Iraq will stabilize only if we pull out Author: Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies December 1, 2005 Newsday "The question remains: Can Iraq edge closer to democracy while under foreign occupation? The answer is that American occupation, with its daily violence and infringements, only empowers radical voices in Iraq, making civil war-not democracy-the more likely outcome. The path to stability in Iraq remains withdrawing, not sustaining, U.S. forces."