A sensible plan

Well, this is really an update, so to speak, of the post just below or perhaps it is more accurate to say, a suggestion regarding the dilemma. Here's a plan for getting out of Iraq I just found that makes a lot of sense to me. It's called, "What Is To Be Done: A 10-Point Plan for Iraq". I'll list the 10 points here but suggest that you click through to see how each one is developed:

1. Offer An Honest Assessment
2. Define Success
3. Decide: Is "Success" Still Possible?
4. Announce a Contingent Timetable for Withdrawal
5. Commit the Needed Troops and Resources
6. Give Up Permanent Bases In Iraq
7. Promote Transparency in the Iraqi Oil Industry
8. Accept the New Constitution and Government, Come What May
9. Prioritize the Resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis
10. Apologize

Of course this will never happen because George Bush will never apologize. But I think it would work if we were willing to be decent.