River at Baghdad Burning offers advice on what the U.S. should do with Iraq:

I sometimes get emails asking me to propose solutions or make suggestions. Fine. Today’s lesson: don’t rape, don’t torture, don’t kill and get out while you can- while it still looks like you have a choice… Chaos? Civil war? Bloodshed? We’ll take our chances- just take your Puppets, your tanks, your smart weapons, your dumb politicians, your lies, your empty promises, your rapists, your sadistic torturers and go.

Doesn’t sound good. If this is the prevailing sentiment on the Baghdad street the American loses in Iraq are sure to continue indefinitely.