Bring 'em home. I agree that the financing is costing America a lot just as the deaths of our men and women is costing America a lot. I am a VERY patriotic person and stand behind our military personnel 100%! They may love what they are doing but there are plenty who have served many tours and who want to be home. This war is a huge mess and is complicated, as well.
This war has gone on longer than most any "modern" war, except for the 100 yr war. Of course our soldiers should come home. Iraq has got to fight it's own battle.
I have mixed feelings but I don't think we can financially afford to continue babysitting the world. I've come to the conclusion that we will never change the violence that exists and maybe it's just a futile effort. I would love to see Osama's head on a plate however, and still support all military efforts to find him. Unfortunately there is always someone else out there to take his place.
This is much more complex than one or the other. Of course I want all of our brave soldiers back home but I also don't want everything they've worked for and sacrificed for to go up in smoke.
The very fact that Obama is now backing out of his campaign promise to bring the troops home within six months should make it pretty apparent that Iraq is a very complex situation that is far more complicated than leave them there or bring them home.