When will it end?

So 1,200 more troops have been called up to go to Baghdad due to the increasing violence. I would like to know, has there ever been a time when Baghdad was NOT violent? I mean seriously when will it end, we need to get out. We are losing so many people, not just soldiers but civilians. I don't understand how our president can be soooo stupid. I see him and our government as selfish. This is not about democracy in the middle east it never was, this was a political ploy to boost the republican party moral. A kind of I'll show you who's bigger attitude. I am a news junkie but I cannot bear to hear anymore about it.

I heard something very scary on NPR this morning, that its not about how do we get out of Iraq but how do we sustain them there for 10-15 years? 10-15 YEARS! Thats just wrong. You know a lot of people think that we liberals and democrats hate the current government and are against the republicans in general and to an extent we are(I cannot speak for all, keep that in mind), but we truly just want to be able to work together to find common ground. Nothing will ever change without calling a truce and admitting on both sides that things are not right the way they are. Something has to change.

Wealth and power are the root of all evil now though and it will take something mighty big to pull that off. I really truly believe that it will never happen. They say that segregation has ended but in a way it still here clear as the day. Until the two parties can agree to make nice, thousands more lives will be lost, as will too much time.

It's a shame when you really sit back and analyze everything.