[bonesmccoy]

This is beginning to sound like the old question surrounding the end of world war two.

Should the United States have used the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Did the war end due to those weapons or not?

Historians continue to debate. Personally, I don't like the idea of the atomic bombs being used on 250,000 civilians.

My solution in Iraq would be the following:
1. Capture Iraqi TV
2. Begin radio and TV mass saturation broadcasts to show that Saddam is not in charge and to show arabic documentaries of the havoc Saddam wrought on other Arabs.
3. Begin to reinstitute the Iraqi national Congress prior to the end of the hostilities. This would force the UN to deal with two different Iraq delegations (some of whom were recognized by the US/UK/coalition and some who still recognize Saddam).

[Nevermore]

Yes! Yes! Yes! I agree with you 66%. (100% in principle.) I would only point out that we don't have to capture their TV. We only need to destroy their broadcast stations (or antennae) and then begin broadcasting from new ones behind our lines, on the same channels. And forcing the UN to deal with acknowledging a representative Iraq a.s.a.p. - one they know is going to supplant the dictatorship eventually - would drive the Snail-Eaters wild!