Its not a matter of us ruling them. If we were to pull out now and let them have their own elections, the country would be in a state of complete chaos. Would the Iraqi's be better off then? No. Fact is there are still Baathists and Saddam loyalists about, not to mention foreign infultrators. Plus you have three very distinct factions of ethnic and religious identity that would have at it. You gotta think in things of the long term, not the short.
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