[moodyskeptic]

Okay, I'll bite. Specifics.

Run a few hasty trials (Nuremburg) with known terrorists and Saddam's torturing henchmen, ones that Iraqis recognize from before. Execute them publicly ( yes, the UN, democrats,and the Euros will screech to high heaven) so that we make clear to Iraq that we will 1: protect our troopers violently, and 2. Punish Saddam's torturers.

I suspect only six executions would do the trick. The people need proof of US commitment and resolve. Supply it.

Six lives measured against thousands and the recovery of a nation seems a bargain.

[Prodigal Son]

Those are workable ideas. What I find interesting though is it is rare that the ones I ask this question of actually have anything to say. This is the case here as well. You have ideas the others have a cliche.