What can be done to make the war in Iraq come to an end?
342508
Vote the Republicans out of office in the House and Senate so there is a fair vote on Legislation.
316210
This is kind of a wierd wording.  Any person with an ounce of compassion will say "I would like the war never to have begun."  I think it should have ended long ago.  In fact if you want to get into it that deeply, I don't think it should haev begun in the first place.  Don't get me wrong, I'm glad Saddam is out of power and I totally support our troops.  They are over there precisely so I can complain about them being over there all I want.  I think the US has gone a little far though.  Maybe it's just that the governments goal are not being successfully conveyed to the public through the media.  I don't really know.  I disagree with the war, but I see no real way to end it.\n\nSimply put, the war in Iraq should have already been ended.
463811
Why not. Just ask Bush to withdraw troops from Iraq.Restore peace .Stop intimidating Iran automatically oil prices will go down to touch below 50. Bush is responsible of all miseries world is facing.
628138
Yes, knowing what we know now, this wasn't the solution.\nMuch more could have been achieved with less loss of lives and resources.\nThe real problem with Iraq is yet to emerge. This country is in complete disarray, there is nothing left. the moment the Americans leave, a civil war will break out, because there is no dominating or controlling force. In a normal revolution there is an organization, a plan, a people movement. Ideals, a bigger picture. But here?\nA better way would have been to work from the inside,to start up a movement, to feed them money, structure. To let that movement gain momentum, and so on. In the case of Iraq, maybe try to split up the country?
256453
no, but it should be. the fastest way to end the war would be to make everyone take part in it.
740166
The Iraq war will soon end with the withdrawal of Americans.  Iraq will have a disastrous civil war.
121980
I served in the Air Force the 1st time we went to war with Iraq. That war was never officially over. For a war to be over, there must be a signed letter of surrender or a peace treaty. The only thing that we argeed to was a ceasefire. A ceasefire does not end a war, but put it on hold until there is a declaration of surrender or one of peace. I am glad that we finally have the chance to finish the war in that region. My prayers are with you and your family. You have a OOOH RAAH from Mississippi!!
518011
Zero.\n\nThe democratically elected Iraqi government has requested that the U.S. stay to finish its job of making them strong enough to govern and defend their fledgling Republic.\n\nWe are there at the Iraqi's request.
964911
then try to work for people not for ur self \nget out from iraq and leave iraqi people live with each other\ntry to search for peace not for more wars \nhow many american solders dead because of ur wars \ninstead of asking for more money for war\nask for money for improving american people life
52865
see what results of Europe's talks(which are becoming worse and worse) then use sanctions and arrange for military capabilities to be optimized against Iran, possibly sending another Aircraft carrier to the region. Get Iraq under control to free up military power in case Iran immerses itself into its Nuke making program. (there is no doubt that it is producing the technology and material to make nukes and has the intention to.)
322636
Just pull the troups out and let them come home, they have done their job. Iraq will have a civil war regardless if we stay or not so why not just let them have at it and not lose anymore American lives.
936284
Yes, it is that simple theoretically, but on the ground in Iraq nothing is simple, which is why we're in this situation in the 1st place.\n\nPractically, either option could be made to work to at least some degree, but symbolically, pulling out the troops at this point in the war would make our military seem as weak as it is, and even invite problem countries like Iran and North Korea to keep building up their nuclear programs.\n\nPersonally, I think that the result of this war should be determined by the U.N., yes I said it, the U.N.\n\nIt is basically the world's largest governing body and could send many more troops into Iraq without the moral and/or fiscal dilemmas our country has with doing that.\n\nFurthermore, if the U.N. entered the war at this point, no one would say that they were "forcing Democracy down the Iraqis' throats, because the U.N. is viewed more as a peacekeeping body than an angry snake being stepped on (the U.S. after 9/11), so their taking over in Iraq would be allowed by all countries.
757206
It's one option being looked at. My own view is that the war was a mistake in the first place, but having invaded, we now have a moral responsibility to the people of Iraq to leave them a stable government with a chance at lasting peace. I hate that people are dying there, and wish it could all stop today, but it won't, no matter what we do. And if sending more troops now will give Iraq a better chance of having long term peace, I think we should do it. I don't know what the best answer is, but hopefully if we put the decision making process in the hands of people who are open to ideas rather than political hacks (a la Rumsfeld) we can come up with something.
985721
The Iraqi government will have to do that if they want it.  The US government can't keep forcing themselves on countries that don't want them there.
55489
Take a look around your own group of friends. Things get dull and right away someone starts stirring up trouble to make things interesting.\n\nThe same thing happens on a macro-scale. We can't live without arguing and fighting about something. If we get out of Iraq, we will have to send our boys somewhere else otherwise, they'll just hang around the inner city killing their local homies or, they'll sit around idle on a base in Germany cultivating a heroin addiction.
838719
Yes. An exit strategy. It will go something like this. We give Iraq a time-line to get their government "in gear" and running, telling them it's their responsibility to get the violence under control. A year passes, nothing changes. Now the onus is on them instead of us. We give them a few more months and tell them if no changes, we start withdrawing our troops. Nothing changes, still uncontrolled violence everywhere. Around April of 08 we start pulling our troops out, and then both parties can place the blame on Iraq for not gaining control of their own country, dismissing any part they had in starting the cause of the violence.
837077
Find a wasp's nest and hit it with a stick.  If the wasps become angry, explain that you are bringing them freedom and hit the nest again with greater force and frequency.\n\nSound foolish?\n\nAny more then this country's policies in Iraq?\n\nThere is a valid (if twisted) point to the approach you suggest, however.  For most a human history, military campaigns were staggeringly successful compared to modern day ones.  Take the USSR if Afghanistan or the US in Viet Nam or Iraq:  These wars COULD be won as quickly and decisively as wars of old (the whole mid-east went from Christan to Muslim in two generations) but to do so requires the sort of tactics that were employed back then.  UTTER DECIMATION.  Barbarity on a scale that a world with Internet and TV doesn't allow for.\n\nThe Romans were in a very similar situation in Judea.  A gorilla war that couldn't be subdued through force without utterly destroying the territory.  So they did.  This is what would be required to bring the situation in Iraq under control but I'd like to think we wouldn't do that.\n\nBest to keep out of their country and let them kill each other.  They're going to anyhow...