[elfman2]

"Folks, peace is impossible without it. Hasn't that become clear enough? City by city, sector by sector, foot by foot, the Iraqi land must be freed of arms and explosives. In the interum, isn't there a way to use satellite technology to study who planted explosive devices, and where they escaped to? "

With all due respect, I don’t think you understand the ease of hiding guns, the difficulty of destroying millions of ponds of ordinance, or the limitations of satellite imaging.

[DoughtyOne]

There are three choices, as I see it.

Neutralize the ability of the populace to kill our troops.
Allow the populace to kill our troops.
Bring our troops home.

I'm not trying to fault Bush here. This is simply reality.

What do you think will happen to any government we set up, the very moment we leave Iraq, unless we almost completely destroy the ability of the old Republican Guard members to intervene?