Rumsfeld uncovers the key to a stable Iraq in last week's news conference.
Getting foreign troops to help out? Unlikely.
Re-taking and crushing the Sunni triangle? Not before November 2, baby.
No, the key in the meantime is to rely on the Iraqis' inner sense of self:
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I’m very encouraged about it. I think that the United States and the coalition countries, of course unlike, other countries we have no desire to stay there or to be there at all other than to help that country get on it’s feet. We’re in the processing of doing that and they’re making good progress politically. They’re making progress economically. The schools are open. The hospitals are open. They have a stock market functioning. They sent some teams to the Olympics. They have a symphony and at the same time, amidst all those good things that are happening, people are being killed. Iraqis are being killed, as they were yesterday and the day before. At some point the Iraqis will get tired of getting killed and we’ll have enough of the Iraqi security forces that they can take over responsibility for governing that country and we’ll be able to pare down the coalition security forces in the country.
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To quote Bill Maher, "well, sure -- it might've been OK before ...."
