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"Running their country" can means different things to different people. From what I see, the Iraqis already run their country. We do not need to be there.
Also, the "terrorists" would "bugger off" if US forces left Iraq. After all, they are fighting the US forces, not the Iraqis (perhaps because most of them are Iraqis).
So ironically enough, it seems that withdrawing from Iraq would indeed insure "victory" as you seem to (vaguely) define it.
- Rob |