Originally posted by Ultima Seraph
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." ~Edmund Burke.
I was going to put that quote in my post, but I couldn't remember the exact wording, or even who said it. Thanks for finding it for me, though. Great minds think alike.

Also, I don't think we should leave Iraq to rebuild itself. Chances are, another dictator would step in to fill the vacuum. Possibly someone from the Taliban or some other terrorist faction in the middle east. With the US and other nations at least assisting the recovery, the chances of this happening are significantly diminished.