"Supporters of the administration warn that if we leave now, things will get far worse. That may be. But we are not going to remain in Iraq forever, and there is no reason to think the consequences of our departure will be any grimmer three or five or 10 years from now than they would be today.We are not going to stay long enough to succeed in Iraq, and we have already stayed long enough to fail.Download opinion by Steve Chapman, in PDF format.