Here's A Plan Mr. President

President Bush, in usual fashion, is sticking with a course of action in defiance of all common sense and experience, thumbing his nose at Congress and the American people. His latest quote: "If you don't like my plan of action, tell me yours." First of all, Mr. President, we wouldn't be here if you had LISTENED to the State Department and the military in the days and weeks after the initial military victory over Saddam's military in March of 2003. If we had prevented the looting and guarded other things besides the Iraqi Oil Ministry, that would have been a great start. In addition, we could have fixed their water and brought their electricity up to par that would have been great, too. We should have flooded the outlying villages with State Department, Red Cross, and other humanitarian agencies to assist. Maybe not disbanding the Iraqi military and civil service would have been a great move, I don't know.

Okay, since you did None of that, here's a plan for you. Start doing some of it. The Iraqi power grid is still as unpredictable as Rex Grossman on game day, unemployment is rampant, those who have the civil service jobs get paid in a "catch as catch can" basis, the Iraqi military and police force is a JOKE and sectarian violence has plunged the country into the beginnings of a civil war. Oh, not to mention, the border is not secure. There really aren't "Iraqis." There are Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, all using their new powers to exact revenge on their former enemies. If we think Iraq is ready to govern itself, just take a look at the execution of Saddam. That was a cluster f@*# to say the least. Or maybe you should look at the streets in Iraq. Death squads and militias rule the day and the only ones provided any humanitarian support to the people is Al Qaeda. Go figure.

A 24,000 troop increase does nothing. If you really were committed to saving Iraq, you would quadruple that number to truly pacify the country. You would mobilize almost every humanitarian asset you had available and descend on the country with a fervor to deliver services to the people. You would tell the Iraqi PM and his government that they need international help. You would go the UN and tell them that we are really committed to fix the problem, eat crow, tell them that you were wrong and that we need their help. You would tell Iran that if they didn't cease and desist with their interference in Iraq that there will be real consequences.

Lastly, I would sideline the VP on this one; it's a fact that he doesn't know what he's talking about.