Keeping ten to twenty thousand U.S. troops in Iraq could do all the above. If carried out for say three more years, it might cost us a total of $30–40 billion over that time. It is a small price to solidify the gains of what has already been a trillion dollar investment in one of the Middle East's most pivotal states. The Obama administration should reconsider—and hope that the Iraqi government will too.
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There is much to recommend the Roman solution to Mr. O'Hanlon