Pull out and let the Sunni and Shia slaughter each other and the Persians and Arabs slaughter each other and the Kurds and the Turks slaughter each other.
And let the Saudis and Iranians bog the entire ME down with the typical proxy war that is the national pastime of these nations.
If anything emerges out of the ashes that looks vaguely threating to our nation, nuke it glowing. Jacket with cobalt if need be.
And give al queda a new base in the rich lands of the fertile crescent. Mesopotamia.
Ya think they had haven in Afghanistan?
Iraq is like a palace in comparison. Oil revenue, arable lands, water.
Eff that