They declared "war" on us only after our invasion and occupation.
9/11 was purportedly done by a small group of terrorists with ties to Al Qeda.
We went to Afganistan.
We're still diddling around with Pakistan in the hopes of getting Bin Laden.

If it were my call, I'd ask our American soldiers who wanted to come home
June 30 and who wanted to re-up. Then, I'd do a nation-wide hunt (through Wakenhut, or other private security contractors) to see who would sign up to go over there and protect those contractors who are rebuliding a few small cities there.

Then I'd ask for nations to provide a peace-keeping force.
However, it's unlikely we'll see any of these solutions because the Bush and Cheney empire has their cold hard hands on Iraq's oil and they're not letting go.
Replacing Paul Bremmer with John Negroponte is a red flag if I ever saw one. His cover-ups for human rights and torture abuses world wide protecting American corporate interests is legendary.