Is it too late to exercise options or plans for Iraq ?
831123
I think we do need to change how we are handling things in Iraq.\n But I think Bush and his policy with this situation went on way too long. So we need to proceed with extreme caution. President Bush authorized the invasion and frankly I don't think him or his advisers thought things completely through before doing so. Now everything is a huge mess because of this huge blunder. As far as many people thinking that we should just leave.......well now we can't. Just think about all the innocent citizens of Iraq. We bombed the crap out of their country completely tearing it to pieces. They are now on the verge of a civil war or already are depending on who you listen to. Since we made this mess we need to see it through to protect the innocent citizens and the children of this country. It would be very irresponsible now for the Unites States to just "cut and run" from a mess we created.\n\n Do you really think we can just leave and say "sorry my mistake" ?\n\nWe crippled this country and now it's our responsibility to help them get "back on their feet" and give the children of Iraq a future. If we don't the citizens of Iraq will always be bitter and an enemy of the United States. They will want nothing but the worse for the U.S. for generations to come. And in the future they may try to "pay us back" in a bad way if we just up and leave them in this mess we created.
460201
TOO EARLY QUESTION..\n94 MORE YEARS LEFT..
951153
Have a huge 'draft' - any male over the age of 18 is automatically in the military.  Most of the 'bad' stuff happening, in Iraq, is from the insurgents entering from other countries.  These people need to be stopped at the borders and not be allowed in.  Once the insurgents are stopped - then maybe Iraq can be a country on their own again.
416737
Not really, too little too late, in my opinion.
573756
That depends on the resolution.  If we pull out and Iraq has a civil war, then no.  If Congress finally sends the necessary number of troops to secure the country for the 75 years - YES I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT'S HOW LONG IT WILL BE - then very eventually, it will be worth it.
1135297
The only thing we can do is vote democratic in the next November election.    Better yet, vote out the incumbants.  Bush has until 2008.  At that time, we will get a new president who will most likely order a pull out of iraq.  Nohing can be done until bush is gone.
589051
no its never too late to do anything.  You go for it, if thats what you want to do follow your heart and enjoy it!  xx
603699
it is never "too late" since if we don't start, they will keep comming.\n\nBut yes they should have stoped it 20 years ago like they promised
134443
Ask G.W. Bush. Thanks to his vendetta, it doesn't look like we're gonna get out of there anytime soon.
887908
IMO the only real solutions are either:\n\na) get out now because we don't seem to be accomplishing anything\n\nb) bite the bullet and increase troop levels dramatically (3-4X the current amount)\n\n\nand the term "cut and run" is idiotic, the only purpose it serves is limiting the options for people to contemplate\n\n\n\nfor those of you that say "cut and run" would be disasterous, what's the point? Iraq is already a disaster, you are going to have to either fix the problem by sending in a much larger number of troops or get out, keeping things as they are is ALREADY disasterous
1066138
if you make a good offer, why not , iraq is as dangerous as any place in the planet,it is a matter of faith yuo never die before your time and ,ofcourse not after!
537233
No! \nWhy send more troops to die? No matter what we do or say, they will become a nuclear power. It is just a matter of time. Diplomacy is the only way to go. If they can't fix the problem by talking, we all are living on borrowed time. (us and them)\nWe should have not invaded Iraq. The world hates Americans even more now. We might be at the point of no return. Only time will tell.
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.
14666
If you want my honest opinion the US is in too deep to pull out in the near future.  I don't think we should have invaded Iraq at all.  If we had wanted to take care of Saddam we should have done it back during the Gulf War but George Bush Sr. was too much of a...yeah anyway, the future of Iraq is occupation by US led coalition forces.
957442
Listen, I don’t think going into Iraq was are best decision, but its too late to complain. We got ourselves into this mess so now we must finish it. If we leave now it will lead into a catastrophic war resulting in millions of lives being lost, it is 1938 all over again. President Ahmadinejad is Hitler. \nLet me explain:\nWe attacked Iraq, not because of terrorism or 9/11 but for oil and to establish a democracy in the middle east or is it because they’re “Muslims and we’re Christians” but lets not go there.(Remember, Christians and Muslims have been fighting since the birth of religion) Because of our attack terrorism has increased five folds since 9/11, so obviously we’re not over there to stop terrorism. Saddam was the key to keeping Iran in check, he was a counterweight to the Iranians. They balanced each other out. When Saddam was captured the Iranians began to see the situation as a opportunity for them to gain power. Syria joined in. Now think about it, Iran at this very moment are acquiring nuclear weapons (Russia is supplying them). Iran and Syria(Egypt is involved as well) have this great plan. They believe that anyone who isn’t Muslim must die. In fact, Ahmadinejad recently wrote a letter to Bush warning us of this. They are threatening us with nukes and we must not stand for this. \nIm getting tired of writing so im going to sum it up. If we pull out, Iran and other terrorist groups will look down on us. They will have no respect for us and it will encourage them. They will begin with taking back Iraq and soon move all over the middle east, they will wipe out Israel and then aim for the rest of the world. There wont be anyone in the middle east to stop them, as of now we are the only ones holding them down. If we leave it will make it a lot easier for them to obtain nuclear weapons and will lead to the end of the world as we know it; they will succeed and millions will die. For us its not just about staying in Iraq, we must take action. We must attack Iran, Syria, and get a hold on Russia. If we attack Iran about 50,000 of our solders will die and ill be happy to be one of them. If we don’t attack, millions will die, take your pick.  \n\nI have a lot more to say but im tired, its late, and i type ever slow so I wanted to be quick about it, email me if u want to know anything.
904065
sorry to say we can't... we've f'd up iraq so much now, we have to maintain a presence there for many years to come.
736201
No. He'll find some reason or another to stay. (Can't forget that oil). Again, Bush is in quite a bit of trouble right now. Remember, The US took a large number of young Iraqis to "train" for security purposes. Many of them went to Jordan. The streets are not secure and it will take a while for them to become secure. I don't believe this "westernized" method of training is doing any good in Iraq. In that respect, I believe Maliki has other plans to provide security.  Even if it means "using" al Sadr.and Iran. And Syria.