http://www.joebiden.com/issues/?id=0009

 

 

I really like his plan. My only concern is that he wants to rush his plan. Its a good plan if he takes enough time to do it right.

 

A Five Point Plan for Iraq

 

1. Establish One Iraq, with Three Regions

 

 

Federalize Iraq in accordance with its constitution by establishing three largely autonomous regions - Shiite, Sunni and Kurd -- with a strong but limited central government in Baghdad

Put the central government in charge of truly common interests: border defense, foreign policy, oil production and revenues

Form regional governments -- Kurd, Sunni and Shiite -- responsible for administering their own regions

2. Share Oil Revenues

 

Gain agreement for the federal solution from the Sunni Arabs by guaranteeing them 20 percent of all present and future oil revenues -- an amount roughly proportional to their size -- which would make their region economically viable

Empower the central government to set national oil policy and distribute the revenues, which would attract needed foreign investment and reinforce each community's interest in keeping Iraq intact and protecting the oil infrastructure

 

3. Convene International Conference, Enforce Regional Non-Aggression Pact

 

Convene with the U.N. a regional security conference where Iraq's neighbors, including Iran, pledge to support Iraq's power sharing agreement and respect Iraq's borders

Engage Iraq's neighbors directly to overcome their suspicions and focus their efforts on stabilizing Iraq, not undermining it

Create a standing Contact Group, to include the major powers, that would engage Iraq's neighbors and enforce their commitments

 

4. Responsibly Drawdown US Troops

 

Direct U.S. military commanders to develop a plan to withdraw and re-deploy almost all U.S. forces from Iraq by the end of 2007

Maintain in or near Iraq a small residual force -- perhaps 20,000 troops -- to strike any concentration of terrorists, help keep Iraq's neighbors honest and train its security forces

 

5. Increase Reconstruction Assistance and Create a Jobs Program

 

Provide more reconstruction assistance, conditioned on the protection of minority and women's rights and the establishment of a jobs program to give Iraqi youth an alternative to the militia and criminal gangs

Insist that other countries take the lead in funding reconstruction by making good on old commitments and providing new ones -- especially the oil-rich Arab Gulf countries

Sounds nice doesn't it? Shame the wests occupation of the country is going to on for many, many years.

 

and...

 

Where is the section that describes how we throw a whole bunch of our 'leaders' in jail for crimes against humanity?

Sounds nice doesn't it? Shame the wests occupation of the country is going to on for many, many years.

 

and...

 

Where is the section that describes how we throw a whole bunch of our 'leaders' in jail for crimes against humanity?

 

Thats the stupid part. I like his plan for Iraq not for the other part. We'd have to throw our whole government in jail for that.