Coopting the resistance

Things are not going well in the Sunni Triangle for US forces, so it'll be interesting to see if the Bush administration adopts Blair's proposal for a "Sunni strategy." This new policy, the Telegraph explains, is meant "to drain support from pro-Saddam Hussein gunmen" by allowing "Saddam's former ruling Ba'ath party to relaunch and contest elections."

In short, the plan would aim to coopt the resistance by bringing elements into the formal political culture of Iraq. Who says we never negotiate with "terrorists."