The Iraqis Cut and Run (Us Off)

The Iraqi government is announcing a 28-point peace plan that is in direct opposition to the Bush strategy of "stay the course." I guess he didn't expect this when he looked into the eyes of Prime Minister Maliki:

The 28-point package for national reconciliation will offer Iraqi resistance groups inclusion in the political process and an amnesty for their prisoners if they renounce violence and lay down their arms, The Times can reveal.

The Government will promise a finite, UN-approved timeline for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Iraq; a halt to US operations against insurgent strongholds; an end to human rights violations, including those by coalition troops; and compensation for victims of attacks by terrorists or Iraqi and coalition forces.

It will pledge to take action against Shia militias and death squads. It will also offer to review the process of “de-Baathification” and financial compensation for the thousands of Sunnis who were purged from senior jobs in the Armed Forces and Civil Service after the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Well, now it's obvious what to do. We must invade Iraq and stop this government from giving the terrorists a great victory by forcing us to leave. And this one will be a cakewalk, since we've already got the bases set up and everything.

UPDATE: Meanwhile, a state of emergency in Baghdad after insurgents set up roadblocks around the city.