I can not even begin to completely address what is wrong with your proposed solution... You think we will be able to stay in a country after the government falls and the people in charge want us gone? You think we can be there and not intervene in the cities if large scale massacres are taking place?

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Win or leave are the only two options.

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Iraq War. [81 words]	Holly H	Mar 24, 2009 15:33
I think an internal redeployment in Iraq is a good but inadequate step [218 words]	Charles Martel	Aug 27, 2007 18:06
↔ Criminal Incompetence [132 words]	Jean de la Vallette	Aug 29, 2007 13:36
ingredient for lasting peace in Iraq [225 words]	jennifer solis	Aug 22, 2007 14:58
↔ Reply to Ms. Solis' comments [304 words]	Roger W. Gardner	Aug 22, 2007 21:34
↔ knowledge vs. opinion [486 words]	jennifer Solis	Aug 23, 2007 18:54
↔ Response to Ms. Solis' comments [300 words]	Roger W. Gardner	Aug 24, 2007 17:31
↔ unconditional surrender [226 words]	jennifer solis	Aug 24, 2007 18:53
↔ Reply to Ms. Solis' comments [497 words]	Roger W. Gardner	Aug 26, 2007 18:48
↔ the pleasure is mine [102 words]	jennifer solis	Aug 28, 2007 15:28
Bush won all the battles, and lost the war. [181 words]	Sheerahkahn	Aug 15, 2007 15:47
Re: Salvaging the Iraqi War [45 words]	Paul B. Ross	Aug 8, 2007 09:11
Iraq's not ready for national democracy, but local control and democracy is possible [214 words]	JabbaTheTutt	Aug 6, 2007 08:41
Daniel Pipes for President! [199 words]	Archimedes2	Aug 2, 2007 00:20
Plans evolve from great minds like D.P. [182 words]	infosifter	Jul 31, 2007 23:18
↔ You fight to win not appease [413 words]	guy leven-torres (agricola)	Aug 3, 2007 17:59
Iraq: Pandora's box or Pyrrhic Victory? [574 words]	Guy Leven-Torres	Jul 31, 2007 10:42
Re-Deploy Troops to Iraq Borders [151 words]	Rob	Jul 31, 2007 06:35
Iraq and what to do about it [394 words]	Ayasha	Jul 30, 2007 15:12
The Battle of Iraq and the Clash of Civilizations [359 words]	Roger W. Gardner	Jul 29, 2007 16:31
↔ The Battle of Iraq and the Clash of Civilizations - Correct [143 words]	J Sharpe	Jul 29, 2007 21:15
↔ Gardner's comments [52 words]	Gale Shaw	Jul 30, 2007 15:11
↔ Can Islam [215 words]	donvan	Aug 1, 2007 15:10
↔ Clash of Civilizations: A self-fulfilling Prophecy [287 words]	Jeeshan	Aug 2, 2007 04:26
↔ Silence of Moderate Muslims is Losing its Appeal [158 words]	SS	Aug 6, 2007 02:09
↔ Dangerous Minds [306 words]	Jeeshan	Aug 13, 2007 11:34
↔ Response to SS: "Silence of the moderate Muslims..." [264 words]	Roger W. Gardner	Aug 19, 2007 23:01
↔ RE: Salvaging the Iraq War [22 words]	Len Peracchio	Aug 31, 2007 13:42
US-Led Forces Out Of The Region [238 words]	Jahanshah Rashidian	Jul 29, 2007 03:58
↔ Circumstance Lost: Preparing for the Alternatives [859 words]	M. Tovey	Jul 31, 2007 12:29
short term vs long term [92 words]	Andrew	Jul 28, 2007 17:54
Re: "Salvaging the Iraq War" [163 words]	Brad	Jul 28, 2007 15:35
The Arab Mind and Culture [322 words]	James Fittz	Jul 28, 2007 14:04
↔ Who is Fawas A. Gerges? [141 words]	JabbaTheTutt	Aug 6, 2007 08:55
Oh, God, When Will It End? [211 words]	Monk	Jul 26, 2007 20:35
↔ back up... [35 words]	donvan	Aug 2, 2007 10:17
Still no easy task [153 words]	Omar Mahmoud	Jul 26, 2007 14:23
I'm not sure this would work [47 words]	EagleJim	Jul 26, 2007 13:52
US failure based on denial of Iraq's sectarian facts on the ground [370 words]	Michael Green	Jul 26, 2007 11:54
Seek support for this [189 words]	Bos	Jul 26, 2007 07:23
One hand tied between our backs [145 words]	David W. Lincoln	Jul 25, 2007 15:26
A creative new solution to solve the Iraq problem. [127 words]	Haim Belisowski	Jul 25, 2007 14:10
What a Mess! [140 words]	Blackspeare	Jul 25, 2007 13:47
↔ pre-arab mesopotamia [47 words]	G.Vishvas	Jul 26, 2007 06:37
↔ Reply to Blackspeare- One problem [876 words]	Chris G.	Jul 26, 2007 11:32
↔ Reply to Chris G. [122 words]	Blackspeare	Jul 27, 2007 12:25
Divide Iraq along traditional ethnic and religious lines! US and allies should referee process. [371 words]	William Bryan	Jul 25, 2007 13:32
↔ Is it really that simple? [308 words]	Pat	Jul 25, 2007 19:55
↔ Is it really that simple? Ans: Yes! [489 words]	William Bryan	Jul 27, 2007 13:17
↔ William: Well Excuse ME [124 words]	Pat	Jul 27, 2007 21:30
A figure of speech but... [78 words]	Gan	Jul 25, 2007 09:01
A Workable Strategy? [64 words]	LDC	Jul 25, 2007 08:18
Salvaging the war not the final solution [296 words]	Plato	Jul 25, 2007 06:49
↔ Pato- good but not excellent analysis. [216 words]	Mary Bushong	Jul 25, 2007 22:28
Redeploy specifically or primarily to KURDISTAN [1011 words]	Ron Thompson	Jul 24, 2007 21:13
↔ More reasns to redeploy specifically or primarily to KURDISTAN [259 words]	Frans Groenendijk	Jul 25, 2007 20:11
↔ Kurdistan as a stronghold [179 words]	Marc Joris	Jul 27, 2007 04:19
Kudos! [10 words]	Seth Ginsburg	Jul 24, 2007 20:23
Iraq war compromise--still possible success [54 words]	Morton Reitman	Jul 24, 2007 19:57
I Agree [57 words]	John R	Jul 24, 2007 19:51
The Iraq War Article [479 words]	Eleanor Goldstein	Jul 24, 2007 18:56
↔ Salvaging the Iraq War [281 words]	Philip Snyder	Jul 24, 2007 22:50
crystal clarity [29 words]	david eisenberg	Jul 24, 2007 18:51
↔ Now this is... [12 words]	LDC	Jul 25, 2007 08:20
Like the Board Game Risk [194 words]	SS	Jul 24, 2007 18:29
Building houses on a swamp [160 words]	Dimitri	Jul 24, 2007 17:06
↔ Not only sand... [36 words]	Godot	Jul 25, 2007 11:31
↔ oil and strategy [145 words]	Dimitri	Jul 25, 2007 16:11
Military Strength Requires Political Resolve - From ALL [939 words]	M. Tovey	Jul 24, 2007 16:38
good suggestion [32 words]	Darren	Jul 24, 2007 16:20
Iraq's problem is really an internal Islamic Conflict [183 words]	David Goshen	Jul 24, 2007 16:02
Strongly Disagree on Iraqi Reluctance to Jointly See the War Through to Victory [w/response] [124 words]	Nancy Beutel	Jul 24, 2007 15:36
↔ What does "Victory" mean in Iraq? [289 words]	Charles Martel	Aug 29, 2007 11:27
Time to Change America's Paper Tiger Foreign/Military Policy [178 words]	Ron Kurtz	Jul 24, 2007 15:12
The coalition gave Iraqis a fresh start. Now it's their turn. [527 words]	Pat	Jul 24, 2007 14:15
Staying Put [192 words]	Rebecca Moulds	Jul 24, 2007 13:46
⇒ article [74 words]	Steve	Jul 24, 2007 13:31
After redeployment, what? [98 words]	Robert Cohan	Jul 24, 2007 13:21
↔ pull the plug. [87 words]	donvan	Jul 24, 2007 15:45
Iraqis must be responsbile [93 words]	Coyote Ugly	Jul 24, 2007 13:14
Pakistan should have been the target and not Iraq [280 words]	dhimmi no more	Jul 24, 2007 13:09
↔ About statesmanship [99 words]	G.Vishvas	Jul 25, 2007 12:56
President Bush is "visionary" and Wisonian [179 words]	Steve Klein	Jul 24, 2007 13:06
↔ to Steve Klein - on the money [439 words]	rick	Jul 24, 2007 15:58
↔ I don't remember that Pipes article, but good on him! [87 words]	Charles Martel	Aug 27, 2007 18:11
More than just semantics [190 words]	Godot	Jul 24, 2007 13:04
Salvaging the Iraq war [92 words]	Colonel B.J,. Finestone	Jul 24, 2007 12:55
Iraq [66 words]	Ron Rotem	Jul 24, 2007 12:54
Destination Iraq [73 words]	Robert	Jul 24, 2007 12:49
How to save Iraq [275 words]	Rick	Jul 24, 2007 12:31
↔ coming from someone who's been there four times.... [202 words]	ahmazafire	Jul 28, 2007 15:18
↔ to ahmazafire [458 words]	Rick	Jul 30, 2007 14:49
The futility of peacemaking and democratization in the Middle East [234 words]	Kenneth S. Besig	Jul 24, 2007 11:53
↔ There are no Palestinians [258 words]	yuval brandstetter MD	Jul 27, 2007 04:30
But then what? [51 words]	John Loth	Jul 24, 2007 11:49
diminished vision [74 words]	Leo Solomon	Jul 24, 2007 11:41
Build a fence [88 words]	LindaK	Jul 24, 2007 11:21
↔ A fence is not a solution...at least for Iraq [30 words]	Godot	Jul 24, 2007 16:08
↔ No fence? [106 words]	LindaK	Jul 24, 2007 19:29
↔ There are known unknowns and ...(without permission from D. Rumsfield) [87 words]	Godot	Jul 25, 2007 14:04
↔ There are known unknowns and ...(without permission from D. Rumsfield) [140 words]	LindaK	Jul 25, 2007 14:47
US should redeploy its troops at ..... [89 words]	Dara	Jul 24, 2007 11:14
If we follow your recommendation, what happens if the Iraq erupts into civil war? [58 words]	Robert Arbetman	Jul 24, 2007 10:46
↔ The American [138 words]	donvan	Jul 26, 2007 12:50
↔ What about The American? [285 words]	Pat	Jul 27, 2007 15:54
↔ Novis Ordo.. [213 words]	DONVAN	Jul 31, 2007 09:04

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