A way forward?

I saw a big picture of Moqtada al-Sadr on the front page of today's FT and had a sudden brainstorm. All I'm saying--and I know this is probably terribly insensitive--but if we really want to solve the problems in Najaf (just work with me here), maybe--just maybe--what we need to send in isn't the army, but--and I'm just thinking aloud here--perhaps we could instead send in (am I a bad person for even suggesting this?)...dentists. Lots of dentists. A coalition of the drilling, if you will. Forget hearts and minds, we should be thinking bicuspids and molars instead.