I disagree. That is the type of mindset that is HELPING the Dems. Do you think 130,000-500,000 would be able function in Iraq if the vast majority of the population did not want us there. All Sisitani would have to do is order a few million Shiites in the streets & that would be that. Most Iraqis want the United States in Iraq to HELP THEM. However, we have little resolve & you can't blame them for sitting on the fence.
Mark Bowden of "Black Hawk Down" fame wrote it best when towards the end of that novel he quoted a woman from Somalia regarding clan warfare which has torn that country apart. Am paraphrasing but the gist of the woman's comment was that "these people do not want peace. They want power and if that mean's genocide/ war/ ect these disfunctional 3rd world nations are willing to endure it.
Once again, it was foolish to think that these nutcases could be civilized.
Not to mention we left last time... factor that into the trust factor.