maybe if they were paying for it...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1117/p01s01-usfp.html

'When I come to Washington, I feel despair [here]," Abizaid told the Senate panel. "When I'm in Iraq with my commanders, when I talk to our soldiers, when I talk to the Iraqi leadership, they are not despairing," General Abizaid insisted.'

Yes, try spending $250 billion with nothing to show for it after 4 years but civil war. Taxpayers, i.e. voters, are pissed at much money we've flushed down the toilet. All good investment strategies include an exit plan. I'd say we've hit that point. I don't know when these people are going to figure out that Arab culture and democracy are not ready for each other.