Reply #43: do you honestly think that is possible...?

[mike_c]

I don't-- but more to the point, there was no civil war or any threat of civil war in Iraq before March 2003. In other words, it is the American invasion and occupation of Iraq that has brought it to the doorstep of civil war. What makes you think that simply withdrawing won't be a positive step in the direction of restoring the pre-2003 peace? I doubt that it will succeed, but then we know for certain that our presence has caused the present difficulties.