[PornoDoggy]

Yes, Colin, the Balkans have been a clusterfuck for a thousand years. My point is that walking away now without stabilizing Iraq would put whoever did that in the position of Gavrilo Princip with pair of nuclear detonations instead of a pair of pistol shots.

It can be argued that Gavrilo Princip is the founder of both Yugoslovia and Iraq ... since the little conflict he helped spark lead to the creation of both artificial countries.

I cannot guarantee that a post WWII style occupation of Iraq would, even after 10 or 20 years, eliminate the possibilty that Iraq won't follow the path that Yugoslovia did.

I can almost guarantee you that walking away now would ensure it. While I think that the proponents of the war as an imperialist exercise are about as out of touch with reality as the Flat Earth Society, they do have a point - the stability of the region is important because of the oil.