anotheoldgit & sqad617,
Hear Hear!
It's basically the extremists who are wanting all troops out of Iraq. The common Iraqi are probably quite happy to keep some troops there for the meantime. Normal life can go on: education, socialising, womans rights, etc. They, I'm sure, wish it didn't have to be so.
What would happen if some despot "somehow" took over the UK & did what Saddam did & Pol Pot & Idi Amin et al & what Mugabe is doing in Zimbabwe? Would they want help or should they be left alone as they waged wars all the time? They were always fighting with France, Spain, Scotland & even had civil wars. Na, leave them to it, they like killing others & each other! Bl@@y anglo saxons!
Oh, by the way. Perhaps you'd better not have to be admitted to hospital as an there might an Islamic doctor who might treat you! Or not, cause they just want to kill all dissidents. And hope your computer doesn't need fixing, the IT might be Iraqui! And better not eat that cauliflower, an Iraqui grew it. They're just backward savages!
It is an extraodinarily complex situation.