Fear US

You may disagree with why we went to Iraq. But when it is said that leaving now will embolden the enemy, this is what they are referring to:

But your most disgraceful case was in Somalia; where -- after vigorous
propaganda about the power of the USA and its post cold war leadership of the
new world order -- you moved tens of thousands of international force,
including twenty eight thousands American solders into Somalia. However, when
tens of your solders were killed in minor battles and one American Pilot was
dragged in the streets of Mogadishu you left the area carrying disappointment,
humiliation, defeat and your dead with you. Clinton appeared in front of the
whole world threatening and promising revenge , but these threats were merely
a preparation for withdrawal. You have been disgraced by Allah and you
withdrew; the extent of your impotence and weaknesses became very clear. It
was a pleasure for the "heart" of every Muslim and a remedy to the
"chests" of believing nations to see you defeated in the three
Islamic cities of Beirut , Aden and Mogadishu.
- Osama Bin Laden. August, 1996

There are several reasons to stay in Iraq. This is one of the most important.

Again, Michael Yon has brought the war home. If OBL is reading, he's seeing and hearing what our military is made of. And he should be scared. CSM Prosser