Every good plan has at least one backup plan. Charles Krauthammer proposes one that several voices (eg. General Boyd's "let the fire burn out" suggestion as noted in an earlier A-C-E post) have been proposing:
"We need to find a redeployment strategy that maintains as much latent American strength as possible, but with minimal exposure. We say to Maliki: Let us down, and we dismantle the Green Zone, leave Baghdad and let you fend for yourself; we keep the airport and certain strategic bases in the area; we redeploy most of our forces to Kurdistan; we maintain a significant presence in Anbar province, where we are having success in our one-front war against al-Qaeda and the Baathists. Then we watch. You can have your Baghdad civil war without us. We will be around to pick up the pieces as best we can."
[Washington Post, 19JAN07] [h/t Michele Malkin]
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