Bush Takes Kerry's Advice

Our friend over at Cavalry Charge argues that the plan to turn the situation in Iraq over to the U.N. is "absurd". He argues that because a Jordanian policeman who is a member of the U.N. forces in Kosovo recently killed several other U.N. members, the entire organization is neither fit nor able to control the Iraq situation. Our friend concludes with this punchy line: "Senator Kerry, is this what we can expect in Iraq under your plan?"

I hope that Cavalry Charge cc's us on their letter to President Bush, letting him know that his Kerry-inspired plan to give the U.N. "a central role" in the Iraq transition is "absurd". Perhaps, because of the mutinous actions of two Jordanian-U.N. policemen in the last two years, our friends suggest a return to the old Bush plan: letting the loyal Iraqi forces run the show...

FLASHBACK: As fierce fighting erupted in parts of Iraq in early April, the U.S.-led coalition tried to deploy U.S.-trained Iraqi units to quell the fighting. The results were disastrous: During the violence, many Iraqi police and civil defense personnel abandoned their posts, or joined Shiite militants loyal to renegade cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. What’s more, some soldiers of the first U.S.-trained battalion of the New Iraqi Army (NIA) deserted their unit or refused to follow orders.

Perhaps while the rest of us are reading that both presidential candidates are calling for more U.N. involvement in Iraq, our friend is reading this.