Although a Democratic Congress was elected in November of 2006 to end this war, that Congress, for inexplicable reasons, hasn’t had the stomach to follow through. Fortunately, more than 40 current Congressional candidates have signed on to “The Plan”, making it somewhat analogous to the 1994 Republican “Contract for America” (minus the Ronald Reagan, Frank Luntz, and Heritage Foundation influence), and Darcy Burner, though I doubt she would be flattered by the comparison, the progressives’ 2008 version of Newt Gingrich in ‘94.
“The Plan” is a must read for anyone interested in a real solution to our quagmire in Iraq. Please take the link, print the PDF file, pour a glass of wine, settle into a recliner and read the whole thing. It may turn out to be one of the most important historical documents from the early part of the 21st century.
I’ll sign off with this excerpt from the report’s conclusion:
“The real challenges in Iraq are not military. It is not an appropriate role for our combat troops to referee the continuing sectarian conflict in Iraq, nor is it reasonable to ask them to fabricate a military solution to a problem for which the best solutions are non-military. We do face great challenges in Iraq, but they are political, diplomatic, economic, and humanitarian in nature. They can be solved, but not by the military.
Withdrawing out troops, therefore, is not synonymous with ending our involvement in Iraq. By removing our troops we free up the resources needed to help the Iraqis begin the process of rebuilding their country.”
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