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That it would take more than a few months to un-screw Iraq? Yes, patience with the Bush administration in general and with this war in particular is at an all-time low, but we must look beyond our own short-term desires and truly consider what must responsibly be done at this point. For we are responsible for the future of Iraq, whether or not we ever should have been. Of course the US military is not going to be able to directly affect the Iraqi government in any way; nobody should believe that such is the case. But we are still very much needed, if the Iraqi government is ever to get its act together and start some bona-fide governing. Of course it's maddeningly frustrating, but that does not give us a reason to up and leave, simply because we want to up and leave. As Colin Powell said, "you break it, you bought it." That is the situation we face, and we must do the best we can within that situation.
