We cannot save Iraq! Iraqi's are the only people who can save Iraq.

They have to work together to preserve Iraq as a nation. With the exception of al-Qaida, I think the national impulse is strongest among the insurgent groups that have fought us. For example, al- Sadr has said that his religion is Shia, but his politics are the same as the Sunni nationalists who are insurgents. The Mahdi army, according to al-Jazeera, provided some support to the insurgents in Falluja before the Shia Mosque was blown up.

Since we have started working with the Sunni Insurgents against al-Qaida, the violence has been reduced. I think a similar approach involving the Mahdi army and al-Sadr might also produce results.

We should also encourage al-Sadr's nationalist impulse to reach out to his Sunni "brothers" and bring Iraq together as a nation. However, it is in our own national interest to leave Iraq, because we are part of a problem that can only be solved by Iraqis. We need to get out of the way, and let them do their best to solve it.

Pervis J. Casey

Riverside, CA

People should have listened more to Joe Biden on his Iraq war solution, and I'm disappointed that he didn't get very far in the presidential race.

He still has a website up for how to end the war at www.planforiraq.com assuming congress and the White House can make the solution possible.

Nick Rosen

Great Falls, VA

The only way for this war to end is for the troops to shoot their officers and then come home.

Norman Ravitch

Savannah, GA