Cutting off funding is not a plan

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Reuters

Iraq war cost to hit $8.4 billion a month

Damn, I didn't realize the US troops were paid that well. I guess they'll all come home millionaires.

Originally Posted by Stoker

If the current U.S. administration maintains its will, establishes security in Baghdad, and succeeds in building a functioning government and army, there is no reason that the Iraqi insurgency cannot be similarly destroyed, or at least reduced to the level of terrorist thugs.

Well, Duh. In order to "establish(es) security" and "build(ing) a functioning government and army" the insurgents must first be defeated.
What Stoker doesn't grasp, or at least address, is insurgents are fellow country men with different political ideals. Not true in Iraq. Iraq has a holy civil war going on, which is a whole different animal than political dissidents.