I don’t know if it has any prospect for success but at least Joe Biden has a plan. What I like about the plan is that it recognizes that we will exacerbate an already horrible human rights catastrophe in Iraq if we merely pick and go home this instant. At the same time, it is firm on the U.S. being out of Iraq by the end of next year. Implenting the plan would require intense diplomacy and negotiation of the type this administration appears to be totally incapable of engaging in. It also has nothing concrete to say about Iran, which would be a central player in any negotiations.
But as Biden says:
This plan offers a way to bring our troops home, protect our security interests and preserve Iraq as a unified country. Those who reject this plan out of hand must answer one simple question: What is your alternative?
