Eliot Cohen and Bing West make sense (WSJ-Delete):
We prefer an offensive strategy based on three ironclad principles: take the offense immediately against the death squads in Sadr City, who are now unsettled; arrest and imprison on a scale equal to the horrific situation (or at least equal to New York City!); and insist on a joint say in the appointment of army and police leaders. If the Iraqi government refuses, we should be willing to disengage completely, and soon.
I’m skeptical – because it would mean allying U.S. forces with sectarian Sunnis. But it makes much more sense than anything we are now hearing from the White House.
The Dish 