The combined forces of domestic political pressure in the United States and an increasingly confident government in Iraq are creating a rare opportunity in our protracted conquest of that country -- the chance for consensus. It is time for hard-liners on all sides of the issue to back down and agree on a responsible, orderly withdrawal of U.S. forces, to begin forthwith. The political solutions that work are often those for which many can claim credit. Let us allow all the players to proclaim victory, and by doing so clear the way for the United States to end its occupation of Iraq. Let us focus on staunching the bleeding -- literal and figurative, military and diplomatic, domestic and geopolitical -- that this conflict has caused. » original news ...
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