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If We Can't Straighten Out Iraq, Who Can?
In keeping with the "Bolton for U.N. Tyrant" gameplan, how about, "Hussein for Iraqi Peacekeeper"?

Saddam Hussein is currently under lock and key. That's right, the last surviving reason for invading Iraq is being held captive and awaiting trial. Sure, there are ongoing terrorist actions being waged upon our troops and Iraqi citizens, but at least the kingpin is out of the picture, right?

Well, according to several overseas reports, apparently Donald Rumsfeld (an old friend of Saddam's from Reagan days) would like to restart negotiations with Hussein, putting on the table Saddam's release and even his return to public life. All they want him to do is make a few public service announcements, stating that the insurgents should adopt a cease-fire. So, why not let him out?

Is this for real? Is our exit strategy for Iraq so hopelessly confused, that we are now asking an imprisoned Saddam Hussein to formally surrender, with the hopes that this will bring a halt to the Iraqi insurgency?

Old Friends Cutting Another Deal

It's probably faux news. We couldn't possibly be asking Saddam to surrender, could we? That would mean that he is really still in charge! I'm sure the plan was to allow him no more than one or two days of freedon before assassinating him. With the fallout from Abu Ghraib just settling down, maybe an order was given to, "Kill Hussein; just don't do it in prison"