Am I in Wonderland? Yes is No, Stay is Go?

There seems to be enough hubris these days in the political world to go around, but I am in shock and awe over the disagreement over the agreement that will lead to U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. Let's see - we have lost over 4000 of our military who were fighting to protect the people of Iraq from killing each other. We are spending $10 billion a MONTH (of which we do not really have these days) to support those troops, support the Iraqi troops, and rebuild their schools and other infrastructure. I wouldn't be surprised if the American taxpayer was funding a spa retreat for the Iraqi negotiating team.

So now I read that the agreement is failing because the U.S. isn't leaving fast enough for them. Well....we hold up our righteous heads proclaiming that we have saved the country for democracy, the people from a brutal dictator (and he was), and now they want to say "Good bye, and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out".

I wonder(land) if I am the only one who thinks this is all upside down? We SHOULD be trying to leave. We SHOULD be telling them to pick up the costs of their police, military, and reconstruction. But somehow we are begging to stay on a little longer? Somehow we are sweetening the deal by giving the Iraqis the ability to prosecute our soldiers in their courts should they violate some law? Oh I forgot, we did manage to keep jurisdiction over our own troops who might commit crimes within our own bases. What is heaven's name is going on?

I understand that we cannot leave precipitously, but really folks, if they don't want our help, then let's pack up our little tanks, our uparmored Hummers, and our brave troops and bring 'em home where they will be appreciated far more. Let's burn all the desert sand colored khakis and return to the good old green ones.