Absolutely Superb Analysis of Iraq

Results, Not Timetables, Matter in Iraq
Henry A. Kissinger and George P. Shultz/WahingtonPost Original Article

The debate on Iraq is taking a new turn. The Iraqi elections scheduled for Jan. 30, only recently viewed as a culmination, are described as inaugurating a civil war. The timing and the voting arrangements have become controversial. All this is a way of foreshadowing a demand for an exit strategy, by which many critics mean some sort of explicit time limit on the U.S. effort.