Here’s a convincing and thoughtful essay on why immediate withdrawl from Iraq makes sense, written by Michael Schwartz, Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York. It starts with an introduction from Tom Engelhardt, which includes:
Michael Schwartz makes the case, both simple and sophisticated, for withdrawing quickly from Iraq, but more than that for stopping thinking of ourselves as part of the solution — a bulwark, for instance, against an onrushing civil war — rather than part of the problem.