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Why now?
Why is chirac expressing his "deep concern" for Iraq and calling for international conferences NOW?
Shouldn't this have been done years earlier before Iraq got this bad?
Wouldn't it have been cool to see france emerge as a progressive, visionary leading voice for Iraq 4 years ago?
chirac and the rest of the world knew what it would have took to stem the flow of the insurgency back in '03.
Where were the french calls for international conferences then?
But now that things are as bad as they are, now's the time to talk. Come on...
Perhaps he thinks the US more amenable to french demands, in their perceived hour of need?
Perhaps he's interested in talking now that Iraq is burning and people might open to compromise?
I'm all for talking and debating the course of Iraq.
Get a conference together and talk.
I think the US should be talking to Iran and Syria.
One has to wonder how well the Biden plan would be received, in light of how poorly the ISG's report was received.
Maybe someone else has a plan.
Having no idea what would be on the agenda for such a conference, its all speculation at this point.
Comprehensively securing baghdad could signal the start of something productive, some sort of foothold.
Furthermore, there are new players, the Rumsfeld Doctrine has been ditched, things might start to happen.
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