what is the best possible solution to the war in Iraq?
361872
We stay the course.  The Iraqi security forces are growing and gaining experience.  The Iraqi economy is growing and the enemy is despised by the Iraqi people.\n\nThe only way we can lose now is if the anti-war movement stabs our soldiers in the back - again.
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.
842179
Divide and conquer. Stop all incoming border crossings. Partition off Iraq by religious beliefs. Patrol the borders between the partitions. Let each partition have it's own government and security forces.
764812
Iraq is currently the single most important issue to me. Our strategy needs to change quickly and in a way that will help the Iraqis take over security of their own nation and thus allow our troops to concentrate on helping NATO in Afghanistan. This strategy change should include anything and everything up to, but not including, leaving before Iraq is able to maintain its own security.
461507
I deffinately think it would be immigration... kick all the illegals to Iraq to fight the war for 3-5 years after that they can become full citizens (those that remain).
1138356
I'm confused, is this a question about Bush or the future of Iraq?  Bush will only be in office a few more years.  Iraq has a future which will go on for a long time.  The thing is, Bush didn't ask the people of Iraq if they wanted help.  He didn't ask the people if they were happy with their old government.  What the people of Iraq are telling him is that they aren't happy with the Bush solution.  Bush needs to pull back and allow the people of Iraq to decide what form of government they want, that is after all, what Democracy is supposed to be all about.  Hopefully the people of the USA will speak loudly in the next election and will get someone who listens to what the people want, not what he(she) wants.
408927
It would be great if all the worlds military problems could be solved in this way, \nif it ever happened i think life would be wonderful.
328970
It all comes down to oil,if you want a bottom line.\nMost of the world's oil comes from the Middle East,which\nhas placed the West at a disadvantage for decades.\nAn American-supported Iraqi government would do much to shift the balance of power in the region in theory.\nIn practice maybe it'll turn out the U.S. should just have kept it's soldiers out of that part of the world,if this whole thing backfires.
844158
There are a great number of ways that the Bush Administration could mishandle the Iraq conflict even more. Here are just a few:\n*Declare war on Iran as well\n*Use Nuclear weapons (tactical or otherwise)\n*Use chemical weapons\n*Remove all troops imediately without training the Iraqis first\n*Get Israels help in Iraq\n*Inflame the Sunni/Shia divide even more\n*impose some form of govt that will not work (like a traditional democratic govt)\n*Refuse to accept advice from people with half a clue of what is going on.\n\nThere are just a few of the many ways that this situation could get worse, now lets just hope that it doesn't...
402373
I just spoke with a friend who's preparing to go to Iraq for the military.  Now he's not sure where exactly he'll be headed (Iraq or Iran).  But he and I agree that it is best to address the Iran issue BEFORE it becomes a PROBLEM.  It's easier to fix now than later.
822004
of Iraq maybe.  An excellent idea
763225
the current situation in Iraq
817423
Soon...civil war in every sense of the term...is my belief. We can try to stabilize certain aspects but beyond that, they (Iraqi's) must deal with the fact that there is no more Saddam, and now is the fallout of the breaking down of secular agreements and accords inforced by Saddam....it was enevitable this was to be the moment we put boots in Iraq.
673154
Well go slow...don't resolve anything in Iraq....prolong present situation as long as possible.....take the benifit of present situation and get as much oil as possible.
919194
You can definitely count out France and Germany. Russia\nChina, Pakistan or India, Syria, Turkey, Eygpt and the\nArab nations could be of some help if America would\nask them, after all there are still the oil for the taking. The\nother alternative is to force-feed every Iraqi with pork so\nthat they cannot go to heaven where 20 maidens await\nthem. This way, they have no reason to kill each other and\nthere will be peace on the land again. Another alternative\nis to supply the Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds with all the\nlatest weapons and ammo and they will do the rest for\nAmerica.
143318
Our troops would get to come home. People would stop dying for a LIE. We would stop spending billions on somebody else's country. (Wasn't the OIL supposed to pay for the war?) We would stop giving the cushy contracts to Halibutron at taxpayer expense. We would get to spend some of the money going to Iraq on domestic problems: pick your favorite, we have enough domestic problems to go around. Need I go on?
755020
unity is impossible in iraq. The religious factions are too seperate. Unless a dictator is reintroduced there can't be peace because the people there hate each other and us. Divide them up, give them militaries to defend themselves and create a weak federal government with a strong military as a deterrent