Can I just add that Spain says it would stay if the UN was administering the place, not the US.
I think that's fair enough. I don't think anyone should be pulling troops out of Iraq. But I do think that contributors should be able to do so within the UN umbrella. This is France's, Germany's, Turkey's, Egypt's, India's, and Russia's complaint, too. None of these countries want to serve in an American command.
Before anyone starts harping on about how useless the UN is, I suggest you do some research on their peacekeeping abilities. Its checkered, but on the whole its been effectual, multilateral, and inclusive.
