Retired Lieutenant General William Odom writes in this LA Times article about his suggestions for solving the Iraq problem, and in a nutshell it is summarized as "cut and run". Notice the ever present and conspicuous but always ignored admonition of his fourth initiative: solving the Palestinian issue. Of course the Zionists in Washington will have none of this, insisting that we continue to promote Israel's "security interests" at the expense of our own, not realizing that the continued policy of aggression and slow-motion genocide currently being practiced are only undermining their security.
samir: Something troubling about this "common sense solution" is that it shows a certain lack of understanding of the underlying problems in the region. It talks a lot about peace but doesn't mention Syria once. The brunt of the Arab-Israeli conflict is, without a doubt, being born by the Palestinians. But even Kissinger realized that there can be "no war without Egypt, and no peace without Syria." The reason that solving Palestine will not bring peace to the region is because Israel still occupies a considerable expanse of Syrian territory. Syria has, up to now, been abiding by UN resolutions regarding the dispute but after Israel's failure in its most recent aggression against its neighbors, options are being reconsidered.
I would bet that Lieutenant General Odom agrees with those that believe Bush was the quite the fool on May 1 2003 in declaring an end to major combat in Iraq under a "Mission Accomplished" banner. The thing is, those that pull his strings from behind the scenes had him speaking exactly the truth, though I doubt he was let in on the secret. The secret of exactly what mission was accomplished - Iraq was beyond the point of no return, and would remain in constant turmoil for years, if not decades, to come.