As I see it over at my
blog there are five basic plans for Iraq....I'll summarize them here, but details at my blog:
None of the options are that good as they will leave the country in worse shape than it was a year ago. Most of the plans will also bleed the US Army dry and increase the security threat to the United States.
As I see it the five plans are:
- Mow em down/Hyper aggressive counter insurgency; problem--War crime for Lott's plan, and probably not enough US forces for the aggressive counter-insurgency.
- Give it to the UN: Problem-- the UN does not want it.
- Stay forever/IRaq as a colony-- the US Army is out of units
- Iraqization --- can we trust the Iraqis not to collect our training, our weapons and our money during the day and not blow up our convoys at night.
- Run like hell--- leave Iraq now and let it dissolve into a 3-4 sided civil war and terrorism playground.
Does anyone else see any more alternatives?