Since Brian Katulis is right about everything, it's no surprise that his response to Colin Kahl is also spot on.
See also my response to Kahl and Eric Martin's response to Kahl. Plus my post on the importance of regional strategy. If you're wondering why it's worth spending so much time on one guy's guest post, the basic answer is that there's a lot of influential thinking along more-or-less Kahlian lines in the most hawkish Democratic circles and he seems much more willing than others to engage in this sort of forum.
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Heads in the Sand
Matt--you really should retract your ridiculous mis-statement of "our original strategic goal in Iraq" in your "regional strategy" post below. Appallingly superficial, misleading, and factually wrong.
It appears likely that Kahl's idea will be pursued as it is part and parcel of the strategy for achieving some sort of reasonable conclusion to the war in Iraq, which we've been attempting in a bi-partisan way to find since 1991. No serious candidate for President is going to accept a self-administered defeat in such a vital place. Get used to the idea--we're going to be in Iraq for a long time. Think Korea.
Posted by Robert Powell | November 9, 2007 5:19 PM