It's time to bring home the troops

An attempt to debate allowing U.S. troops through 2011 generated a yelling match in Iraq's Parliament casting doubt on Iraq's official hope of early passing.

We are in Iraq, a fifth-rate nation on the other side of the planet that had not attacked us. Now-former President Bush's war costs $1 billion weekly with an average of three to six American soldiers dying and another 40 injuries.

It's time to bring our troops and equipment home.

Theodore J. Wattenberg

Prospect Heights