Its ours if we want it.
And creating a representative democracy out of a bunch of tribal nutjobs in 3-4 years is your idea of a reasonable plan? I hope it works. It would be an ideal solution: undermine the remaining governments without firing a shot. But there are times I don't see much hope for it.
At least its more reasonable than retreating into citadels and watching the country go to hell around us. Maybe we could call them "Norquist forts."
No it's not. Iraq belongs to the Iraqis.
And, I'm also not for "converting" Muslims. Many of them already resent Christians, and U.S.-sanctioned conversion efforts would be a disaster.
Hitler and Stalin felt the same way about other countries. Conservatives, OTOH, are supposed to respect national sovereignty. Or so I thought.