I hate to say it, but after our troops come home and the Iraq government takes over then it'll be their problem, not ours. A quick and immediate pull out would not guarantee instant peace in Iraq, and we have an obligation to leave things better than we found them. The article fails to give any detail to pertaining to the character of the uprising, is it simply anti-Americanism, is it a power grab, or is it nothing more than adolescent rebellion and angst? Furthermore, what can we do that we aren't already doing to fix the problem? My take is that the Shiites are mad at us for not supporting their uprising in '91 and they're embarassed by their appearant uselessness in '03, so they want to restore their national pride with a show of force. Unless they show some grace and gratitude to the U.S., instead of fighting with us, they'll just look like children and be treated as such by the bordering nations and the world at large. Grow up Iraq.
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