The War in Iraq was foolish and unjustified but it was the will of the American public to go to war and it is now their responsibility to make it have an adequate resolution. There really is only one way that this can end without turning Iraq into the terrorist threat it was sold to be, or without bankrupting the American government ...
The US military has to get an increased presence (beyond what the surge has already provided) and the insurgents have to be pushed out of the country; when that is done the United States has to encourage the United Nations to send peace keeping troops to take over the bulk of the rebuilding workload. This will take 24 months before the US can be in a position where they can decrease their presence in Iraq, and thus reduce their defence budget.
