Calling On The President To Set Checkpoints

I’m suggesting that the President announce a public schedule of success checkpoints – policy decisions by the Iraqi government that could make it possible for the surge to succeed.

Two key success checkpoints would be the adoption of a fair oil law and the return of Baath Party members to positions of public trust.

Lay out a schedule of success checkpoints. Show Shias and Kurds and Sunnis that they could have a fair future in a unified Iraq. Quell some of the sectarian violence. Hold the Iraqi leaders accountable. Give our troops the certainty that their military best is being matched by our political best. Connect the dots for our own people by mapping the success checkpoints. We did it before with elections and the adoption of a constitution; let’s do it again.