[NovemberCharlie]

If a democracy succeeded in Iraq, it would be a 20-30 year process, Rockefeller said. "(Democracy) is not desirable at this point. The (Iraqi) people are not ready for a democracy." Then I guess we'd better start now, hadn't we?

"The Shiites are very slow to respond," Rockefeller said. "(President George H.W.) Bush encouraged them to rebel against Saddam back in 1991 and we just walked away. They were slaughtered." So naturally, the solution is to walk away again.

[Captain Kirk]

It would not be "walking away" now. Saddam's regime has been destroyed (or shortly will be). At that point, why not walk away and leave the future of Iraq to the Iraqis? BTW, Rockefeller is an idiot.