So you say you want a resolution?

The higher ups of the Republican Party would like you to believe that Liberals/Democrats/free thinkers don't have a solution to the quagmire (abosolute mess) that is Iraq.

Well, I have one that seems pretty darn easy (compared to the shit we are in now...)

One of the main jobs of US Soldiers is to protect the war profiteering corporations that are supposed to rebuild the infrastructure. Instead, these coporations are ripping off the US taxpayer and the Iraqi people, and do nothing (the biggest project probably building the new US Embassy-- 104 acres: 80 football fields).

It has been 3 years, and people in Baghdad are still struggling for the basics (electricity for exapmle). In 1991, after the 1st Gulf War, Iraq was rebuilt fast and at a low cost by the Iraqis themselves (saddam was better at reconstruction?). Now it's a different story... one that has become more than ever "the american way". As an example, during Bremer's time, a bridge rebuilding project was being bid on. Went like this....
Iraqi company bid $100,000
Halliburton bid $1,000,000
You probably can guess who got that bid.

So what is the solution?
1 - Pull out the corporations and war profiteers immediately
2 - Let Iraqi companies bid on infrastructure rebuilding and choose the best, of course everything will be US funded, as Colin says, you break it, you pay.
3 - Pull out US troops as they won't be needed: the insurgency is fueled by the presence of the foreign contractors and US troops, and also 80% unemployment rate. Giving everyone their jobs back will be much more efficient in stalling the insurgency than killing civilians.

And as a bonus...
1 - Forget the oil grab, and re-nationalize the oil to let the Iraqis profit from what comes out of their soil (Bush's earliest claim). Use diplomacy to facilitate open deals with oil companies.
2 - Donate the giant embassy to the Iraqi people to turn into a Hospital, a University or a Museum.
3 - Use international law instead of self-interest to help the Iraqis determine their future.

This not only empowers Iraqis, but allows us to leave with a tiny atom of decency.

And since i know the Republicans are not capable of doing any of this, I think we might have to find someone who will.

(thanks both to Judy at DU and Dennis Kucinich)