One of my strong biases is that any hope for a long-term resolution of the Iraq disaster is the need for our leader to state publicly that the intervention was a terrible mistake, resulting in a worse situation for the Iraqi people, but the vested interests of other nations require their active participation in an approach designed to ameliorate the situation. Only by claiming responsibility for the disaster will other nations get past their anger and zone in on the implications of the current situation.
Thomas Friedman's column is close to my approach. I may have written a different speech, but I surely support his general approach. The current Iraq situation is a threat to many, many nations. They need to get involved. They need to get beyond their anger at the lunatic decision to invade Iraq without the concurrence of other nations. Only by apologizing for our serious error will nations get beyond their anger and focus on what to do now.
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