Now this is what I'm talkin about

Once again, I'm a couple days late on this, but better late than never.

Democratic senator Joe Biden of the foreign relations committee, has proposed dividing Iraq into three seperate regions, with a central government in Baghdad. In an op-ed piece, he wrote that the idea "is to maintain a united Iraq by decentralizing it, giving each ethno-religious group ... room to run its own affairs, while leaving the central government in charge of common interests."

I don't necessarily agree with this plan, but at least it's an idea. So much from the democrats lately, all we hear is more rhetoric. Bash Bush, say he's doing a bad job, but provide no solid ideas. Or provide ideas that Bush is pretty much already doing. Thus, I applaud the dems (or at least biden) for trying.

He also said this though: President Bush "must direct the military to design a plan for withdrawing and redeploying our troops from Iraq by 2008 (while providing for a small but effective residual force to combat terrorists and keep the neighbors honest)."

Why would you ever say this? It's clear that the terrorists are just waiting us out. Hell, they've TOLD US that this is their plan. They know that eventually we will (we actually already have in general) lose our resolve. Luckily Bush hasn't given in as easy as the rest of the country. So, why would we play right into their plan? Even if it is our plan to mostly move out by then, we certainly shouldn't be saying it outright.

Anyways, props to the dems for finally giving an idea. Maybe next they can try an idea that will actually work!

Posted in: Biden, Bush, Iraq, Politics