We have given them a start. We have shed 3,000 lives to give them a start. It's now time for them to step up to the plate and do their part. They have not and I don't think they will. I, for one am not willing to send servicemen even if they are volunteering to Iraq to see them shot by Sunnis one day and Shiites the next.
The cost of leaving with the job not done is far greater than the cost now. What did 9/11 cost us? If you are not willing to risk volunteer soldiers for something this important, why have an army? How many Iraqis police recruits have to die before you are convinced they are "stepping up to the plate"?
If we leave now, we will appear to be cowards regardless of the reason for leaving. That is a terrible mistake when dealing with enemies as ruthless as the Muslims are.
You need to quit watching the nightly news. I saw this same attitude cripple us in Vietnam, but that took far longer than three years.