The simple answer for Democrats in 2008, is Iraq War is a disgrace, and we are not able to just withdraw the troops immediately, much as we'd like to.
The previous administration (Bush) left us NO GOOD OPTIONS, but we will stabalize Iraq's new democracy before withdrawl.
You can't make a comparrison to Viet Nam, which really wasn't a strategicly important area, nor did it posess exports our country needed to survive. Iraq is in a VERY strategic region, and we do depend on their oil.We CAN'T FAIL IN IRAQ!
