Weber on Iraq

Check out UC Berkeley Prof. Steve Weber on what to do in Iraq ("A Modest Proposal for Iraq"):

Here's my modest proposal. Acknowledge that we have lost, withdraw American forces, and let the chips fall where they may. It may take a decade for the country to sort out a set of civil wars. It will be a humanitarian nightmare for the people of Iraq. And it is as likely as not that whatever political authority comes to rule Iraq, or parts of Iraq, will be as troubling to American foreign policy objectives in the region as Saddam was. [...]

Would it 'work'? That depends on what you mean by 'work'. What I mean is quite minimal: protect America's vital interests in the region, at a cost we can afford to bear.

I must admit, solutions like this are quite attractive to me. $315 Billion so far, $200 more this year... jeez.

Also, Check out the course Pam, Steve and Mitch will be teaching this fall at SIMS; I'll be their GSI: Open Source Development and the Distribution of Digital Information.