While I agree we need to win the war in Iraq, I think three more years may be a lot to ask to keep the same level of U.S. troops in Iraq. I would say the U.S. needs to put some pressure on the Sunnis. They are the ones killing U.S troops and the first ones to get massacred by the Shi'ite majority should the U.S. withdraw today.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Thursday U.S. troops should remain in Iraq for up to three more years to give Iraqi authorities more time to build up their own security forces.


At the start of a week-long visit to France, Talabani rejected suggestions Iraq had descended into civil war and accused the media of focusing exclusively on negative stories.
However, he said "international terrorists" were still concentrating all their efforts in Iraq which meant the country needed outside help to defeat them.



"We need time. Not 20 years, but time. I personally can say that two to three years will be enough to build up our forces and say to our American friends 'Bye bye with thanks'," Talabani told a conference organized by the IFRI think-tank.

Thoughts?

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