Fine, fine. Bush lied and that's where we are now.
The problem with Iraq now is that, on an international level, we're obligated to restore Iraq to at minimum a more stable state than it was in under Saddam.
Many worldwide would agree that Iraq is not as stable now as it was under Saddam.
Saddam kept Iraq stable by rolling tanks down city blocks and demolishing apartment buildings every time someone found 30 decapitated bodies in an alleyway somewhere. Look at Baghdad; it's basically split in half between two ethnic groups that hate each other. It's not like this is a new development and a bunch of Sunnis and Shiites decided to shack up in new digs in the middle of a warzone. The truth is, after a few years of getting used to it, the two sides have figured out that America is one thing that Saddam was not; accountable to the international community. The fact that we're not barbarians is the very reason that we'll never be able to stabilize the region. Iraq either needs brutal force, religious guidance, or one of the factions to be utterly obliterated. As long as we're in the region, I think the most likely thing to occur is option #3. I don't exactly expect the islamic ghandi to come into power anytime soon, so option #2 is, realistically speaking, completely out. Option #1 is unacceptable. We're America. We're getting enough heat for what we're doing in the region without dragging religious leaders into the streets and publically executing them.