[TheMalcolmConnection]

It's funny because this really comes down to the, "Well you can't get work without experience and you can't get experience without work." argument. We cannot have the people still view us as liberators (if they ever did) while we're still there and we can't leave without having the country descend into chaos.

Sadly, I think the two warring factions are going to keep the country unstable for many years to come and there's no amount of military power to force it to be otherwise.

Religion is one of the strongest motivators throughout history and even though the difference between Shiites and Sunnis seems negligible, it appears to be enough to take the lives of countless innocents to be the ones "in power". The only way I could see if even being possible is to find a stable Iraqi force and while Iraqi forces stabilize each area of the country, continue to saturate the areas that are unstable.

Basically move American forces into areas with Iraqi forces, continue to help them build infrastructure and pull out at the best opportunity.

I'm just answering what I think could help, but really my opinion is that we'll never really be "out" unless we just cut and run. Regardless of whether we succeed or not in Iraq, we've already changed the minds of Muslims and EVERYONE in the world. The Middle East will never be stable, thousands of years have proven that, and I'm of the opinion that we do what we can for another year and call it a day (unfortunately).