Why troops out now is wrong

The Times leader today concludes that It has been said by some this week that as far as American and British policy toward Iraq is concerned, there are “no easy answers”. The reality is that there is an easy answer — staying the course until democracy has been embedded in Iraq — but it involves difficult consequences. Idle chatter about “exit strategies” and a timetable for a withdrawal is not only a distraction from the task in hand, it is damaging. The issue is not whether one favours war in Iraq, but peace for Iraq. That peace will only be won if democracy takes hold and terrorism is defeated.