When airplane pilots find themselves in trouble they are encouraged to follow the 4 C's:
- Climb
- Communicate
- Confess
- Comply
Item 1 Climb: enables you to have the greatest chance of making it safely to an airport and the best chance of getting a good signal for #2. With regard to Iraq and Iran we must get our troups into the safest configuration we can to prepare to get out.
Item 2 Communicate: We must tell congress and the United Nations what is going on and to what extent we are in trouble by allowing this pseudo texas cowboy to run the show for too long.
Item 3 Confess: We shouldn't worry about the repercussions of communicating our trouble. The sooner we get help the better, and the more people know about our problems the sooner they can help.
Item 4 Comply: Peacekeeping around the world is the job of the United Nations. If they need money, people, arrests, whatever they decide they need, we need to go along with it and get started on achieving peace.
I doubt this formula will percolate through to our dear leader, and if it did I suspect his Narcissism would keep him from taking my advice. Hopefully, the one person in the right place to make a difference, even you or me, will take the reigns and avert disaster. My first diary on giving this horrible job over to the United Nations and giving them the support they need is no less true today. We need to provide an overwhelming support to the UN and make things right. Just think how that will irritate the neocons! And, how it will make a difference.