Joe Biden: A plan for Iraq

[oberliner]

First, the plan calls for maintaining a unified Iraq by decentralizing it and giving Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis their own regions. The central government would be left in charge of common interests, such as border security and the distribution of oil revenue.

Second, it would bind the Sunnis to the deal by guaranteeing them a proportionate share of oil revenue. Each group would have an incentive to maximize oil production, making oil the glue that binds the country together.

Third, the plan would create a massive jobs program while increasing reconstruction aid -- especially from the oil-rich Gulf states -- but tying it to the protection of minority rights.

Fourth, it would convene an international conference that would produce a regional nonaggression pact and create a Contact Group to enforce regional commitments.

Fifth, it would begin the phased redeployment of U.S. forces this year and withdraw most of them by the end of 2007, while maintaining a small follow-on force to keep the neighbors honest and to strike any concentration of terrorists.

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=c30e61b0-d75f-4c81-a344-8db580cfff74&headline=Joe+Biden%3a+A+plan+for+Iraq%22%27%25%3c%3e%3a%24

[Demeter]

1. Plan for Joe Biden

call for immediate withdrawal of all us troops from Iraq, concentrate on Afghanistan

[Warren Stupidity]

2. And if this were 2003 it might have a chance.

It is too late for making a fresh start in Iraq, too late to develop a plan for a post Saddam Iraq, too late for all that. The game is over and we need to get out. The people of Iraq will make their own plan.

[Boojatta]

8. "The people of Iraq will make their own plan."

Are you sure that one Iraqi won't take control and then -- using censorship, secret police, and concentration camps --impose a plan on the people of Iraq?

[Warren Stupidity]

9. I'm sure it is none of my business.

Why do you think you have a say in what sort of government the Iraqis have? Do you think they should have a say in how our little kleptocracy is run?

[Boojatta]

12. I don't think "the people of the USA" is synonymous with GWB.

Similarly, "the people of Iraq" might not be synonymous with some future Iraqi XYZ.

Why do you think you have a say in what sort of government the Iraqis have?

On what basis do you conclude that I think that?

I'm sure it is none of my business.

That's sounds like what the people who are currently in the White House would want an International Criminal Court to say about any event in the USA.

[Greyhound]

3. What's wrong with this plan? It is the first one I've seen that looks like

it has a chance of working, and with the us getting out part combined with the jobs for Iraqis, might just appeal to all the parties concerned.

What am I missing? :shrug:

[Warren Stupidity]

10. It won't work and its too late.

And it is just another recipe for stay and die.

[madokie]

4. any plan put forth by an American is laughable at the least

The Iraqi are the ones who will be making that decision

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. Plan for Iraq: Get out and let the Iraqis decide.

Or, wait 'til enough people are dead and get booted out.

Thanks a lot, Joe, for another "plan" to end the war you voted for.

[peaches2003]

6. What the Dems should be doing

This, to me, is exactly what the Dems should be doing. Discussing alternatives and various options along with possible consequences. The American people want ideas and choices- * only has one idea and that is we stay to the last Iraqi is dead and make Iraq the 51st state. The majority of the country is fed up with the Bush Crime Family, but the Dems are allowing themselves to be labeled as 'cut and run' with no ideas.

[Hardrada]

7. Just Biden my time

Cause that's the kind of guy I'm.

He just has to say something because LIEberman did.

[Disturbed]

11. John Kerry's resolution to bring our troops home

John Kerry introduced a bold new plan to achieve energy independence and combat ... to say about John Kerry's resolution to bring our troops home from Iraq. ...

http://www.johnkerry.com/