> We(*) have no exit strategy. Never did, apparantly. Now we are there we are stuck there until there is a viable Iraqi government.

Well, I used to agree with you. Now I think we should just leave. Proclaim the goverment is working fine and just walk right on out. Right now. In the end it will amount to the same thing anyway. It doesn't matter what we do the country is going to go into flames as soon as we leave, why prolong it any more? We won't of course, not with Bush and not with Kerry either, but in hindsight that will have been the best choice.