Iraq’s first democratic elections in decades have passed, and a new Iraqi government is getting on its feet. Is it time for the United States and its allies to leave? What is the U.S. obligation and when is it discharged? In this FP Roundtable, five leading experts argue over what it will take for the United States to bid Iraq a proper farewell.

These essays are drawn from a recent conference by the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Fordham University's Center for Religion and Culture, and the Fourth Freedom Forum.