Wednesday, December 28, 2005  Low Profile in Iraq  Just came
back from vacation in an undisclosed location. I am trying to
catch up on things. On my way home I was thinking how we can
change the character of our involvement in Iraq. Here's my quick
version of captain playing general.  Strategy for Iraq: Bottom-
line Up Front  I don't like the terms "pulling out",
"withdrawal", or "cut and run" when it comes to what we can do
in Iraq. I like the term "lowering our profile". That's probably
what we should be talking about instead of the above mentioned
terms. It is evident that we are lowering our profile in Iraq,
and we should.  Our troops have played an extremely crucial role
in all of Iraq's decisive steps towards democracy: the invasion
was conducted superbly, Saddam Hussein was deposed and captured,
elections in January 05, the constitutional agreement, and then
the elections of December 05. All very good things and very
important to the overall goal in Iraq. On the side there's the
whole WMD issue, the poo