[martin_fierro]

But if we only turn tail and run, the Arab street will calm down.

All will be peaceful again.

Now leave me alone so I can veg out at home with my nice new plasma TV and Skinemax.

< /sarc >

[Captain Kirk]

And if we stay the Iraqis will love us. the country will become a Wilsonian democracy and so will the rest of the Middle East. (sarc)