I am so fed up with American's when it comes to this that I could literally throw up all over my computer. CAN WE MAKE UP OUR DAMN MINDS!!! Come on people!!! What I mean is, we were all for invading Iraq and all agreed it was the right thing to do, not once, but TWICE! At least until combat commenced. It really is telling when you take a look at the publics reaction to war today that most people HAVE NEVER PICKED UP A HISTORY BOOK IN THEIR LIFE! What do they expect war to be? We go to war, take a few casualties, and all the sudden, a war people overwhelmingly supported for good reason, suddenly becomes political fodder to oust anyone supporting it. WE DID THIS NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE!!!!! Now we are about to do it A THRID TIME!!! I fear that those same IDIOTS who have never read a history book are probably so ignorant of history, they DONT EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE PREVIOUS TWO ATTEMPTS which just happened recently. Are we really going to do this again, I mean really!!! There are only two ways to handle the Middle East. Both, would be equally unacceptable by the American public. So I have determined that either way, we are going to lose again. The two responses are, stay out of it completely and allow China and Russia to handle it. Which would be catastrophic, as we still heavily rely on ME oil. Or, we send in 500-750k troops into Iraq and DO WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE back in the early 90's and completely occupy Iraq. Then use it as a forward operating location to eliminate the Middle East of extremist leaders and governments. Again, neither will happen, and all that will happen is the status quo will be maintained. While at the same time, US service members lives will be sacrificed in the name of pretty much nothing at all.