And then there is this little piece of naivete:

With each passing day, the Iraqi resistance gets bolder and more destructive – and the possibility of getting them to lay down their arms and enter politics fades. The announcement that elections to a National Assembly were being held would pose a political challenge to the armed resistance, and strike at the rationale for its very existence. This would do more to damp down the violence than any military action.

Ja.

If America would just leave, the Iraqis would have elections and the rationale for "resistance" would end.

Scary, isn't it?

THE DEADLIEST DAY... KEEPS GETTING WORSE IN IRAQ - BUT THERE IS A WAY OUT