Democrats should have a strategy for Iraq...

[kentuck]

No doubt, this will be one of the first questions asked of Kerry at the debates and he will say we need to "internatioalize" the war and share the cost and casualties with our "allies". Sorry, that is not enough. And if he doesn't have a vastly different option than Bush, he has lost the Iraq issue. And that is the biggest issue in this election.

First thing we could do is ask that Allawi resign. He has become a symbol of American occupation and will never be accepted by the Iraqi people. We need to call for a new coalition for Iraq that involves all the factions. There should be representatives from every faction to work out a method for new elections where everyone is represented. But first, we will ask that Allawi resign. Then we will start to withdraw our troops as soon as the election is over. This would be a start at doing something different from Bush - unless of course, we want to continue the Bush "doctrine"??