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Coble suggests pullout in Iraq By Stan Swofford, Staff Writer News & Record

U.S. Rep. Howard Coble, dean of the state's congressional delegation and an avowedly strong supporter of President Bush, says it's time for the United States to consider withdrawing from war-ravaged Iraq.

Coble, a Republican from Greensboro, is one of the first members of Congress -- Republican or Democrat -- to say publicly that the United States should consider a pullout...

I think that is a good idea. We are not bettering Iraq in the least. I was looking at the pictures in Dahr Jamail's blog and they are not encouraging. When you think of how the Iraqis have to live in perpetual fear (of bombs and being shot or kidnapped) you realize that a horrible thing has been done to the Iraqis. Liberation? I don't think people should have to live like that if they are "liberated". Their houses and buildings have been bombed and shattered. Some of their friends and relatives are either dead, dying, wounded, or ill. Their water is disease ridden. Food is not getting to everyone that needs it. Medical care is not getting to everyone that needs it.
Electricity, gas, medical supplies, food, & drinkable water are not always available to most of the people. Other horrors, besides, affect the Iraqi people.
Our military lives in the fear of getting blown up by roadside bombs, or shot by "insurgents". They have learned to kill. They have to look past the humanitarian feelings they have when they are trying to save their own lives. That cannot be good for their mental health. All in all, it is not a good situation for either side. I agree with Howard Coble that we need to pull out of Iraq. However, I don't agree with Coble that we should've gone to war with Iraq.