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Many pages have been written on the Iraq War - its origins, its goals, the mistakes made, and the tragic stalement in which Iraq is stuck now - by people whose knowledge and experiences are very impressive. Our intention is not to add another forum that would comment on these matters.

Our goal is to offer a more personal discussion that accompanies a concrete proposition that could act as a catalyst to react positively with the stagnant stalemate in which all the parties to this complex situation find themselves today...

... and our central objective is to give direction toward a concrete and positive outcome for the courageous and suffering men, women, and children in the United States and in Iraq who have sacrificed so much, whether voluntarily or not, in the path of History's unforgiving wake.

This blog is specifically focused on both defending the proposition that it offers while incorporating alternative ideas coming from criticism whether positive and negative. We will post comments that we find constructive whether we agree or not, but this is not an open forum for intellectual narcissism or ideological obstinacy..

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7/8/07

Two Big Steps in a Better Direction:

Motivating Iraq's Neighbors to the Table
by Brian Katulis ("Strategic Reset" author w/Lawrence Korb)
... explicitly calls for renegotiation of the UN Mandate

The Road Home
by the editors of the Sunday New York Times
... calls for redeployment "over the horizon", as though the horizon won't just shift, too.

Problems with all this?

  1. Bush/Cheney won't do it!
  2. The table is being set so that the ISG Report will be the "official" policy...
  3. The Presidential campaigns will consume much of the media oxygen in these arguments...
... unless, of course, either the Congress, the media, and/or The People help make it stick!

Posted by The NIM Authors...