Actually, this is a moot point. The Bush Administration and the Iraqi government have come to a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) which will govern the activities of U.S. forces in Iraq and sets 2011 as the final deadline for U.S. withdrawal from that country. President-elect Obama will have to abide by the treaty IF the Iraqi Parliament approves it, which right now is the big "if" in the whole deal.

While I realize that there are members here who seem to be pro-Iraq War supporters, I simply don't buy the argument that our being in Iraq did anyone much good. There were no weapons of mass destruction there in 2003, and Saddam Hussein was not allied with Al Qaeda; the only reason Al Qaeda in Iraq exists is because we created the conditions for it to be there, not because AQ was lurking in Baghdad. Also, we were already fighting in Afghanistan and almost winning....now the Taliban is alive and well and thriving in Pakistan's tribal areas and making life miserable for NATO and American troops in Afghanistan.