Come back, Saddam

The situation is desperate in Iraq and getting worse on a daily basis. Saddam Hussein was the easiest target; now we are fighting so many -- al-Qaida, suicide bombers, Shiite militias, Sunni groups, the Ansar al Sunna, the Islamic Army, the Mujahedeen army, the Iraq National Islamic Resistance, and so on. Yes, it is a desperate situation when the human cost is so high and rising daily, and when all the allies can boast of is the creation of a police state and a total mess. The Iraqis and our people are paying a very high price for our humanity and concern for them, not to mention the enormous loss of life and injuries. The cost to the United States as of November 2006 is more than $350 billion and climbing. There is only one solution as I see it: apologize to Saddam and put him back in power and then get out of there. He apparently knew how to run things better than we can. Bob Tarves, Blackwood - Courier Post, October 27, 2006