Lost in all the coverage of the Clinton-Obama slugfest is that the Iraqi people aren't too happy about their government agreeing to a permanent American military presence. The radical cleric Al-Sadr is scoring big points by saying the agreement should be put up for a vote, which of course he knows a vast majority of Iraqis want the Americans to go home.

And that's the real crux of this conflict. If this was a war to spread democracy, and the Iraqi people want us to leave, why are we still there?