What would it take to get the USA to stay in Iraq?

Why not, instead of battle groups, keep training cadres on the ground, made up of experienced officers, and senior NCOs mostly, to continue training the Iraqi army up to US standards? In fact, it is my experience that one Sergeant Major is worth about five junior officers (Captains and below) for training purposes. This would show the Iraqi people, and the world, that the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />United States is committed to doing the right thing, and seeing things through to the end in Iraq, without having to take the country on as a protectorate, or colonial possession, with all the military and financial aid that would be required. It would also give those who volunteered (or were voluntold) for those positions as instructors a great deal of experience and insight which would benefit the US military as a whole as well as leave a western style military which could, then, work along side western forces, to the benefit of all. Whether in disaster relief, peace keeping, or defending their borders from long time enemies, they would function in a way that allowed other allied nations, at their request, to help function well. Put their troops through boot-camp, and they will be as ready as any American soldier on his first rotation through Iraq are, if not more-so, as it is their country. The US keeps face, Iraq maintains some stability, and the world benefits. The Iraqi people to not want a US military presence indeterminately; they simply want stability and safety, to let them get on with their lives, the same as people everywhere else.

Definately, it would be better for the Defence Department or the Iraqi Government to put the idea forward. If they were to work out a system where the Iraqi Government paid for the training, and the US military were to provide it, Iraq could have a viable Army, Navy, and Airforce, in no time. Say, six month long courses, being run on a large scale, over the next few years, and the Iraqi forces would be as viable and reliable as any force out there, at little or no cost to the US tax payer. The British should be involved as well, to be honest, as they have as much a responsibility in this, and a great deal of experience in this sort of endeavour.