The US occupation of Iraq has turned into a real quagmire.  That's the word that Rumsfeld bristled over repeatedly in the months and years following the initial invasion.  That the US had no justification for initiating this war is now clear.  There were no terrorists nor weapons of mass destruction.  Just a personal vendetta between president Bush and Sadam Hussein. 

Now the question becomes what do we do about it.  The likely outcome of an immediate US withdrawal is civil war, and any catastrophic loss of life would be a direct result of the fualty decision to invade Iraq.  Do we have a moral obligation to see this through?  Are there other solutions?  Have we exhausted all avenues (e.g., despite repeated calls by the independent Iraq Study Group, the Bush administration refuses to engage regional powers to find a solution)?

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