"Failure in Iraq at this juncture would be a calamity that would haunt our nation, impair our credibility and endanger Americans for decades to come,"
If this is true, then send in 500K more troops and get this thing settled. Other than that, let them wipe each other out. Then we can go in and sort out what we want to keep and what we want to throw away. Remember, during WWII, we were loosing most of the time......until we wised up. I say again.....we need another Patton.