant General William E. Odom, U.S. Army (Ret.), is a Senior Fellow with Hudson Institute and a professor at Yale University. He was Director of the National Security Agency from 1985 to 1988. From 1981 to 1985, he served as Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, the Army's senior intelligence officer.

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