Steve Lopez - Fixing an Unholy Mess (plan for Iraq)

[realFedUp]

(Dear Senator Kerry, have a talk with Dekmejian
please as soon as you get in-)

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez24oct24,1,2517947.column

Fixing an Unholy Mess
Steve Lopez

October 24, 2004

With so little time before the presidential election and so much chaos in the world, I figured I better get hold of professor Richard Dekmejian at USC. Dekmejian, who teaches classes on terrorism and leadership, was the one who kept me sane during all the saber rattling that preceded the war in Iraq.

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Dekmejian, though he hears no voices in his head, did lay out a three-point plan for Iraq:

• Set a date for U.S. withdrawal.

• Promise not to maintain a U.S. military presence in Iraq.

• Hand over power to an international coalition.

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First, promote Israel's acceptance of a Palestinian state. Second, use the new credibility to "encourage authoritarian Arab governments to democratize." Third, create an energy plan that isn't paid for by Hummer and Enron, so we don't keep crawling into bed with Middle Eastern despots.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Amen!

This plan is great! I think it has real potential!

[livinbella]

2. Double Amen!

[realFedUp]

3. Sending this up again.

kos I can.