Bring the boys (and girls) back home!

I just read this:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269737,00.html

I would bet money that our men and women in Iraq would love a 2 month vacation this summer. I have long supported the troops, and have long believed that it was important for us to stay there until there was peaceful resolution to the sectarian violence. With the Iraqi Parliament preparing for a 2 month vacation beginning in July, I am forced to ask three questions:

1) Are the Iraqis as concerned about peace between sects as the US is?
2) Do the Iraqis define peace the same way as the US?
3) Do the Iraqis want US troops to assist them at all?

If they go on vacation while leaving our troops in harm's way, I think the answer to my first question is "obviously, NO." If they do not reconsider, I think it says that they are not as concerned as we are with resolution to the problems in their country, and this leads me to my next thought...

I don't think that the Iraqis and the US are working toward a common goal. We would define peace as an environment without war - or terroristic attacks on civilians. I don't think that is the Iraqi mindset at all. Perhaps they have lived with terrorism so long that it is just a normal part of their culture now. Perhaps they live in a manner that has been the custom for so long that violence is the answer to every dispute. If that is their way, I say "let them have their way" and stop trying to force our way of life on them. Maybe we should position our troops around the perimiter and vaporize any one or anything that tries to leave...

Lastly, I read this:

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/27/iraqis-poll/

If that is accurate, let's give them their way. I think it's time to bring our men and women home after a job well done. They have sacrificed and given everything, and let's give them more than just a vacation. Let's give them safe return to their families and loved ones.