If I had inherited Bush's war on Jan 20, 2005, I would've immediately

called in Kofi Annan and NATO and said "Tell me EVERYTHING you need to come into Iraq and take over the mission of overseeing their transition to democratic governance as peacefully as possible."

NATO and UN: No way are we coming in the way Bush left it, we need as much stabilization as you can get, and then, YES, we will come in and work with you to turn over power to Iraq's new functioning government.

I then would have brought in Iraqi corporations and tell them that they would be taking over for all the US corporations whose contracts I am cancelling.

I then would call a summit of all the religious leaders in Iraq and around that region and asked them to come to agreements on the best way to allow their religions' peaceful tenets to make themselves heard more loudly than the violent perverters of their religions.




You? Be mindful that Iraq was on the verge of holding the elections needed to form that new government.

"cut and run" Those marines were sitting ducks too :cry:

we turn Bush and Co. over to international courts for prosecution, as they see fit.
Declare amnesty for all GI's who obeyed Bush's illegal orders.

Let the chips fall where they may and tell the UN "How much cash do you need to get in there and help quell that civil war? The US is about to levey an 80% reconstruction tax on all corporate profits and any personal income over $5M."

their own government under the conditions that existed in Jan 2005.

I thought you stipulated the UN refused to come in right after Bush's mess

via their no-bid, non-performance contracts, will not leave Iraq until the citizens have clean available drinking water & electricity. These companies will use company profits, not US citizen tax dollars, to put this in place & they will hire Iraqi citizens to do the work.

Shovel enough rocks today wolfie and you might get a sip of water...

Even as slaves. Would you trust them there?

But if the Iraqis really don't want them, I'm sure someone somewhere could use some free labor.

to tell them that they would be taking over for the US corporations whose contracts I am cancelling. I should add that to my OP.