Americans, in general do not know what they want in this.....it's extremely complicated. On the one hand I think we all want Iraq to be a safe, healthy, and functional State capable of sustaining itself and creating stability in the region. On the other hand we really can't accept that People are Dying in huge numbers for a plan that seems incapable of bringing this about. I doubt very much ANY policy change at this point can correct the situation, and create a dynamic in the area that will lead to peaceful resolution.
Expecting the Democrats in congress to fix this mess is rather disingenuous on the part of anyone attempting to understand just how screwed up Iraq now is. We have managed to remove the infrastructure
(what there was of it) of prosperity, thereby creating instability in the population and making any hopefor peace in the region unobtainable. At the same time we have placed our troops into the middle of the inevitable civil strife, poverty, and religious powerplay likely to come about in the aftermath of an invasion within the area.
The history of the middle east should have been payed attention to before we took on something NO ONE in history has managed to succeed at, Peace in the middle east. Case in Point:
http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/EMPIRE17.swf
The Democrats it seems, have come to the realization that this was a terrible mistake, and as the current leadership on high is blind to the obvious they are in the inenviable position of trying to get us out of an unwinnable situation. Sucks to be them.