Reply #9: We wouldn't have gone in in the first place [View All]

[spinbaby]

But now that we're there, there are few options. Here's what I would do:

First, get together a new ruling body and a constitution and do it fast. Both constituriton and new rulers should be reasonably good but in this case, fast is better than perfect.

Then set up a Swiss bank account with a few billion in it for the new government to get started with. The new government can use these funds to help rebuild and keep control. They decide how the money is spent, we only get involved if something drastic happens like Saddam comes back. We can afford to give them a few billion--we won't be paying for troops because...

We get out as fast as possible. UN troops can help take up the slack but hopefully the new government can get something together with all those billions.

George W. Bush goes to Baghdad, kneels in a mosque, and delivers an abject apology.