What is the best solution for getting our US troops out of Iraq?
462240
Kill all the bad guys, that simple.  Compassion will never win a war.  America can't just turn tail and run; we ain't the French.  Even with a different party or President... guess what we're still here and we probibly would have come here either way.  The war will be won with the death of bad guys.  Kill them all and let God sort them out.... and throw them into hell.  Kill every terrorist, insurgent, warlord, dictator, etc, etc.  We can win the war and leave Iraq if we focus less on rebuilding the nation(Dept of State can do that, DOD has other things to think about) and more on putting bullets in bad guys' hearts/heads and dismembering/vaporizing groups of bad guys with missles, tanks, bombs, mortars, artillery.  I'll be more than happy to call in the wrath of God trough Arty, fast movers, and attack helos.  It's what I do and I love it.
257171
I knew it was going to be a mess before we went in there. The problem is politics. If we leave now it will strengthen the resolve of terrorists. It's psychological warfare, and unfortunately the weapons used are human lives. Its a no win situation. We have to find the lesser of two evils and run with it. I personally feel we have, but I feel we could be doing more to prepare the Iraqis to take care of their own.
193511
I believe we are starting to see signs of a determined effort on the part of the US administration to give the fledgling Iraqi government a timetable to deal with, in terms of the US reducing its troop strength. This is happening for a number of reasons.  1) The American people have had quite enough of the pace of this war and our inability to stop the senseless killings of our troops, by these devil worshiping bastards the media calls, insurgents.\n2) We need to free ourselves up from this circle jerk before the next one starts.\nWe may not see a complete troop withdrawal for a long time, but we may be able to pull our guys back or out of harms way so they are no longer practice fodder for the bad guys.  Remember, the bad guys don't want to see us go, they want to keep us there putting out fires, but hopefully we can see that and not allow ourselves to play into it.
964261
Newbiegranny is correct.  I believe the only answer, horrible as it may seem, is to get the USAmerican soldiers [ and others ] out of the country and let them have their civil war.  The other answer, which they would have to agree to,  is to partition the country into three.  They would probably still have a civil war though.  The USA soldiers are stuck in a terrible position and I, for one, feel extremely sorry for them.  They are doing the best that they can in the circumstances.  I am not USAmerican but I urge you to use any method you can to persuade your politicians to get those poor troops out of there.
776759
America should be serious with the Iraq issue or else it will be another Vietnam.  Troops must stay or leave completely, it is only one choice but must be properly implemented.
138196
get out of iraq as fast as possible. but i guess as long as iraq has oil that is not something america wants to do.
708137
I'd say a Pyyhric victory is still possible, but only if we can muster enough troops and descend on Iraq in sufficient force to close and control the borders,then clean it up from the inside out.  We need to acknowledge to our allies that we really messed up, and ask for help.  They may not give it, but we need to try.  Walking away and leaving such a monumental disaster of our making is utterly dishonorable.  Bush and his supporters made a terrible mistake, and it's much too late to do anything about that, but we should not simply throw up our hands and leave Iraq to its fate.
444455
you can't just invade a country, blow up their infrastructure, destroy their government and military, and then leave when the situation gets too sticky. the US should have seen this coming from a mile away, and should never have invaded in the first place, but now that they have, they need to deal with the problem rather than turning tail and running. unfortunately, as always, it's the poor - the american soldiers and the iraqi civilians - who are paying the price, while those responsible for this mess are unscathed, and most are profiting from it. \n\nthere's just no easy answer to this one, and, though i hate to see more soldiers die for this, i think leaving now will only make the situation worse, and moreover would be the least moral thing to do to a country that the US is now responsible for. abandonment is not the answer. \n\nimpeaching bush would be a good start, though.
903839
1) Have the US pull out of Iraq.\n2) Have Int'l. peacekeepers continue to keep Israel out of Lebanon.\n3) Have Iraqi Shiites take full control of Iraq & kill all Sunni insurgents/terrorists (Hezbollah are also Shiites who hate Sunnis)\n4) Have a US brokered Israeli-Palestinian peace plan that would give the Palestinians a nation of their own in the West Bank/Gaza
942854
First, redeploy the troops, then cut funding. Then use the troops and the funding for hunting down Bin Laden
385204
Even if we pull our combat troops out today, the Iraqui military is still going to need logistical support for a long time. American troops will be there for at least a decade.
849044
Do not.\n\nI do not want to concede a victory to terrorists. We can eventually withdraw a majority of our troops, but only when Iraq is positioned to handle their own security.\n\nEven then, I think Iraq would be a strategic location for an American military installation to keep an eye on oil shipping channels, keep Iran in check, and generally have a presence in the middle east.
879747
Given that Bush has agreed to a speedy withdraw, I think its going to be a combo of Go Long and Home.\n\nHome -  a huge number of troops will finally come home.\nLong - I believe there will be US presence for a long time.  One is to help transition(there would be even more chaos w/o US forces).  Secondly, establish a US base like Okinawa, Frankfurt and many others around the world.\n\nI would've voted not to go there in the first place.  Since we're in this mess, I would have to vote for the Home (withdraw large numbers and keep some there until Iraq is able to manage things).
1059070
The U.S. is sort of in a bind in that it can't really win (the way we originally thought a win should look like) and we can't really leave (and have it look like we made mistake), so instead we'll phase out our troop levels over a period of years (10?) and continue to reassure the public that the Iraq government is able to handle things themselves and we're no longer needed, and it's anyone's guess how we'll explain the ongoing vioence.  How sad though for the families of fallen soldiers who may not see the ultimate worth in their sacrifices.
593543
How to stop the war....hmmm... well you could make all of the insurgents in Iraq throw down their weapons... or maybe make it so that when our military finally does leave there won't be groups of terrorists rushing back into the area to occupy it. Until then I don't think the war will end... so deal with it.
158394
i supprot them, so let's bring them home- NOW. they have no business being in iraq, and the folks i know over there are tired of fgihting GW's war. send george on over, let him fight his own battle over oil.
878775
That's political face saving at best trying to buy time to come up with an excuse to leave. The truth is there is no saving the situation in Iraq. This is now a tribal and religious war and will have to burn itself out we are just in the way. The govt that was elected in Iraq is so convoluted that no one has real power just the militias and they have infiltrated everything to the highest levels. Thus the Iraq army has been totally nullified along with the police forces. There is no getting it right that ship has long ago sailed. The generals hopes and dreams will not change that. It would be best to get out or move our troops to the oil facilities only and keep the crude safe from terrorist and insurgents. Any extra troops can be sent to Afghanistan that can still be saved. Once the most powerful tribes win control of Iraq we can then do like all the rest before us supply them with weapons and expertise and thus prop up another new Saddam.