The Endgame in Iraq

New York Times editorial

Iraq is becoming a country that America should be ashamed to support, let alone occupy. The nation as a whole is sliding closer to open civil war. In its capital, thugs kidnap and torture innocent civilians with impunity, then murder them for their religious beliefs. The rights of women are evaporating. The head of the government is the ally of a radical anti-American cleric who leads a powerful private militia that is behind much of the sectarian terror.
The Bush administration will not acknowledge the desperate situation.

But they fail to come to a conclusion that so many are yearning for - withdrawal.

Instead they have some hope in W's attempt to call Shia leaders together to create

"a broad-based national government."

This, in the eyes of the NYT, is a

"broadly inclusive government he is trying to bring about offers the only hope that Iraq can make a successful transition from the terrible mess it is in now to the democracy that we all hoped would emerge after Saddam Hussein's downfall. It is also the only way to redeem the blood that has been shed by Americans and Iraqis alike."

So much for the "liberal media." This is a call of "you break it, you fix it." But we can not fix this.

A much better call would be to withdraw our troops, have U.N. troops take over, END THE INSANITY!

Don't worry NYT. I won't be cancelling my home delivery yet.