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What about just putting Saddam back in power. I'm all for it at this point (not joking).

He is secular, he can maintain order and prevent civil war, and as an added bonus we can claim that we left the country exactely as we found it.

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That is exactly what I was thinking (I'm not joking either). Things were so much better for us and the Iraqis when Saddam was in power. Saddam didn't have any WMDs so he was no threat to the U.S., but he did have plenty of power in his own country which he could use to keep all these little terrorist groups in line.

Now, we're likely to see a big free-for-all when we leave and whichever regime takes power will likely leave the U.S. and the Iraqis worse off.