[abercrombie_guy_38]

move troops out of the cities and to the borders. Let the Iraqi troops/police deal with the cities, with our guys on stand by to come in to take care of situations.

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That's what I had in mind. The current situation with Iran and Syria is easily comparable to what happened in Vietnam and one of the reasons we lost there. Move coalition forces to Iraq's borders, shoot whatever does not have permission to cross, and let the Iraqis lay the smack down on the cities with some coalition reinforcement.

Then again, we can't protect our own borders so not being able to protect Iraq's does not surprise me.

[rbmillerjr]

What will we do?

Simply take yourself back to the placards that the Iranians shoved in our faces every night while holding hundreds of hostages

..."You can't do anything to us"

[JerseyJohn61]

For the last three plus years, I have realized that
the Kurdish militia was the most potent force in
the land. That paragon of power cannot be ignored.

Amplify it much to Turkey's chagrin for not letting
us operate from their northern land back in '03.

The Northern Kurdish are an abused and defensive
people who could flex some muscle and the surround-
ing folks would have much to fear should they be
unleashed. Let the people of the area realize that
they have much to be feared from within if they do
not cool off their heels. Those Kurds are the type
who would love to run Baath types through.

If Al Sadre types get too ferocious, they'd
eat them too....JJ61