Democracy, human rights, freedom of expression, and equality has been alien to the people of Iraq for more than 4,000 years. They sport none of the cultural underpinnings of nationhood, self-government or the rule of law. Iraq was artificially born from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire in 1920 under a British mandate.
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/bfein.htm

After going to the trouble of invading Iraq, should we get out so soon?