He says it’s a bad idea but he’s for it anyway:
Keane appears to be saying that the plan works at an acceptable cost only if the United States can pacify the Shiite militants without forcibly confronting them. To me, and possibly also to the Sadrists, this looks like what gamblers call a bluff. So why shouldn’t the Democratic Congress block such an unpromising strategy?
He has three answers.
The Dish 