CONGRESS TO IRAQIS: JOIN MILITIAS

The Washington Post has published an article by Kyle Teamey, a former Army officer, who served in Iraq in 2003 and 2004. Mr. Teamey points out that much of the violence in Iraq last year came about because of the realization of the Iraqis that our military is increasingly irrelevant. He argues that although a debate over the merits of the war may be the way a democracy works our Democratic Congress has in effect told Iraqis that they are better off joining militias, because Iraq is going to descend into chaos when we leave.