If the troops were pulled out tomorrow, God knows what would happen. I'm sure there would be chaos in Iraq.
But put youself in the average Iraqi's place. You have an occupying foreign force in your country that has been ineffective in reducing the violence (more than 26,000 civilian deaths in the past year) or significantly improving my way of life. I'm sure I would be saying thanks very much but please leave.
Beancounter, you beat me to it. Dan, a voice of reason.
Mike